Hybrid Swim Instructor/Lifeguard

Swimlabs Swim School; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and rapidly growing swim school that emphasizes the importance of swimming as a life skill. As a swim instructor, you will have the opportunity to teach children of all ages the vital skill of swimming in a fun and engaging environment. With a focus on safety and customer service, you will play a crucial role in helping kids gain confidence in the water while ensuring their safety and enjoyment. This position offers flexible hours and a supportive team atmosphere, making it a perfect fit for those passionate about swimming and teaching. Be part of an exciting journey where your contributions truly make a difference in the lives of young swimmers!

Benefits

Great Pay

Flexible Schedules

Work/Life Balance

Awesome work environment with upward mobility

Qualifications

• 2+ years of swim instruction experience is required.
• Must have Red Cross Lifeguard and CPR/AED certifications.

Responsibilities

• Teach swimming skills in a fun and positive manner.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment.

Skills

Swim Instruction

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Safety Awareness

Positive Reinforcement

Education

Red Cross Lifeguard Certification

CPR/AED Certification

Water Safety Instructor (WSI)

Job description

IF YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT KIDS OR THE SPORT OF SWIMMING, YOU’RE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

At SafeSplash, we believe swimming is a life skill. Therefore, we approach each one of our swim lessons with great skill, passion and individual attention. Our curriculum has been developed by a team of world-class swimmers with over 30 years of teaching experience. We have the most up-to-date swimming technique to teach students how to swim the correct way right from the beginning! In addition to teaching water safety to every swimmer, our goal is to teach confidence in the water that will translate to all parts of your swimmer's life.

Want to work for a fun and exciting new company (a company that is THE fastest growing brand in the industry!)? Want to be a part of a growing innovative team? Want to teach kids a critical life skill; swimming? If so, you will want to come work for us.

We are looking for awesome swim instructors who will be an integral member of our teaching team; this is a most critical position getting to do what we do best; teach kids of all ages how to swim! And rock the customer’s experience.

Joining our team; you get to OWN all aspects of teaching swimming including:

1. Just Keep Swimming Swimming Swimming!: you get to impact the lives of children by teaching them the most critical of life skills: how to swim! You will thrive in a state-of-the-art facility using a curriculum that allows swimming to be learned and fun! Oh, and our water is a balmy 90 degrees!
2. Safety Safety Safety: as our swim instruction team and a member of our safety team, you will be responsible for assisting in the safety of our customers (parents and children, of course), instructors, and anyone in or around the pool area.
3. Customer Service Brilliance: Some companies say that Customer Service is important, but we LIVE IT EVERY DAY at SafeSplash! We strive for excellence in responding to all prospects and customer inquiries in a manner that supports SafeSplash’s mission, vision, and values.
4. Communication Excellence: Communicate with vengeance! Professional and timely communication with parents and the kids, employees, deck supervisors and your leadership team is a critical part of providing excellence in customer service for both acquiring new clients and customer retention.
5. Keep It Clean: perform various duties, as all team members do (even the owners), to maintain a pristine, clean, and safe environment.
6. Professional Awesomeness: Act and dress professionally at all times. We are proud of our team and our customers appreciate the professional and respectful team we have grown.

Reports to: Vice President-Aquatics

Description: SafeSplash Swim Instructors are responsible for upholding and teaching in accordance to the SafeSplash Swim School teaching certification and curriculum.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• The main focus of a swim instructor is to teach swimming skills in accordance with SafeSplash curriculum in a fun, positive manner.
• Flexibility and variety! Alternate between a guard and instructor duties and reap the reward of your skills and training!
• Provide continuous, positive corrective feedback to students and customers on their swimming efforts.
• Structure class time appropriately to incorporate repetition, reinforcement, and introduction of required skills.
• Maintain proper equipment and time organization to ensure timely class start times.
• Provide Deck Supervisor with class information (ribbons, student changes, etc) to keep proper class organization.
• Provide customers with monthly, individualized feedback on swimmers during Splash ‘N Tell week.
• Maintain proper SafeSplash uniform standards outlined in employee handbook.

Qualifications Wish List (and a few must haves):

• Must have 2 years of swim instruction experience
• Must Have Red Cross Lifeguard and CPR/AED certification for adult, infant and child
• WSI a bonus
• Special consideration given to instructors with multiple years of experience teaching children aged 6 months to 10 years and/or special needs children
• Must be able to lift, push and pull up to 75lbs.

Hours: 3-40 hours per week

Compensation: Commensurate with experience and skills

Benefits/Perks (may vary by location):

• Great Pay
• Flexible Schedules
• Work/Life Balance
• Awesome work environment with upward mobility

Compensation: $17.00 per hour

This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to SafeSplash + SwimLabs Swim School Corporate.