Swimming Instructor, 2h per week (excluding school holidays)
Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Lausanne
Key information
- Publication date:25 July 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Lausanne
Job summary
L’EPER employs around 600 permanent staff, committed to a just world.
Tasks
- Ensure professional supervision of pool activities for women.
- Teach swimming courses to 10 beginner women for 45 minutes.
- Prevent accidents and provide first aid when needed.
Skills
- Minimum age of 18; SSS Lifeguard certification required.
- Experience teaching swimming to beginners is essential.
- Strong interest in asylum and integration issues is a must.
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The EPER employs around 600 people on a permanent basis. The organization's work is driven by the vision of a just world, where peace prevails, the dignity of all human beings is respected, and natural livelihoods are preserved. EPER is active in 25 locations in Switzerland and in 30 countries around the world. It conducts more than 380 programs and projects, with a total amount of CHF 138 million. The organization works within the framework of the 2030 Agenda according to four priority themes: "climate justice", "right to land and food", "asylum and migration", "inclusion". EPER also provides humanitarian aid to victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. It aims for a transition at the social, economic, and political levels. EPER contributes to improving the living conditions of people in Switzerland and abroad and advocates for their rights. To this end, it raises awareness and mobilizes society, the political and economic spheres, as well as the Churches. In 2023, EPER's work benefited around 16 million people.
Swimming Instructor, 2h per week (excluding school holidays)
Diversi’Team is one of the 11 projects led by the Romandy Headquarters in the cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel. It is an innovative integration project through sports, aimed at migrant individuals in the Canton of Vaud who would like to practice a sport in a group. It offers them the opportunity to become a member of a sports club to train regularly as a team. Through this connection, Diversi’Team supports integration and promotes coexistence, while also promoting sports and health.
To respond to the demand from many women to practice swimming in a non-mixed environment, Diversi’Team is opening a new offer of women's swimming in Ollon (VD). To teach the swimming course and supervise the pools, Diversi’Team is looking for a
Your main responsibilities:
•Professionally ensure the supervision of the public in the pool and the swimming facilities
•Conduct a 45-minute swimming lesson for 10 beginner women, then supervise the pool during 45 minutes of free swimming (pool open to women only)
•Prevent accidents and intervene as needed for first aid actions
•Open and close the pool
•Contact with the project team to set objectives and for monitoring
Your strengths and skills:
•Minimum age of 18 years
•Holder of the Brevet Plus Pool (or Pro Pool) from the Swiss Lifesaving Society (SSS) and BLS-AED certificate or equivalent title up to date
•Experience in teaching swimming to beginners
•Availability on Saturday afternoons from 2 PM to 4 PM
•Good knowledge of French and English. Knowledge of other languages is an asset.
•Strong interest in the field of asylum, migration, and integration
•Sensitivity to gender issues in sports
We offer you:
- An activity within an innovative project
- Support from a committed and motivated team
- A paid position by the hour, excluding school holidays
- An indefinite duration mandate contract
Would you like to join the EPER team?
We look forward to receiving your application (including proof of validation of the Brevet Plus Pool or Pro Pool and BLS-AED certificate), exclusively via our online portal.
For more details, Line Zolliker, Project Manager of Diversi’Team, is available on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at +41 (0) 79 343 65 10 or +41 (0) 21 613 40 78.
For more information about EPER and the project, visit the website www.eper.ch and https://www.eper.ch/diversiteam
