Location
Illinois | United States
Job description
Salary:
$15/hr
Schedule:
Monday - Friday 7:00am-10:30am some evenings and Saturday meets
Season goes until the end of July
Start Date:
05/01/2024
Overview:
Under the general supervision of the Swim Team Head Coach, the Assistant Swim Team Coach position is responsible for conducting swim practices which stress a recreational approach to competitive swimming. This position also assists and supports swimmers during competitive swim meets.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Conduct swim practices in a safe, friendly and competitive environment.
- Assist swimmers with stroke development and stroke mechanics.
- Attend swim meets, supervise and motivate swimmers, direct warm-up exercises, evaluate swimmers' performance and offer positive suggestions for improvement.
- Assist head coach with the line up for all meets.
- Ensure the safety of swim team members. Enforce safety rules and guidelines.
- Model good sportsmanship.
- Adhere to all conference rules and regulations
- Demonstrate and support park district customer service standards.
- Follow district and departmental safety, personnel, and administrative policies, procedures and ordinances.
- Work closely and communicate with Swim Team Head Coach to ensure programming is running smoothly.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist with line-up preparation for dual and championship meets.
- Attend Swim Team social functions as requested.
- Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills (i.e., professional ability to attend to customer needs).
- Ability to address complaints and resolve concerns as needed.
- Knowledge in proper training and swimmer development of all four competitive strokes.
Education and Experience:
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Coaching experience preferred
- Two years competitive swimming background preferred
Special Considerations :
- Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.
- Occasionally lift, carry and/or move object(s) weighing ≤ 30 lbs. Lifting assistance is required when lifting ≥ 30 lbs.
- Subject to modified/flexible work schedule
- Ability to sustain posture in a standing position for prolonged periods of time.
- Flexible hours required
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