Swim Instructor at Goldfish Swim School
Part Time • Lexington
Benefits:
- Employee discounts
- Flexible schedule
- Free uniforms
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
Swim Instructor @ Goldfish Swim School – Make a Splash & Build Your Resume!
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Schedule: Flexible Hours (Perfect for students or those seeking work-life balance)
Location: 2520 Nicholasville Rd, Suite 30, Lexington, KY 40503
Why Join Goldfish Swim School?
Working at Goldfish isn’t just a job; it’s an opportunity to gain leadership experience while making a life-saving impact. Our team culture is high-energy, supportive, and focused on growth.
- Great Pay & Flexible Scheduling: We work with your busy life.
- Valuable Experience: Build a resume that stands out with leadership and communication skills.
- Social Environment: Connect with a fun team and your local community.
- Future Growth: We provide excellent references and internal promotion opportunities.
The Role
As a Swim Instructor, you are the face of the Goldfish curriculum. You’ll help children become confident in the water while ensuring a safe, fun, and "Golden" experience for every family.
Core Responsibilities:
- Teach & Inspire: Provide high-quality swim instruction based on our proven curriculum.
- Safety First: Enforce pool rules, prevent accidents, and maintain a safe environment.
- Communicate: Act as a brand ambassador, giving parents regular updates on their child’s progress and "small wins."
- Problem Solve: Use creativity to help students overcome fears and reach their milestones.
- Maintain Excellence: Ensure the pool area and equipment are clean, organized, and ready for class.
What We’re Looking For
We need energetic individuals who love working with kids and want to make a difference.
- Experience: Non required. If you love working with kids, we will train you!
- Background: Previous experience as a lifeguard, youth coach, camp counselor, or childcare provider.
- Certifications: Current Lifeguard, CPR/AED, and First Aid certifications are required. (Shallow water attendant cert is a plus!)
- Skills: Strong communication skills and the ability to pass a background check.
- Swim Skills: Ability to swim 80' free style
- Education: High school diploma or GED preferred.
Work Environment
You’ll be working in a tropical, 90-degree pool environment! Expect heat, humidity, and a moderate noise level filled with the sounds of kids learning and cheering.
Compensation: $15.00 per hour
Tropical Vibes & Impacting Lives!
You feel it the moment you walk in. There’s more than vibrant colors, a tropical theme and happy children. There’s something different, something extraordinary. Something truly GOLDEN. It’s passion. Not just a passion for kids or a passion for swimming…it’s a special passion for changing – even saving – lives, by being a part of kids learning to swim.
When you work at Goldfish, you're not just an employee. You're a part of something bigger. You're making an impact; a splash in the lives of the children in your community. You're an integral part of a team, working together to move forward a mission. You’re also making waves in your future, learning life lessons in and out of the pool through mentorship, leadership and passion. At Goldfish, it’s more than a job - it’s an endless pool of possibilities, opportunities and life-changing moments!
Making Waves with Passion, Purpose & Core Values!
At Goldfish, our core values are at the heart of everything we do, and behind every decision that we make. To us, these values are more than just words - they're embraced with purpose in our everyday lives, and what allows us to make a splash in our community, and in the lives of our members and our team!
We go above and beyond with every detail to create a GOLDEN Experience!
We believe in nurturing a culture that provides WOW! Customer Service
We do the right things, make the right decisions and treat people with Integrity • Compassion • Trust
We meet and exceed expectations so you see Extraordinary Results
We make a big deal about life’s accomplishments by remembering to Celebrate!
Each Goldfish Swim School is an independently owned and operated franchise. The respective Franchisee is the employer at each Goldfish Swim School location. Each franchisee can set their own wages, benefit programs and terms and conditions of employment, which may vary at each Goldfish Swim School location.
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Paid Training
We set you up for Extraordinary Results! It doesn’t matter if you’ve never learned to swim yourself or if you’re a seasoned swimmer, we are proud to provide our team with paid training, certifications and ongoing support.
Flexible Schedules
Work life balance is essential to any team! At Goldfish, we understand you have commitments outside of work - family, school, sports, whatever it may be - and we celebrate that! We offer convenient schedules to accommodate YOU!
All Are Welcome
At Goldfish, we value Diversity & Inclusion! We pride ourselves on creating a welcoming environment for all by treating everyone with Integrity, Compassion and Trust as we work together to make waves for water safety.
Make Waves...In Your Community
Our team members are literal life-savers. Superheroes. Wavemakers. At Goldfish, you’re helping keep the children of your community safer in and around water - and that’s something to CELEBRATE!
Make Waves...In Your Career
Dip your toe into a pool of possibilities at Goldfish! You’ll learn life lessons through leadership, mentorship and ongoing training. From customer service to education, healthcare to business, you’ll gain impactful work experience that is sure to make a splash in your future, no matter what your career path!
High Fives & Tropical Vibes!
We believe in making a big deal about life’s accomplishments by remembering to CELEBRATE! We give high fives, dance and have some serious fun while doing some serious work. And with tiki huts, palm trees and surfboards, every work day will make you feel like you’re on vacay!
Going for Gold!
We align with partners who not only share our passion for water safety, but also share our core values. Helping us make a splash are World Record Holders and Olympic Gold Medalists Ryan Murphy and Cullen Jones! We are also committed to making waves, giving back and saving lives through our partnership with the USA Swimming Foundation.
Grow with Goldfish
There’s no limit to where you can go with Goldfish! We’ve seen part time team members #GrowUpGoldfish - becoming managers, joining the Franchise Support Team, and even going on to own and operate their own Goldfish Swim School! Dip a toe or dive all the way into the pool of possibilities and endless opportunities!