Aquatics Director - Lakewood
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Position Summary:Develops, organizes, implements, and evaluates all YMCA aquatic programs with a focus on quality, safety, youth development and healthy living. This position is responsible for managing an outdoor year-roundpool, swim lessons, swim team, lap swim, rec swim, and school swim programming.Essential Functions:1. Directs and supervises program activities to meet YMCA objectives. Establishes new program activities and expands program within the community in accordance with strategic and operating plans. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with community organizations.2. Recruits, hires, trains, develops, schedules, and directs personnel and volunteers as needed. Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals. Ensures records of staff certifications are current and complete.3. Monitors daily pool operations to adhere to all state, local and YMCA health and safety regulations.4. Conducts and ensures proper maintenance of pools. Secures and schedules pool facilities. Maintains accurate records of pool chemical levels and facility maintenance.5. Conducts lifeguarding, swim instruction, First Aid and CPR trainings.6. Creates and schedules swim classes, water fitness classes, and swim team practices and meets.7. Assists in the marketing and distribution of program information.8. Develops and monitors program budget to meet fiscal objectives.9. Assists in YMCA fundraising activities and special events.10. Responds to all member and community inquiries and complaints in timely manner.11. Participates in Los Altos Core Team Branch leadership meetings.12. Compiles program statistics. Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of and participation in program.13. Attends Association Aquatics Cluster Meetings to stay current regarding pertinent Aquatic information.14. Maintains and updates all Aquatic Records including in service training records, safety drills, and skills testing.15. Ensures that all Aquatic Staff are knowledgeable and proficient in implementation of center emergency action plans. Is responsible to see that expectations are met regarding Aquatic facility and program audits.16. Serves as branch safety liaison, assists in implementing trainings for Emergency action plans for branch.17. Performs other duties as assigned.Qualifications:1. High school diploma or equivalent required.2. Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience preferred.3. Two or more years' experience working in an aquatic facility. At least 1 year of experience hiring and supervising staff or similar type management role.4. Completion of YMCA specific and aquatic trainer certifications, including but not limited to: Lifeguard Certification including CPR-Prop, AED, Oxygen and First Aid, and Swim Instructor.5. Ability to exercise effective, independent judgment, and to work independently, with limited supervision.6. Computer literate with strong Microsoft Office products skills.7. Ability to anticipate, initiate, and structure work to be performed.8. Criminal Clearance: Including Fingerprints and background clearance.9. Health Screening with Negative TB Test and Negative Drug test screening.10. Complete all required online trainings.Working Conditions:Environmental Factors: Indoor and outdoor facilities (e.g., gymnasium and recreational sites); exposure to heat, cold, potentially hazardous chemicals, toxic materials; work on slippery or uneven surfaces. Noise level is usually moderate.Physical Demands: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. #J-18808-Ljbffr