About the position
Join the Emler Swim School team as an hourly Deck Manager / Team Manager and embark on a journey through our professional development program to strengthen your leadership, customer service and teaching skills. This opportunity is perfect for those who have a passion for water safety, swimming and working with kids and their families and who are seeking advancement, training, and mentoring opportunities. No Aquatic experience? No problem! Bring your natural tendency to lead and we will bring the aquatic training necessary! Together, we will create an aquatic expert through our Leadership Development program! Emler Swim School's investment in your career growth includes active participation in a 25-week formal professional development program, in addition to more than one hundred hours training as a deck manager, customer service representative, and swim instructor for infants, toddlers, and school-age children. During your first year of employment, you will attend weekly meetings with key business leaders at your location centered around employee management and development, business growth and more!
Responsibilities
- Supervise, mentor, develop, evaluate, train, and help retain hourly team members.
- Teach and evaluate student skills regularly, celebrating their progress in the pool.
- Support site leadership in guiding the teaching staff on their shifts to effectively instruct their students and engage and retain customers through safe swim instruction, enrollment and re-enrollment.
- Become proficient in each front-line aquatic role through thoughtful hands-on training on our award-winning curriculum.
- Assist in planning, managing, and overseeing schedules.
- Work alongside experts to follow all safety standards keeping children, families and staff wellbeing top of mind.
Requirements
- Must have experience working with kids and passion to engage with them and encourage them to achieve milestones.
- Must have a natural tendency to lead and encourage others.
- Must be able to work a consistent schedule, including weekday evenings and weekends.
- Must be able to stand for periods of time, moving around on deck and in the pool, lifting students and pool equipment.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Benefits
- Competitive starting rate $13-20 per hour
- Tuition reimbursement program for students
- Referral bonus program
- Raise opportunities for top performers
- Increases for various certifications
- Free employee wellness program
- Discounted swim lessons and swim parties
- Voluntary Aflac supplemental insurance plans at discounted rates
- Discounted pet insurance
- Discounts on products and services through LifeMart
- Voluntary 401(k)
- Health, dental, vision and basic life and AD&D insurance are available to employees who regularly work full time (32+ hours per week)
