Swim Lesson Instructor

Seasonal Or Part-Time Swim Instructor

Position summary: Responsible for planning and teaching swim lessons and water-safety skills to participants of various ages and abilities, using the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim curriculum. Ensures a safe aquatic environment, provides positive guidance, and upholds American Red Cross standards throughout all instructional activities.

Job responsibilities:

• Plan, organize and instruct American Red Cross swim lessons following approved American Red Cross standards, curriculum, and teaching methods.
• Adapt teaching approaches based on participant age, ability, and learning styles to ensure progress and mastery of required skills.
• Provide clear verbal instruction, demonstrations, and corrective feedback to help swimmers gain water competency.
• Provide safe supervision of students in and around the pool, ensuring all lesson and practice spaces are free from hazards.
• Enforce all aquatic facility rules, policies, and American Red Cross safety protocols.
• Recognize and respond effectively to emergencies according to facility emergency action plans.
• Prepare lesson plans and block plans for each instructional session.
• Maintain daily paperwork, skill assessments, and student progress reports.
• Build positive relationships with students, parents, and staff through effective communication.
• Assist with setup, cleanup, and maintenance of equipment and facility spaces.
• Support program evaluation and continuous improvement efforts.
• Serve as a role model promoting recreation, inclusion, and wellness.
• Attend required staff training, in-service sessions, and professional development meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum age of 15.
• Must possess and maintain American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor (WSI) or obtain WSI within 90 days of employment
• Ability to perform required swim skills and demonstrate appropriate American Red Cross stroke techniques (per WSI prerequisites).
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with participants, parents/guardians, and staff.
• Prior experience teaching swim lessons or working in an aquatic environment preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of swimming techniques, water safety, and Red Cross Learn-to-Swim levels.
• Ability to maintain a safe, positive, inclusive learning environment.
• Must be able to respond quickly and perform life saving measures in emergency situations.
• Strong decision-making, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact and be courteous to fellow employees and pool patrons of diverse backgrounds.
• Must attend required trainings.
• Regular, punctual in-person attendance.
• Must be able to correctly complete appropriate paperwork.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Working conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, swim and smell.
• The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• The employee is required to enter the water.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high places and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.
• Candidates who receive conditional job offers are subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes, but is not limited to, marijuana (cannabinoids/THC).
• The City of Twinsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.