Swim Instructor

Splish, splash, and come have a blast as a Swim Instructor at Dakotah Sports and Fitness! Help kids grow their swimming skills while building meaningful connections in a fun, supportive environment. Starting pay is $18.50 an hour, with weekly pay, fitness benefits, and opportunities for career growth. We offer training for new instructors and are hiring for weekday evening and Saturday shifts, with the option to take on more hours through private lessons.

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: The Work You’ll Do:

• 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. Assists members as necessary with pool and rockwall equipment, tables, chairs, loungers, strollers, and bags. Encourages members and guests to ask questions. Assists members with questions, concerns, and directions.
• Monitors the pool area for cleanliness and assists in maintenance of pool and rockwall. Assists in the daily cleaning of gutters, stainless steel, pool deck, tables, garbage cans, and any other items on the daily list. Assists 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.

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: At the SMSC, we are invested in our employees, as demonstrated by the competitive benefits we offer. Employees may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, and a generous PTO package, which includes outreach hours for volunteer work through our #SMSCgives outreach program. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms and free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are: 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. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org