Swim Instructor/Team Member - Norco & Riverside

Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation • Norco, CA

28d • Hybrid

About The Position

Big Kahuna Swim Academy, under the Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation, is dedicated to preventing child drownings in the community. They teach over 800 lessons monthly across Norco and Riverside, including a significant number of special needs learners. This role is described as mission-driven work that saves lives.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Teach private, 1:1 swim lessons using the proprietary method (full training provided).
• Support day-to-day operations as needed, which 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.

Benefits

• $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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed