Swim Team – Head Coach

Responsible for supervising a staff of 1-3 assistant swim team coaches. Position will work 30-40hrs a week, working 5 days a week, plus swim meets on weeknights and Saturdays. Need to be able to conduct a swim program which teaches the correct stroke technique, teamwork, and prepares for recreational swim meets. Reports to the Aquatics Coordinator.

Examples of Duties:

• Responsible for overall swim team programming operations.
• Designate groups based on swimmers’ abilities.
• Develop workouts and run practice daily on weekday mornings.
• Complete meet entries and oversee entries completed by swim team assistants.
• Set-up swim meets, including swim meet information, computer entries, heat sheets, swim meet operation and results.
• Coordinate and facilitate Twin City Swim Conference duties.
• Coordinate a parent meeting and work with team parents to coordinate team and meet responsibilities.
• Represent the team at the Twin City Swim Conference meetings.
• Uses problem solving/creative thinking skills to identify and resolve challenges that swimmers encounter.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to communicate well with both public and staff and approach them in a positive and tactful manner.
• Ability to lead, motivate and instruct staff, patrons, and participants.
• Must be dependable, confident, self-motivated, outgoing, energetic, and ability to problem solve.
• Must be able to enforce departmental policies.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to organize and cooperate with people of all ages.
• Must have good swimming skills and be able to teach all levels of swim classes.