Swimming Instructor, 2h per week (excluding school holidays)
Stiftung Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS)
Lausanne
Key information
- Publication date:07 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Lausanne
Job summary
L’EPER employs around 600 permanent staff, driven by a vision for justice. Join us for a meaningful opportunity to make a difference in a supportive environment.
Tasks
- Ensure professional supervision of the public at the pool and facilities.
- Teach swimming classes to beginner women participants.
- Open and close the pool, ensuring safety and communication with the team.
Skills
- Must be at least 18 years old and have relevant certifications.
- Experience in teaching swimming to beginners.
- Good knowledge of French and English; other languages are a plus.
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EPER employs around 600 people permanently. 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 worldwide. It runs more than 380 programs and projects there, 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 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, political and economic spheres, as well as churches. In 2023, EPER's work benefited approximately 16 million people.
Swimming Instructor, 2h per week (excluding school holidays)
Diversi’Team is one of the 11 projects led by the French-speaking headquarters in the cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel. It is an innovative integration project through sport, aimed at migrants in the Canton of Vaud who would like to practice a sport in a group. It offers them the opportunity to become members of a sports club to train regularly as a team. Through this connection, Diversi’Team supports integration and promotes living together, while encouraging sport and health.
To meet the demand of many women to practice swimming in a women-only setting, Diversi’Team is launching a new women's swimming offer in Ollon (VD). To teach the swimming class and supervise the pools on Saturdays from 2 pm to 4 pm, Diversi’Team is looking, immediately or by agreement, for a
Your main responsibilities:
•Professionally ensure the supervision of the public in the pool and the swimming facilities
•Teach swimming classes to beginner women
•Prevent accidents and intervene if necessary with first aid measures
•Open and close the swimming pool
•Contact with the project team to set objectives and for monitoring
Your assets and skills:
•Minimum age of 18 years
•Holder of the Pro Pool Certificate from the Swiss Lifesaving Society (SSS) and BLS-AED certificate or equivalent up to date. Possibility of funding the Pro Pool training if you already hold the Plus Pool.
•Experience 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 asylum, migration, and integration issues
•Sensitivity to gender issues in sport
We offer you:
- An activity within an innovative project
- Support from a committed and motivated team
- An hourly paid position, excluding school holidays
- A mandate contract of indefinite duration
Would you like to join the EPER team?
We look forward to receiving your application (including proof of validation of the Plus Pool and/or Pro Pool certificate 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 www.eper.ch and https://www.eper.ch/diversiteam
