Swim Instructor

Job Overview

The purpose of this position is to provide swimming instruction to people of all ages, maintain a safe environment in and around the pool area, contribute to membership sales and retention, ensure personal attention to member and guest needs, and maintain pool equipment and facilities.

Create Your Path

• Actively pursues membership sales and recruits members and guests into activities and events.
• Ensures membership retention, repeat daily guest usage, and referrals through a high level of member and guest service delivery and response.
• Provide swimming instruction to students of various ages and ability levels.
• Maintain constant supervision of students, watch for swimmers needing assistance, and aid swimmers when necessary to ensure a positive learning environment.
• Provides service enhancements to members and guests.
• Affords assistance to members as necessary with pool and rockwall equipment, tables, chairs, loungers, strollers, and bags.
• Encourages members and guests to ask questions.
• Affords assistance to members with questions, concerns, and directions.
• Maintains the pool area for cleanliness and assists in maintenance of pool and rockwall.
• Affords assistance with opening, closing and afternoon pool and rockwall maintenance/cleanliness checklists to ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of the Aquatics Area.

Job Requirements

• Experience teaching swimming.
• C.P.R. and First Aid Certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of employment.
• Capacity to handle and lift up to 25 lbs. as needed.
• Has the physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including on feet 50% of time.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, and a generous PTO package.
• Discounts on childcare, fuel bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms and free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

About the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community.