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We're Hiring: Learn to Swim Instructors

Are you passionate about swimming and love working with children?  Are you currently in childcare, teaching, or nursing and looking for a meaningful change? Dive into a rewarding career where you can continue making a difference—this time in the water! 
Join our dynamic team at Shellharbour City Swim School and help shape confident, safe swimmers in a supportive and rewarding environment.

About the Role:
As a Learn to Swim Instructor, you will be responsible for delivering engaging, high-quality swimming lessons to children of varying ages and abilities. Your role is to help build water confidence, teach vital swim skills and water safety, and ensure every child feels encouraged and supported.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Deliver fun structured swim lessons to individuals and small groups

• Promote water safety and skill development in a positive and energetic manner

• Provide ongoing feedback and encouragement to learners.

• Support children of all levels, including nervous beginners and confident swimmers 

• Contribute to a welcoming, inclusive, and team-oriented pool environment

What We’re Looking For:

• A friendly, enthusiastic, and reliable individual who enjoys working with children

• Current Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety qualification (or currently enrolled)

• Current CPR and First Aid certifications (or enrolled to complete)

• NSW Working With Children Check for paid employment
• Competitive Strokes/Foundation Coach and/or Infant and Preschool Aquatics qualifications are highly regarded
• Willingness to undergo a Pre-Employment Medical Assessment

Perks of the Pool Life:

• Flexible part-time and casual shifts

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children’s development and safety

• Supportive team culture with training and professional development opportunities 

• Competitive pay rates in line with experience and qualifications 

Location and Hours:

• Oak Flats 25m heated pool. Holiday intensive classes are also held at our Albion Park and Warilla pools during the summer months. 
• Classes run Monday - Friday  9am - 12.30pm & 3.30pm - 6.30pm (7pm in summer), Saturday's 8am - 12.30pm.

We’re looking for team players who are ready to bring energy, professionalism, and heart to every lesson. Whether you're newly qualified or looking to return to the pool, we’d love to hear from you!

About us: 

Shellharbour City, located in the Illawarra region, is just 80 minutes south of Sydney and is home to over 82,000 people in a city that spans 154 square kilometres.  It's an area of great natural beauty - stretching west from the picturesque coastline to rolling pastures, set against the majestic backdrop of the Illawarra escarpment. 

Our dedication to be financially sustainable in an evolving environment, while striving for a great organisational culture and committing to employing staff who embrace our core values, has made Shellharbour City Council an employer of choice.

We have been recognised with numerous state and national awards in recent times, including eight wins for our First Nations Community the Yirran Muru (many pathways) playspace, as well as being presented as winners in the NSW Landscape Architecture Awards, Regional Achievement Awards, and Parks and Leisure Australia Regional Awards of Excellence.

We offer:

Shellharbour City Council offers a high performing and sustainable organisation to deliver outcomes for the community through leadership, collaboration and innovation. We have exciting, rewarding career opportunities and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work/life balance. 

• Permanent part time, working minimum 15.20 hours per week
• Commencing salary range from $479.78 - $509.15 per week based on 15.20 hours
• Casual positions working a variety of shifts Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings 
• Casual hourly rate from $39.45 (including casual loading)
• Additional penalty rates are paid to the ordinary hourly rate of pay for Saturday/Sunday shifts
• Plus 12% superannuation
• Great culture with a fun, fast paced environment
• Enjoy our employee benefits programs and access to Novated lease options and significant retail discounts and corporate fitness programs, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Provident Fund activities, weekly payrun and more. 
• Access to local government and employee benefits such as; LSL after five years, three weeks sick leave per annum, Health and wellbeing leave and more.

Please Note: 

• This position requires a current "Working with Children Check" clearance in accordance with the 'Child Protection (WWC) Act 2012 for Paid workers
• You will need to complete a Pre-placement Medical Assessment
• A First Aid Certificate is an essential requirement of this position, therefore no allowance is payable.

For further information about the position, click here for the position description.

Contact: Kelly Mitchell, Team Leader Health & Fitness Programs on 0476 181 507.

               Sara Paillas, Swimming Development Coordinator on 0417 025 692.

Closing date: Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 11:30pm.

Apply now...

Complete the application below by answering the questions, describing how your skills and experience are relevant to the position.  

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Shellharbour City Council are an equal opportunities employer and promote the following;

We are a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. It is the responsibility of all employees to ensure that they treat our Community, Councillors, Customers and each other with respect and professionalism without regard to non-relevant criteria or distinctions.

We are committed to being a Child Safe Organisation. Our commitment promotes the rights of all children and young people to be safe from harm when interacting with our services and spaces. To realise our vision for a child-safe Shellharbour, we know that we must work together to ensure our children are given every opportunity to be safe, happy and thrive.

Shellharbour City Council are dedicated to building a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusivity. We recognise the unique strengths and talents that individuals with disabilities bring to our team, and we are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We invite individuals with disability to apply for positions at Shellharbour City Council and we commit to discussing reasonable adjustments to roles (such as work hours) and the work environment (for example, different office equipment) where we can, to enable people with a disability to join our team. By doing so, people with disability can contribute to the skills, experiences, and perspectives that make our team stronger. Together, we can create a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community and ensures that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At Shellharbour City Council, we believe that diversity is not just a policy—it's a reflection of who we are and what we stand for.

Our core values of collaboration, accountability, integrity, respect and sustainability represent who we are and what we expect of one another.

To work with us, you must be committed to role modelling our core values.