Learn to Swim Instructor

Stirling; City Of Stirling; On-site; AUD 46,710 - 66,527; Part time

Job summary

The City of Stirling is seeking a Learn to Swim Instructor to impact lives by teaching water safety skills to children and adults. You will create engaging lessons while ensuring a safe environment. Essential qualifications include Austswim certification, Working With Children Check, and First Aid. This is a casual position with pay starting at $41.10 per hour, incorporating a 25% casual loading. Join a supportive team committed to community safety and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Austswim/RLSS certification is essential.
• Must have Working With Children Check.
• Knowledge of swim teaching principles required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging swimming lessons.
• Maintain safety and supervision standards.
• Keep student progress records.

Skills

Swimming teaching skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Austswim/RLSS Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety certification

Working With Children Check

CPR & First Aid

Job description

• Business Unit: Recreation & Leisure Services

Company Description

Learn to Swim Instructor

Location: Stirling, Western Australia

Type: Casual (Expression of Interest)

Salary: From $41.10 an hour inc of 25% Casual Loading

About the City of Stirling

At the City of Stirling, we’re proud to be WA’s largest local government, serving over 243,000 residents with more than 200 community‑focused services. With around 1,400 employees, we invest in our people, embrace innovation, and champion flexibility, wellbeing, and growth.

Job Description

Why You’ll Love This Role

As a Learn to Swim Instructor, you’ll make a real impact—helping children and adults develop life‑saving swimming and water‑safety skills.

You’ll be part of a friendly, dedicated team delivering high‑quality lessons in a safe, supportive and fun environment.

If you’re passionate about water safety and love teaching, this is the perfect role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will:

• Deliver purposeful, engaging swimming lessons across skill levels
• Maintain the highest standard of safety and supervision
• Adapt class techniques to meet program updates and learning needs
• Support the implementation of new skill criteria
• Keep qualifications current through training and development
• Recognise hazards, incidents and report concerns promptly
• Maintain accurate student progress records on internal systems
• Work collaboratively with other instructors and senior staff
• Provide guidance to new instructors or prac students when needed
• Share customer feedback and contribute to program improvements
• Perform additional duties as required within program guidelines

What You’ll Bring

You’re patient, supportive and passionate about teaching water safety. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Austswim/RLSS Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety certification (essential)
• Working With Children Check, CPR & First Aid (essential)
• Knowledge of swim teaching principles and biomechanics (essential)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organisation and lesson‑planning skills
• Experience working with children (desirable)
• Experience teaching in an aquatic facility (desirable)
• Additional aquatic qualifications such as Infant Aquatics, Bronze Medallion or Competitive Strokes (desirable)
• National Police Clearance (essential)

Additional Information

Please Note:

This is an expression of interest and your application will go into a pool to be selected from when a position becomes available. There is no guarantee that you will be contacted regarding your application.

The City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.

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