Swim Instructor at British Swim School in Orchard Park NY

Location: Fox Run at Orchard Park, Orchard Park, New York | Part-time position with a limited-time hiring bonus of up to $250.

Pay

• New instructors earn $17.00 per hour during training.
• After demonstrating readiness to teach independently, pay increases to $19.00 per hour.
• Merit increases up to $20.00 per hour may be awarded based on performance, reliability, experience, and team contribution.
• $250 hiring bonus: $100 after completing training and being approved to teach independently, plus $150 after 90 days of satisfactory employment.

Training & Development

• Approximately 40 hours of paid training, including online coursework and supervised in-water instruction.
• Candidates who complete online coursework promptly and attend at least two training shifts weekly can often finish training within four to six weeks.

Schedule

• Classes are offered Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
• Consistent weekly availability and reliable attendance are required.

Responsibilities

• Teach children and young adults using the British Swim School curriculum.
• Independently supervise and maintain control of classes of up to six swimmers.
• Provide safe, patient, engaging, age-appropriate instruction.
• Demonstrate swimming and water-survival skills.
• Physically support and guide swimmers as they learn.
• Recognize distress and respond immediately.
• Track attendance and skill progression.
• Give families clear, constructive feedback.
• Follow all safety, emergency, safeguarding, and facility procedures.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in high school or possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Comfortable and capable in and around the water.
• Enjoy working with children.
• Dependable, trustworthy, punctual, and receptive to feedback.
• Able to follow an established curriculum and maintain focus in an active aquatic environment.
• Able to complete assigned training within established deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with children or swimming.
• Freestyle and backstroke proficiency.
• Familiarity with breaststroke and butterfly.
• Customer-service experience.
• Lifeguarding, CPR, First Aid, or AED certification.

Physical And Safety Requirements

This is an active, safety-sensitive, in-water position. Each instructor must independently perform all essential instructional, supervisory, physical-support, and emergency-response duties. With or without reasonable accommodation, instructors must be able to:

• Teach and supervise up to six swimmers.
• Remain in the pool for up to three or four hours with applicable breaks.
• Enter and exit the pool safely.
• Bend, reach, crouch, rotate, and move through the water.
• Demonstrate required swimming skills.
• Physically support and reposition swimmers.
• Maintain continuous visual and auditory awareness.
• Communicate in a noisy environment.
• Recognize distress and respond immediately.

Essential duties cannot be transferred to another person or performed with ongoing physical assistance.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Paid training.
• Company parties.
• Flexible schedule.
• Opportunity for advancement.
• Training & development.

About British Swim School

British Swim School is a survival-first swim school with a mission to ensure that every person, regardless of age or ability, has the opportunity to become a safe and happy swimmer. Most of our students are preschool and elementary-aged kids. Our instructors should enjoy working with this age group and be good at making parents feel comfortable.

While we teach swimming to people of all ages and abilities, this role is ideal for high school and college students, swimmers, lifeguards, camp counselors, coaches, and others who enjoy working with children. Previous swim-instruction experience is not required.

British Swim School of Buffalo is an equal opportunity employer. Each franchise location is independently owned and operated by a franchisee.