Assistant Swim Coach

How you Will Power our Purpose (Job Summary)

As an Assistant Swim Coach, you play a pivotal role in fostering a culture of safety, growth, and excellence within the swimming program. By ensuring the health and welfare of all individuals in the pool area and adhering to YMCA regulations, you create an environment where swimmers can thrive. Your involvement in organizing training sessions and attending swim meets not only enhances team performance but also instills a sense of camaraderie and achievement. Through your dedication to promoting community involvement and supporting organizational goals, you contribute significantly to the success and impact of YMCA aquatic programs.

We are actively seeking an individual with availability, Monday through Thursday from 3:30pm to 7:00pm and some weekends.

How You Will Make an Impact (Essential Functions)

• Ensure the wellbeing of all individuals within the pool vicinity.

• Aid in the coordination and management of team training and practice sessions.

• Attend swim meets and related team events as agreed upon with the supervisor.

• Be present on the deck at least 5 minutes before class begins and be prepared to commence the session on time.

• Arrange for a replacement if unable to conduct a scheduled class, and provide lesson plans for substitutes.

• Be familiar with lesson plans, maintain records and reports for classes, including participant evaluations, team rosters, attendance tracking, and registration procedures.

• Promote member and parental involvement and identify potential volunteers.

• Engage with participants, parents, or guardians to discuss the progress of class participants.

• Provide information about aquatic programs and schedules and refer members and participants to other relevant programs when appropriate.

• Attend all mandatory meetings and/or training sessions.

• Remain attentive and present during teaching sessions, ensuring participants' safety at all times. If necessary, remove swimmers from the pool if no other certified instructor is available.

• Instruct swim team participants to shower before entering the pool.

• Maintain cleanliness in the area; remove equipment and items when not in use or requiring attention, reporting any needed repairs to your supervisor.

• Follow pool lockup procedures if no subsequent activities follow your class.

• Administer first aid as necessary and complete incident/accident report forms for any injuries or altercations on the premises.

• Promote the YMCA's character values, mission, wellness philosophy, and role in the community.

• Lead by example the Y's mission, vision, and values with program participants, members, staff, and guests.

• Become an Ambassador of the Y's work and culture by being the ultimate storyteller of who we are as an organization and brand.

• Complete other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to the Community Enterprise

• Must be a minimum of 16 years of age upon date of hire.

• Must have previous 1-2 years coaching experience and/or prior participation in swim team.

• Must have basic aquatic skill, including knowledge of swim strokes, coaching techniques and water safety.

• Current First Aid and CPR/AED certifications.

• YMCA Swim Lesson Instructor or American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor certifications preferred.

• Completion of the YMCA Child Abuse Prevention Training once employed.

• Experiences in working with school age children in group settings, teaching swim lessons, and coaching

• You quickly learn from failure and value feedback in the effort to continuously improve.

• You are a team player with a positive, service-oriented attitude and you can work well with others.

• You listen for understanding and meaning. You speak and write effectively.

• You build good customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.

• You leverage people's differences as strengths.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, talk and occasionally lift and/or move items including equipment and children. Must be able to remain alert, sit or stand for extended periods of time, hear noises and distinguish distress signals, scan all areas of the pool with clear vision, perform all physical tasks related to instructing and observing participants in proper stroke techniques, communicate verbally, including projecting voice across distance in normal and loud situations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.