Swim Instructor - Vaughan

Making Waves Swim School; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Referral bonuses

Team socials and events

Free on-site parking

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Making Waves Swim School in Vaughan, Canada, is hiring energetic swim instructors to teach kids using our Small Steps approach. You’ll build water confidence, lead safe, high-energy lessons, and create a fun, supportive learning environment.

Daytime, evening, and weekend shifts available; minimum 2 days per week; growth opportunities across the company; we value reliability, warmth with families, and a coachable mindset.

Qualifications

• SFA & CPR-C certification required.
• National Lifeguard or Bronze Cross preferred.
• Completion of Making Waves Coach Course or willingness to train.

Responsibilities

• Teaching swimmers using our proven Small Steps approach
• Building water confidence and real swimming skills
• Leading safe, structured, high-energy lessons
• Encouraging swimmers and celebrating progress
• Communicating with families professionally and warmly
• Creating a fun, positive learning environment
• Supporting your team and helping the day run smoothly

Skills

Positive communicator

Reliable & team-oriented

Great with children & families

Energetic on deck

Calm under pressure

Education

Standard First Aid & CPR-C

National Lifeguard or Bronze Cross

Making Waves Coach Course

Job description

Our story started in the summer of 1994, when our founder taught 50 kids to swim in his parents’ backyard pool. Not exactly a corporate headquarters, but it worked. It gave us the freedom to focus on what still matters most today: real progress in the pool, strong relationships with families, and giving back to our community.

Today, Making Waves has grown, but our focus is the same: helping swimmers build real skills, real confidence, and real progress in the water. We bring energy, experience, and care to every lesson, while keeping things positive, welcoming, and fun.

We’re building a team of standout instructors — energetic, dependable people who love helping swimmers grow and making lessons the best part of someone’s week.

If you enjoy working with kids, and making a real impact, keep reading.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Teaching swimmers using our proven Small Steps approach
• Building water confidence and real swimming skills
• Leading safe, structured, high-energy lessons
• Encouraging swimmers and celebrating progress
• Communicating with families professionally and warmly
• Creating a fun, positive learning environment
• Supporting your team and helping the day run smoothly

What We Offer

• Warm pools (approximately 90°F)
• Small class sizes (up to 3 swimmers per class)
• Hands-on teaching methods that drive strong progress
• Flexible scheduling around school or other commitments
• Growth opportunities across the company
• A team environment where effort gets noticed

What We’re Looking For

• Positive, confident communicator
• Reliable and team-oriented
• Great with children and families
• Service-oriented with a genuine desire to help others
• Energetic and engaged on deck
• Calm under pressure
• Coachable and eager to improve
• Able to work 2 or more shifts per week

Our team is strongest when it reflects the communities we serve. We welcome different backgrounds, perspectives, identities, and experiences. Diversity makes us better, smarter, and more fun to be around.

Qualifications

• Standard First Aid & CPR-C
• National Lifeguard or Bronze Cross
• Making Waves Coach Course (we train you)

Don’t have every certification yet? Apply anyway and complete your courses with us: Bronze Medallion → Bronze Cross + SFA → Making Waves Coach Course.

Schedule

• Daytime, evening, and weekend shifts available
• Minimum availability of 2 days per week required
• Flexible scheduling opportunities available

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Referral bonuses for bringing great people to the team
• Team socials and events
• Free on-site parking
• Supportive team environment

Exceptional people are rare. We’re hoping one of them is reading this.