What are the responsibilities and job description for the Asst Swim Team Coach - Bryan YMCA position at YMCA of Greensboro?
POSITION SUMMARY
The Assistant Swim Team Coach is responsible for on deck instruction and coaching of swimmers. In addition, every position in the YMCA of Greensboro is responsible for carrying out our promise to strengthen the foundations of community with focus on Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility while upholding our values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Instruct swimmers in 4 competitive strokes, starts, turns and interval training.
- Encourage participation in swim meets and other team activities.
- Work at all GCY hosted meets and selected travel meets, as needed.
- Handle administrative tasks such as attendance, promoting swim meets and assisting with meet entries, etc.
- Attend educational activities and clinics
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
PRIMARY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- Engaging Community – Build bridges with others in the community to ensure the Y’s work is community-focused and welcoming of all, providing community benefit
- Communication and Influence – Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to the Y’s cause.
- Functional Expertise – Executes superior technical skills for the role
- Emotional Maturity – Demonstrates ability to understand and manage emotions effectively in all situations.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Combination of coaching, swim instruction or teaching experience plus competitive swimming background.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with children. Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money, distance and time. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately using written, verbal and non-verbal methods. Ability to work as part of a team regardless of the expressed role within the team, and ability to change roles as needed. Ability to seek collaborations with staff, members and other organizations to reach a common goal. Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the Y and learn new skills sets to better serve in an ever-changing community and work environment. Ability to identify a problem, plan for and execute a solution for a desired outcome, involving others as needed. Ability to analyze and interpret data, and to create action steps to address key information extracted from the data. Ability to resolve conflict by negotiating solutions that will serve the best interests of all parties.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, and peripheral vision.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- Certifications: All current USA Swimming/YMCA coaching certifications which include, but are not limited to, Safety Training for Coaches (online and in-water), CPR PRO/AED, Foundations of Coaching, Concussion Protocol Training, Athlete Protection Training and USADA Coach’s Advantage Tutorial (See https://www.usaswimming.org/coaches/coaching-membership-requirements-checklist), as well as Blood Borne Pathogen training. All certifications must be kept current.
