About Asphalt Green
Asphalt Green is a nonprofit organization that transforms lives and builds community through sports, fitness, and play for all.
Each year, Asphalt Green serves thousands of New Yorkers through sports, aquatics, fitness, camps, and community programs that promote health, personal growth, and lifelong participation in physical activity. Across three campuses and numerous community partnerships, Asphalt Green is committed to providing high-quality programs that are inclusive, accessible, and rooted in excellence.
Asphalt Green believes that access to movement, sport, and wellness can change lives. Our work helps young people develop confidence, resilience, leadership skills, and healthy habits that extend far beyond the playing field.
About the Role
Asphalt Green is seeking experienced Part-Time Swim Instructors to join the Aquatics team at our Battery Park City location.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys teaching, working with people, and helping children and adults build confidence in the water. Swim Instructors introduce participants to the joys of swimming while supporting skill development, water safety, and a positive learning experience.
All instructors are trained in Asphalt Green’s curriculum and teaching methodology. Asphalt Green offers competitive pay, flexible schedules, free access to our pools and fitness centers, and opportunities for growth within the Aquatics Department.
Why This Role Matters
Swimming is an essential life skill. Strong swim instruction helps participants build confidence, improve safety, and develop comfort in and around the water.
As a Swim Instructor, you will help create a safe, encouraging, and engaging learning environment for children and adults of different ages, skill levels, and comfort levels. Your work directly supports Asphalt Green’s mission to increase access to high-quality sports, fitness, and play opportunities for all.
What You’ll Do
Swim Instruction and Participant Support
Teach swim lessons to children and adults of varying ages and skill levels.
Help participants build confidence, water safety awareness, and swimming ability.
Follow Asphalt Green’s swim curriculum, lesson plans, and teaching methodology.
Create a safe, positive, inclusive, and engaging learning environment.
Adjust instruction to support different comfort levels, abilities, and learning needs.
Encourage participation, effort, skill development, and a positive relationship with the water.
Safety and Program Quality
Maintain safety standards at all times during swim lessons and program activities.
Follow all Aquatics Department procedures, pool rules, and supervision expectations.
Monitor participants closely and respond appropriately to safety concerns.
Communicate concerns, incidents, participant needs, or program updates to supervisors.
Support a clean, organized, and professional pool environment.
Communication and Teamwork
Communicate professionally with supervisors, families, participants, and fellow instructors.
Work collaboratively with Aquatics staff and other Asphalt Green team members.
Arrive on time and prepared for assigned shifts, trainings, and classes.
Participate in training, coaching, feedback, and staff development opportunities.
Represent Asphalt Green in a positive and professional manner.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means participants feel safe, supported, encouraged, and excited to learn.
A successful Swim Instructor will:
Teach lessons that are safe, engaging, and aligned with Asphalt Green’s curriculum.
Build positive relationships with children, adults, families, supervisors, and team members.
Help participants gain confidence, improve swimming skills, and understand water safety.
Arrive on time, prepared, and ready to support assigned classes.
Communicate clearly and professionally.
Respond well to training, feedback, and coaching.
Contribute to a positive, fun, and high-quality Aquatics environment.
Represent Asphalt Green’s mission and values.
Who You’ll Work With
Swim Instructors work closely with Aquatics leadership, swim instructors, program staff, participants, families, and other Asphalt Green team members.
This role may also interact with members, guests, and other staff at the Battery Park City campus.
Required Qualifications
You’ll need:
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Previous experience teaching swim lessons, coaching swimming, or swimming competitively at the club, high school, or college level.
- Ability to work one weekend day, either Saturday or Sunday.
- Strong swimming skills.
- Ability to teach children and adults in a safe, positive, and encouraging way.
- Reliability, punctuality, and professionalism.
- Ability to follow curriculum, safety procedures, and supervisor direction.
- Ability to communicate clearly with supervisors, families, participants, and team members.
- Comfort working in a pool environment.
- Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
It would be helpful if you also have:
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Previous swim instruction experience.
- Previous swim coaching experience.
- Lifeguard certification.
- CPR/AED and First Aid certification.
- Water Safety Instructor certification.
- Experience working with children, adults, families, or participants of different swim levels.
- Experience in aquatics, recreation, fitness, youth programming, camp, coaching, or customer-facing environments.
- Bilingual or multilingual language skills.
Schedule and Work Environment
This is a part-time, in-person role at Asphalt Green’s Battery Park City location.
Schedules are based on Aquatics program needs and instructor availability. All instructors must be able to work one weekend day, either Saturday or Sunday.
The work environment includes indoor pool settings, locker room areas, Aquatics program spaces, and other areas of the Battery Park City campus. Swim Instructors should be comfortable working in and around water and supporting participants in an active pool environment.
Physical Requirements
This role may require the ability to:
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Stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, and move throughout pool and program areas.
- Enter and exit the pool as needed.
- Demonstrate swimming skills and swim techniques.
- Support participants in the water as needed.
- Communicate clearly in a loud or active pool environment.
- Remain alert and attentive during swim lessons and program activities.
- Lift, carry, move, or organize light pool equipment and instructional materials.
- Work in a warm, humid, and wet pool environment.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.
