Padel Court

Come work at the world’s biggest sports resort Club La Santa is the world’s biggest sports resort – and we continue to set the standard for active and fun holidays. At Club La Santa, guests can enjoy more than 80 different sports on state-of-the-art facilities and 500 weekly activities and instructed lessons – all included in the stay! With almost 496 rooms spanning from one-bedroom apartments to luxurious suites, we host approximately 1600 guests at maximum capacity. We are also a beloved destination for many national sports teams and professional athletes. The resort is located near La Santa village on the north-western coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is an English speaking resort with the majority of guests from Denmark, United Kingdom and Germany.

Qualifications Minimum of 2 years teaching experience in either tennis or padel. Preferable: Experience and knowledge in other racket sports like squash, badminton and table tennis. Fluent in English. Secondary Spanish and/or Danish. Candidate profile Great communication skills. When speaking to our guests, we expect you to be clear in your instructions and specific about the focus points given for each drill. You can keep an overview of multiple courts at the same time and communicate in different contexts during personal instructions or group sessions. You know how to adapt body language, tone of voice and technical level to the age category. You are aware of the difference between private and professional life with colleagues and guests. Curious and open minded. You are curious and self-reflective. You are open minded, honest and have an interest in learning, developing and sharing knowledge within the current trends of tennis and padel. You are ready to share your ideas and points of view during racket sport team meetings. Diligent. You are looking forward to getting to work and wants to deliver to Club La Santa’s uncompromising high standards every day. You will develop your knowledge and skills while following different workshops in racket sports and other areas like body language, teamwork, communication, cooperation etc. Teamwork. You are true to our agreements within the team. You are capable to both give and receive feedback and feedforward and implement them. You are able to bring your own style and touch while still following the green team manual standard of classes. You will shadow your colleagues and share your different points of view in order to improve the quality of our classes. You can meet deadlines and collaborate with the different tasks such as tidying racket areas, filling up balls, checking equipment, making new programs and helping to develop the racket department following the current trends. Independent. As well as being good at teamwork, you will be teaching most of the time on your own in the racket sports department. Responsible. You are responsible with tasks and self-motivated in both high and low season. In classes you will be responsible for the guests, the equipment used and the courts booked. You are true to our agreements within the team following the Green Team Manual activities standard and you have an interest in keeping our areas organized and tidy. Problem-solving and organisational skills. You own problems and are good at finding solutions and you can quickly adapt to situations if something doesn’t´t go as planned. You will help keeping the racket areas organized and tidy and checking amount of tournament sheets, balls, targets, cones etc.

Are you the skilled padel coach that we are looking for? Let us know!