Masters Swim Coach

West Suburban YMCA•Newton, MA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Masters Swim Coach at the Wells Ave location, responsible for providing direct leadership, instruction, and motivation to swimmers on the swim team. The West Suburban YMCA is a charitable organization dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Its culture is welcoming, genuine, hopeful, nurturing, and determined, striving to create a place where individuals can belong, grow, and become catalysts for positive change, embracing diversity in age, race, gender, religion, heritage, economic circumstance, or physical ability.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18.
Certifications: CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED, Basic First Aid and Emergency Oxygen.
USA Swim Coach certifications.
Current Lifeguard Training Certification or Safety Training for Swim Coaches.
Knowledge of the competitive strokes and techniques, competitive swimming and general water safety.
Knowledgeable in Team Unify, Meet Manager, Team Manager
Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.

Responsibilities

Coaches and instructs swimmers in accordance with YMCA guidelines, having prepared practices and workouts accordingly.
Builds effective, authentic relationships with swimmers and parents; helps them connect with each other and the YMCA. Encourage parent involvement and identifies potential volunteers.
Conveys information on the swim team, aquatics programs and schedules.
Attends practices and swim meets as required.
Maintains records as required (i.e. attendance, swim meet reports, etc.).
Attends staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
Follows all YMCA policies, rules, regulations and procedures, including emergency and safety procedures. Completes incident and accident reports as necessary.
Organizes and puts away needed swim team equipment. Reports damaged equipment.
Train and supervise Junior Swim Coaches as assigned, if necessary.