Position Summary:

Provide direct leadership to participate in a YMCA Swim Team program that emphasizes positive self worth, stroke development, fun, fitness, personal safety in a safe aquatic environment.

Essential Functions:

• To attend practices and swim meets as scheduled. Make sure practices are covered as needed.
• Coordinate coaching plan with all coaches
• Completion of meet line-ups for all meets
• Handle administrative work related to swim team and fundraiser
• Maintain effective communication with parents, coaches and YMCA staff as well as work with parent volunteers on key tasks.
• Insure that all swim team members behave properly in the pool, locker room and lobby areas.
• Maintain a positive and encouraging attitude
• Adhere to all YMCA swim league regulations

YMCA Competencies (Team Leader):

• Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Y’s values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fundraising.
• Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance, and support.
• Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
• Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change; models adaptability and awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to be in the pool area for extended periods of time
• Communicate verbally to groups and individuals in and out of the pool area
• Must be able to lift and assist swimmer in and out of the pool
• Ability to hear sounds of distress in order to assist
• Demonstrate swimming skills in order to increase development of swim team members

Performance Objectives:

Work with individuals or group seeking to accomplish the refinement of stokes and preparation for meets.

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 16 years of age or older
• Hold a current First Aid and CPR certification
• Must have understanding of strokes and techniques in the assigned area of instruction