Learn To Swim Instructors

About us

At the City of Gold Coast, we take pride in providing the community with essential health and well-being products and services at our aquatic centres. The City of Gold Coast operates four aquatic centres, offering something for everyone: learn-to-swim programs, school swimming programs and carnivals, squad swimming, diving programs, pools, fitness centres, and active and healthy aqua classes.

About the Learn to Swim team

We're wonderful Don't take our word for it, here's what your new team has to say:

"The team culture in Learn to Swim is INCREDIBLE. I am so lucky to work with such amazing people."

"City of Gold Coast provide innovative support and truly value you. It's so rewarding."

"It's a really progressive work environment"

"First class facilities and a supportive team environment"

"A progressive swim school with high skills and diverse staff. Offering a wonderful learning environment with an opportunity for life/work balance"

About the role

You will be instrumental in delivering high-quality learn to swim and school swimming lessons, promoting water safety, and creating memorable experiences for our participants. You will create fun, engaging and informative learning experiences for children and adults alike.

We have opportunities for both weekday and weekend shifts in our Learn to Swim program, as well as school swimming sessions running from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm on weekdays.

For more information about this role, including the responsibilities of the position, please view the attached position brief.

About you

• You have a Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety qualification.
• You're passionate about water safety and know that learning to swim should be an enjoyable, informative, and constructive experience for students.
• You have a flair for working with children and their guardians, and your energy and enthusiasm is contagious.
• You take pride in thinking outside the box to tailor each individual's needs, to ensure students and guardians gain maximum benefit and enjoyment from your classes.
• You bring a genuine passion for the successful progression of students within the learn to swim program, ensuring our students are instructed at the highest level.
• You are eager to grow and develop as an instructor and be open to feedback.
• Teacher of Infants and Toddlers accreditation is highly desirable.
• Availability to work weekends is essential.

If you're ready to dive into a rewarding role dedicated to promoting water safety and enhancing the swimming skills of our community, apply now

Click 'Apply' to submit your online application. Upload your current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements of this role.

Documents needs to be less than 2MB in size and PDF format is preferred. If you encounter technical issues when applying, please email

Our selection process may include a one-way video interview via Criteria, a face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams, reference checks via Xref and additional checks including police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks, pre-employment medical reviews and drug and alcohol testing.

The City of Gold Coast is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to supporting an environment where all employees, regardless of their differences or similarities, feel valued, respected and supported. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.