Student Development Specialist II - Aquatics Coordinator

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Who We Are

The mission of the Department of Recr e a tiona l Sports is to promote activity, wellness, and development by providing high quality experiences and facilities for the students and community of Texas A&M University.

What We Want

The Aquatics Coordinator is an important member of the Aquatics professional team which is responsible for the overall daily operations of the aquatic facilities, supervision of events, and management of the lifeguard staff. The Aquatics Coordinator will enforce safety regulations for the protection of patrons, make suggestions for new or updated regulations, implement staff training, and perform other duties as assigned.

What You Need To Know

• This position requires work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.

• Salary : Commensurate based on selected candidates experience.

• Cover letter/Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended and will help in our review. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section.

Responsibilities

Supervision:

• Directly supervises 100 part time staff.

• Hire, train, schedule, discipline, and evaluate all student personnel.

• Oversees and confirms lifeguard certifications.

• Trains and manages student staff in operational procedures.

• Develop student staff leadership skills through orientations, in-services, mentoring and one on one discussion.

Training:

• Assists in teaching lifeguard classes and recertification classes as needed.

• Assist with the learn to swim program.

Pool Equipment:

• Assists in overseeing the preparation of pools for daily and program use, including chemical balance, temperature, etc. This includes testing and monitoring testing of chemicals, inspecting filtration, pumps, and chemical feeding systems, and performing appropriate adjustments to those systems.

• Responsible for overseeing facility cleanliness and sanitation of the aquatic facilities.

• Coordinate deep cleaning schedules of the aquatics area 4 times a year.

Risk Management:

• Helps develop and administer the risk management policies for all pool areas.

• Edit and update manuals and assist with risk management procedures.

Event Management:

• Assists in aquatic event management and facility preparation and rehabilitation for events.

• Assists with aquatic programming including development and execution of new programs to reach groups across campus.

• Assist with the website updates and social media.

Budget:

• Assists in development and implementation of the aquatics budget. Responsible for the lifeguard wage budget.

• Purchases supplies for facility operations.

• Works with university purchasing procedures.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree

• Supervisory experience; at least one year lifeguard experience

• One year of swim meet management

• Experience in pool chemical handling, lifeguard training and scheduling, pool mechanical systems, and Aquatic Event Management

Required Licenses and Certifications:

• Lifeguard, First Aid, and CPR/AED certifications

• Lifeguard Instructor (LGI) must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; recreation administration, sport management, higher education administration, or a comparable field

• Master’s degree

• Four or more years of experience working with aquatics or recreation program, with at least one year professionally (two years of graduate assistantships equivalent to one year professionally)

• Four or more years of supervisor experience, with at least two of the years being with college students

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to supervise and evaluate employees

• Ability to supervise, train, and coordinate event staff

• Ability to plan, establish, and implement set up and take down for swim meets

• Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others

• Ability to keep accurate and up to date records

• Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and/or data entry applications.

• Good communication, writing skills, leadership abilities, and budgetary and time

• management

• Customer service oriented

• Basic plumbing knowledge

• Stay up to date on required state training.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work outdoors exposed to various weather conditions, potential allergens, elevated noise levels, and heat

• Ability to move up to 50 lbs with assistance

• Ability to move light, medium or heavy objects with assistance

• Some lifting/carrying of classroom/presentation materials; ability to lift, carry, load or unload up to 10lbs. of instructional materials

Instructions to Applicants : Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume’ or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.