Summer Head Swim Team Coach

Summary: The Head Swim Team Coach must be responsible for creating and nurturing a meaningful swim team experience by teaching teamwork, tolerance, respect, and responsibility. They must be self-motivated, enthusiastic, passionate about working with children, and have a strong member-service background.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

• Ability to coach proper swimming techniques in a safe, positive, and healthy manner to various levels and age groups.
• Observe, assess, and evaluate swimmers daily, to ensure swimmers demonstrate progress each season.
• Clear understanding of technical aspects of swimming: stroke technique; diving; turns; etc.
• Develop practices and curriculum with emphasis on youth development and teamwork.
• Prepare weekly practices the week prior to the actual team practice.
• Plans, conducts and supervises well planned practices and swim meets.
• Available for all summer swim team practices and meets.
• Responsible for set-up and clean-up before and after practices and swim meets.
• Create a fun, positive, and supportive environment for swim team participants, parents, and staff.
• Attend staff meetings as requested by the Aquatics Director and/or Fitness Operations Director.
• Communicate with parents on a weekly basis, regarding practices, swim meets, changes in schedules, etc. Communicate with the other teams within the swim team conference.
• Prepare coaches, swimmers and parents for the summer conference swim meet.
• Organize and take the lead on the end of season summer swim team banquet.
• High degree of accuracy with information provided, multi-task oriented; able to take initiative; effective organizational skills; and effective communication skills.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent

Qualifications/Certifications:

• Head Swim Team Coach - Must have 2 years of coaching and 4 years of competitive swimming experience.
• USA Swimming Coach certified (preferred but not required)
• First Aid and CPR/AED certification (Child, Infant and Adult) preferred but not required.
• Must be able to communicate and interact with participants, members, guests, co-workers and management in a professional and positive manner.
• Must have experience working with children and creating a positive environment.
• Must be personable, upbeat, enthusiastic, fun, and good with people of all ages.
• I must have strong organizational and time management skills
• Must be customer service oriented.
• Must be reliable and a team player.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Spend up to 4-6 hours outside in direct sunlight, humidity and heat.
• Occasionally reach, kneel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.