Summer Swim Instructor (Outdoor Dow Park Pool)

The swim instructor’s responsibilities include evaluating each student’s performance during swim sessions and providing feedback, completing attendance, progress, and accident reports, and ensuring that all swimming aids and equipment are in good working order. Main responsibility is the safety of all students in our program at all times.

• Instructs children in swim lessons; maintains paperwork necessary for instructor documentation.
• Thorough knowledge and application of swimming and water safety skills.
• Thorough knowledge and application of teaching swimming and water safety skills.
• An understanding of facility characteristics, rules, policies and procedures.
• Responsible for proper instruction of all swim lesson classes.
• Maintain a safe and controlled environment; identify hazardous conditions and eliminate or minimize them.
• Communicate regularly with participants and their parents, as appropriate, to ensure they are aware of progress.
• Adheres to posted job schedule.
• Punctual when reporting for duty, shows up no less than 15 minutes prior to the start of a class.
• Act in a professional manner at all times.
• Provide quality customer service.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of staff.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and/or Experience:

• Must be at least 15 years of age.
• Ability to self-motivate with little or no supervision.

Language Skills:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• Willingness to obtain Jeff Ellis Swim (JES) Swim Instructor License,
• Certification is valid for one year.
• Maintain a valid Healthcare Provider CPR and First Aid Certification issued by a nationally recognized service provider.
• Attend four (4) hours of in-service per month issued by employer.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Swim Instructors must be emotionally stable, sincerely enjoy teaching, and be comfortable in the company of children.
• Swim Instructors must convey a professional demeanor that is both caring and calming to children.
• Swim Instructors must possess personal motivational skills that positively encourage children to explore and learn.
• Swim Instructors must exhibit personal maturity deemed appropriate to serve as a positive role model for children.

Reports to:

Deer Park Aquatic Division (in order)

1. Pool Managers

2. Aquatic Supervisor

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to perform and properly demonstrate all skills included in the course level for which you seek teaching authorization, with instructor level proficiency.
• Must swim 50 yards of front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, and 25 yards of butterfly. Tread water for 2 minutes and surface dive.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

 The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

SELECTION GUIDELINES: 

Formal application, rating of education experience; questionnaire; oral interview and reference check; job related tests may be required. 

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. 

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Interviews will be offered via email. During the interview, all applicants will be required to perform a swim test.
• Swim Test: The swim test consists of a 100-meter continuous swim (breaststroke and front crawl), retrieval of a ten-pound brick from 5ft of water, and treading water.
• All offers are conditional upon the successful and favorable results of a background check and drug screen. More information on these items will be provided at the time of the offer.
• This is a summer position with a potential start date of May 1, 2026

Salary : $12