Level 2 Community Activator Apprentice with Swimming Specialism
MOBILE POOLS UK LTD
Saffron Walden (CB10 1AX)
Closes on Friday 31 July 2026
Posted on 19 June 2026
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Summary
The Community Activator Apprentice (Swimming) supports fun, inclusive swimming sessions that improve health and wellbeing for children, families and communities. You'll learn to plan, deliver and review sessions while gaining funded qualifications in Swim Teaching, Lifeguarding, Pool Plant Operations and Safeguarding.
- Wage
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£9,984 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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24-hours per week, Monday - Friday including 6-hours of off-site training, which means 3-days at a school per week.
For 28-weeks per year which is our maximum number of active pool weeks per pool as only in school term time.
Exact working days and hours TBC.
24 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Are you passionate about sport and physical activity and specifically have a love for swimming? Do you love working with children to make a difference and impact on their learning and wellbeing? Can you be a positive role model to inspire and motivate children? Would you relish the opportunity to work alongside a friendly, supportive and hard-working team? If so, our Community Activator Coach apprenticeship opportunity may be perfect for you!
Key aspects of the role include:
- Working directly with pupils across key stages 1 and 2
- Support the delivery of swimming across National Curriculum PE lessons
- Undertaking routine maintenance of equipment, water testing and maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the pool environment
- Delivery of a range of interventions to support targeted pupil learning
- Use of technology to engage pupils with physical activity and sports especially swimming
Where you'll work
16 High Street
Saffron Walden
CB10 1AX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
Training schedule
Level 2 Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship Standard with Swimming Specialism.
Sector specific CPD, such as:
- Level 2 STA Award in Swim Teaching
- Level 3 Award in Pool Lifeguarding (NPLQ)
- STA Level 2 Pool and Plant qualification
- NSPCC Safeguarding training
- Supporting the PE curriculum (swimming focussed)
- Behaviour Management
- Safeguarding/Prevent
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Digital skills
Functional skills in maths and English (where required).
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- An excellent communicator
- Some knowledge and experience of swimming and water safety skills
- Punctual and reliable
- Basic report writing and record keeping
- The ability to travel between locations
- Ability to use technology for storing data
About this employer
We provide mobile swimming pools (10m x 5.5m x 1.3m deep) which include a safe and secure building over the pool, into schools, colleges, universities or any organisation that wishes to teach their children, students or adults to swim in their own safe environment. The average booking length / on site time is four weeks. We then take the swimming pool away until you re-book.
We also provide a level 2 swimming teacher and a safety person / lifeguard on site at all times with each pool and teach to the national curriculum.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
We will support you in your personal development by providing you with the underpinning knowledge, skills and experience for the following:
- Careers within the Sport Coaching/education sector
- Potential further employment with the organisation
- Opportunity for further education
- Opportunity to progress to become a swim teacher
- Opportunity to become a pool co-ordinator
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Lilly Oliver-Jones
lilly.oliver-jones@aaeg.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038186.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 31 July 2026