AQUATICS COORDINATOR

Job Description

Job Description

Decatur Shelby County YMCA

Job Description

Job Title: Aquatics Coordinator

Original Date: 03/31/2024

Revised Date: 04/23/2025

Department: Aquatics

Reports To: Association Program Director

Basic Functions and Scope of Responsibility

The Aquatics Coordinator plays a key leadership role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of aquatics programming across the Decatur Shelby County YMCA. Reporting to the Association Program Director, this position is responsible for supporting daily operations, staff supervision, and program execution that align with the Y’s mission and strategic goals. The Aquatics Coordinator contributes to program innovation, risk management, staff training and development, and pool maintenance, while serving as a consistent and responsive point of contact for members and the community. This role helps advance the Y’s commitment to safety, inclusion, and community well-being through excellence in aquatic services.

Role Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, train, schedule, and evaluate lifeguards and aquatic program staff, ensuring coverage of all shifts and programs while fostering a positive, motivated team environment.

• Assist in delivering in-service training and certifications in lifeguarding, swim instruction, CPR, and First Aid while maintaining accurate staff training records and development documentation.

• Serve as a safety advisor on the branch leadership team, upholding risk management standards and health regulations across all aquatic operations and facilities.

• Collaborate on program creation and evaluation, support innovative offerings that expand community impact, and gather participant feedback to inform ongoing improvement.

• Help monitor pool chemical levels, support facility maintenance, assist with budget monitoring, and manage program data including registration and scheduling accuracy.

• Communicate with members and the community to resolve concerns promptly, reinforcing the Y’s commitment to safety, service, and satisfaction.

• Other duties as assigned by the Association Program Director.

Education, Experience & Training

• High School degree or equivalent with Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Minimum of 2-3 years of successful aquatic management or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 1 year with supervisory experience

• Must hold CPR for the Professional Rescuer or equivalent, First Aid and Emergency Oxygen

• YMCA Aquatic Supervisor or Team Leader certification preferred.

• Must hold Lifeguard and Swim Instructor certification at time of hire

• Must hold or can acquire Lifeguard Instructor certification within 90 days of hire

• Lifeguard Instructor Trainer and Swim Lesson Instructor Trainer certifications preferred or achieved within 1 year of hire

• Certified Pool Operator or equivalent preferred

• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.

Core Competencies

• Caring: Show a sincere concern for others

• Honesty: Be truthful in what you say and do

• Respect: Follow the golden rule

• Responsibility: Be accountable for your promises and actions

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• The employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud

• Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to supervise program activities.

• Hear noises and distress signals in the aquatic environment.

• Remain alert with no lapses of consciousness.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to the job. The job description is not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees in the job classification. This document is not a contract and does not, in any way, alter the at-will employment relationship.

DSYMCA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity of expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.