Swimming Coach
Fettes College Guangzhou
Guangdong
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive salary and benefits as well as career development opportunities
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 01 August 2026
- Apply by:
- 30 April 2026
Job overview
Job Description
- Develop and implement swimming training programs for students of different skill levels.
- Provide coaching and instruction in various swimming techniques and styles.
- Plan and conduct regular training sessions and practice sessions.
- Evaluate students' performance and provide feedback for improvement.
- Monitor and track students' progress and development.
- Ensure safety and adherence to swimming rules and regulations during training and competitions.
- Collaborate with staff to coordinate team activities and events.
- Provide guidance and support to students in their overall physical and mental development.
- Assist in organizing and managing swimming competitions and events.
- Maintain equipment and facilities related to swimming training.
Skills/qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Sports Science, Physical Education, or a related field is preferred.
- Proven experience as a Swimming Coach or relevant swimming background.
- Deep knowledge of swimming techniques, styles, and training methods.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to motivate and inspire students to reach their full potential.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Current CPR and first aid certifications.
- Valid lifeguard certification is preferred.
- Experience in coaching competitive swimming is a plus.
Application Process
hr@fettes.cn. Please state clearly in your letter your teaching experience, together with details of your co-curricular strengths and contributions. This should be attached to your electronic application.
hr@fettes.cn
Interviews
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We look forward to receiving your application.
Recruiter contact:
About Fettes College Guangzhou
- Fettes College Guangzhou
- No. 2, Xinxue Road, Xintang Town, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou
- Guangdong
- 511340
- China
Overview
Fettes College is one of the UK’s foremost independent co-educational day and boarding schools. Situated in Edinburgh, Scotland’s gracious and vibrant capital city, rich in history, learning and culture, the College has enjoyed a reputation as a centre of educational excellence for one hundred and fifty years.
Fettes College Guangzhou (FCG) is the first overseas campus of Fettes College. The new school is very closely linked to Fettes College and shares its ethos and vision: to provide the highest quality of holistic, broad based education that will stretch and challenge its pupils and equip them with the qualifications, skills and personal qualities that will allow them to flourish and succeed in their lives beyond school.
FCG is located on a spacious and superbly equipped campus in Zengcheng, bordered by forest and hills and yet within an hour’s drive of the centre of Guangzhou, and of Baiyun International Airport. The campus has been created with imaginative flair by international architects Broadway Malyan. Their modern interpretation of the strengths, features and characteristics of the Edinburgh campus will allow the delivery of all the distinctive qualities of an authentic Fettes education in Guangdong.
Our Heritage
Fettes College is named for Sir William Fettes, twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh and among the most highly respected citizens of his generation. Having lost his only son and heir in 1815, he decided to devote his wealth to ‘the maintenance, education and outfit of young people’. Sir William’s passionate concern for the care, welfare and education of young people has been at the heart of the ethos of the Colle...