Swim instructor

Join the YMCA as a Swim Instructor and make a difference by promoting water safety and healthy living.

Swim instruction is vital for individuals of all ages, especially children. Beyond reducing the risk of drowning, it fosters water safety awareness and provides an enjoyable means to stay physically active, encouraging a healthy lifestyle from a young age. If you possess a passion for teaching and swimming, have a flexible weekly schedule, and can commit to 15-28 hours of work, this opportunity is tailor-made for you!

The Greater Austin YMCA is dedicated to supporting your success in this role by ensuring you acquire all necessary certifications and providing you with the essential resources.

How You Will Make an Impact (Essential Responsibilities):

• Protect the health, safety, and welfare of all persons in the pool area. 
• Maintain the cleanliness of the area. 
• Remove items and equipment when finished or those that need attention and all needed repairs to your supervisor. 
• Follow pool lockup procedures if your class is not followed by another activity. 
• Remain on duty until you are relieved if your class is followed by another group. 
• Follow personal attire requirements, including wearing appropriate swim attire.
• Communicate and engage with participants, parents, or guardians regarding the progress of class participants. 
• Secure your own substitute if you cannot make a scheduled class and provide lesson plans for substitutes. 
• Arrive on deck at least 5 minutes prior to class and be ready to start class at the scheduled time. 
• Teach classes as assigned by the program director. 
• Keep records and reports on classes, including completing evaluations of participants, class rosters, attendance tracking, and registration procedures. 
• Never turn your back or leave the class or pool area while teaching unless another certified instructor can take over.  You must remove the swimmers from the pool if no others are available. 
• Instruct class participants to take a soap shower before entering the pool. 
• Render first aid as needed and complete incident/accident report forms for every injury/altercation on the premises. 
• Aware of information on aquatics programs and schedules and, as appropriate, refer members and participants to other programs. 
• Know and follow the Greater Austin YMCA's People Guidelines, Code of Ethics, payroll procedures (including completing timesheets), and established emergency procedures.
• Must attend all required meetings and/or trainings. 
• Support Center and Association goals and directions through effective completion of tasks and verbal display to peers, staff, members, and guests.   
• Know and follow YMCA Aquatic Program levels, objectives, and best practices.  
• Lead the Y's mission, vision, and values with program participants, members, staff, and guests by example.
• Become an Ambassador of the Y's work and culture by being the ultimate storyteller of who we are as an organization and brand.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to Power your Purpose (Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Have excellent swimming skills to perform rescue techniques and maintain endurance.
• Current First Aid, CPR/AED, and Emergency Oxygen certifications. Y
• MCA Swim Lesson Instructor or American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor certifications preferred.
• You demonstrate the ability to remain calm and composed in high-pressure situations. 
•  You quickly learn from failure and value feedback in an effort to continuously improve. 
• You are a team player with a positive, service-oriented attitude, and you can work well with others.  
• You listen for understanding and meaning. You speak and write effectively.  
• You build good customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. 
• You foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, leveraging people's differences as strengths and promoting a welcoming environment for all. 

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, talk, and occasionally lift and/or move items, including equipment and children. Must be able to remain alert, sit or stand for extended periods of time, hear noises and distinguish distress signals, scan all areas of the pool with clear vision, perform all physical tasks related to instructing and observing participants in proper stroke techniques, communicate verbally, including projecting voice across distance in normal and loud situations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

Salary : $16 - $18