Swim Instructor/Team Member - Norco & Riverside

Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Company parties

Training & development

Gas stipend

Paid sick leave

Time off after 1 year

Professional development

Proprietary method training

Job summary

Big Kahuna Swim Academy, the swim school under the Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation, seeks a Team Member / Swim Instructor for Norco and Riverside, CA. Starting pay is $20/hour with a raise to $22/hour after 90 days, plus a $5 gas stipend per shift.

Full paid training in our proprietary method is provided; no prior swim instruction experience is required. Expect a mission-driven role teaching private lessons, supporting front-desk tasks, and assisting leadership.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to work at both Norco and Riverside locations.
• No swim instruction experience required; full training provided.
• Reliable transportation to work at both locations.
• Willingness to perform front desk, phones, admin and operations as needed.

Responsibilities

• Teach private, 1:1 swim lessons using our proprietary method with full training provided.
• Support day-to-day operations including front desk, phones, admin and facility tasks.
• Collaborate with leadership and take initiative to meet business needs.
• Step into other roles as required as a Team Member.

Skills

Reliability

Coachability

Initiative

Emotional maturity

Accountability

Communication

Solution oriented

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Company parties
• Training & development

Team Member / Swim Instructor

Location: Norco & Riverside, CA

Pay: $20/hour starting, increasing to $22/hour after 90 days + gas stipend

About Us

Big Kahuna Swim Academy is the swim school under the Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to making sure no child in our community drowns. We teach 800+ lessons a month across Norco and Riverside, including a significant number of special needs learners. This isn’t just a job. It’s mission-driven work that saves lives.

Pay & Perks

• $20/hour starting pay from day one, including during training
• Increase to $22/hour after 90 days for team members who are meeting expectations
• $5 gas stipend for every shift worked at any of our locations
• Paid Sick Leave
• Time off after 1 year
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Full paid training in our proprietary method. No swim instruction experience required.

What You’ll Do

• Teach private, 1:1 swim lessons using our proprietary method (full training provided)
• Support day-to-day operations as needed. This may include front desk and phone support, administrative tasks, and general facility support.
• Work directly alongside leadership and take initiative wherever the business needs it
• Step into other roles as needed as a Team Member

What We Expect From You

We hire for character, not résumés. Before you apply, understand that this is what we actually require. These aren’t aspirational values on a poster. They’re how we evaluate you starting on day one.

• Reliability/Dependability. You do what you say, when you say it, with no chasing required. You show up to every scheduled shift on time, and you don’t call out.
• Coachability/Growth-Oriented. You take feedback and implement it instead of defending against it. You have a growth mindset and are always looking to get better.
• Initiative/Managing Up. You see what needs to happen and you handle it. You take things off leadership’s plate. You don’t add more to it.
• Emotional Maturity. You regulate yourself first. You handle hard moments without making them harder. Your emotions don’t run your decisions.
• Accountability. You own your mistakes. You self-report before you’re caught. You close the loop.
• Communication. You’re clear, direct, professional, and proactive with your boss, your team, your students, and their families. You close the loop.
• Solution-Oriented. When you bring a concern, you bring a solution with it. You don’t just point out problems.

If any of the above makes you uncomfortable, this isn’t the right role for you. If it sounds like exactly how you already operate, we want to meet you.

Requirements

• No prior swim instruction experience needed. Full training is provided.
• Must be willing to do whatever the work requires, including teaching, phones, admin, and operations.
• Reliable transportation, since you’ll work at both our Norco and Riverside locations.