Swim Instructor at Ashland Area YMCA

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Must be 15 years old
• •Must Complete and hold a current Lifeguard Certification
• •Ability to instruct swimming lessons
• •Knowledge of swimming strokes and teaching levels
• •Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills
• •Strong problem-solving skills
• •Self-motivated with the ability to work without supervision
• •Available to work weekends/holidays
• •Must attend all required drills and training assigned
• •Must be available to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends

Desired Qualifications

• •Our ideal candidate is a self-starter, ambitious, and engaged
• •Always very professional in the workplace
• •Maintains a professional manner to the consumer base
• •Understands Ashland Area YMCA Policies and Procedures
• •Demonstrates a willingness to work with associates, subordinates, supervisors, and others
• •Responds willingly to changes in procedures, process, responsibility, and assignments
• •Be on time, professional, dependable, hardworking, work well with others, and a team player
• •Report any items that may provide a health or safety hazard to staff, members, or guests to your supervisor or the person responsible for those items at your site
• •Follow all policies and procedures related to keeping children safe in our facilities and programs, including those related to managing visitors and guests at our facilities
• •Report any suspicious behavior and violation of policy and procedures to your supervisor
• •Follow established substitution procedures
• •Maintains a clean and organized work environment
• •Performs the job in compliance with District policies, procedures, work rules, and the employee handbook
• •Reports unusual maintenance problems or irregularities to the Aquatic Director or Building Technicians
• •Provide competent, safe instruction as instructed by the Aquatics Director or your swim instructor training
• •Plan and effectively organize class time for maximum practice
• •Teach with encouragement and positive reinforcement
• •Provide consistency in instruction by working each assigned period
• •Promote good public relations by talking with parents before and after class, not during