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.

Compensation: $20.00 per hour

The Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation, member of the United States Swim School Association, provides life-saving swim instruction in their communities that builds confidence and develops safety skills in a student-centered environment.

You have the opportunity to develop a rewarding career while helping people learn a lifelong and life saving skill.

If you are someone who loves kids and making a difference, look no further! Start your career in the learn to swim industry today by joining the staff at the Childhood Drowning Prevention Foundation.

Member schools are independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the member school, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this school. All inquiries about employment at these schools should be made directly to the school location, and not to US Swim School Association.

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