Pool Manager - Duncan YMCA

YMCA of Greater Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading community organization focused on youth development and healthy living. This role emphasizes leadership in ensuring safe swimming conditions and fostering a positive atmosphere for members. As a vital part of the aquatics team, you will oversee lifeguards, enforce safety standards, and maintain pool cleanliness. Your commitment to safety and community engagement will help create an enjoyable environment for all. If you are passionate about making a difference in people's lives and have the skills to lead and inspire, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Minimum age of 21 years with 2-3 years of related experience preferred.
• Current YMCA Lifeguard and Swim Instructor Certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe swimming conditions and supervise aquatics staff.
• Perform maintenance of pool areas and enforce safety rules.
• Document incidents and maintain required certifications.

Skills

Lifeguard Skills

CPR

First Aid

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma

YMCA Lifeguard Certification

YMCA Swim Instructor Certification

Tools

Aquatic Education Manuals

Job description

Position Summary:

Provides Leadership and ensures safe swimming conditions in the pool(s), on the pool deck(s) and in surrounding areas. Creates a safe and positive atmosphere promoting member safety and engagement, youth development and healthy living in accordance with YMCA standards, policies and procedures. Position is responsible for ensuring lifeguards and swim instructors are meeting essential job functions. Responsible for supervision of aquatics staff and administrative duties under the supervision of the Aquatics Director.

Essential Functions:

1. Knows and understands all emergency procedures and responds to emergency situations immediately and appropriately, in accordance with YMCA standards, policies and procedures. Provides lead assistance in any emergency situation and activates emergency communication plan.
2. Knows, understands, and consistently enforces safety rules, swim testing procedures, policies and guidelines for the pool(s) and aquatics area(s).
3. Performs maintenance of the pool(s) and pool area(s) to assure high standards of safety and cleanliness; including vacuuming, cleaning pool deck, pool tiles and trash-pick-up. Backwash and adjust chemicals as needed.
4. Ensure pool chemical testing, daily equipment checks, opening/closing procedures and accurate records are maintained.
5. Checks for pool hazards when arriving and continues to monitor risks to prevent accidents before they occur.
6. Maintains all required certifications, in accordance with YMCA standards, policies and procedures.
7. Model effective relationships with the members, participants and other staff. Communicates rules and policies while being “firm, fair and tactful” and utilizing “Q-1-2” customer service technique.
8. Provides leadership and guidance for other lifeguards and swim instructors.
9. Performs aquatics audits, drills and other types of skill evaluations.
10. Documents and informs Director of incidents/accidents, member concerns, damaged equipment and supply needs.
11. Creates and coordinates lifeguard and swim instructor schedules, including substitutions.
12. Coordinates and schedules use of aquatics facilities for program activities and events.
13. Attends and assists the Aquatics Director with preparation of all staff meetings and trainings, as required by YMCA standards, policies and procedures and/or state health department code requirements. Attends minimum of four (4) hours in-service per month.
14. Assists with YMCA Annual Campaign fundraising activities and special events.
15. Reports suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
16. Follows mandated abuse and incident reporting requirements.
17. Meets timelines and deadlines related to supporting systems and employee compliance. An example includes but is not limited to UKG for review and approval of time sheets.

YMCA Culture & Cause Expectations:

Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. It’s who we are, who we aspire to be and how we show up every day. We are cause-driven. We don’t just show up, we show up with purpose. As a cause driven leader you are expected to be:

• Welcoming-Accept neighbors eagerly, warmly, hospitably, and as equal participants.
• Nurturing-To care for, support, and help develop through encouragement.
• Hopeful-Take an optimistic or positive view of future outcomes.
• Determined-To devote full strength and concentrated attention to the cause.
• Genuine–To be honest and open in relationships with others.

YMCA Competencies (Team Leader):

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Y’s values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fundraising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.

Qualifications:

1. Minimum age of 21 years.
2. Two to three years related experience, preferred.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in Lifeguard skills in accordance with YMCA policies and procedures.
4. Current YMCA Lifeguard or Red Cross Lifeguard and obtain YMCA Lifeguard certification within 30 days of hire.
5. Current/or must obtain: YMCA Swim Instructor Certification.
6. Current/or must obtain prior to first scheduled shift: ASHI certification for: CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Basic First Aid and Emergency Oxygen and YOTS Child Abuse Prevention Training, Information Security and Awareness, Workplace Harassment and Bullying, Universal Precautions, and New Staff Orientation Assessment.
7. Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, interpret, retain and teach safety rules, maintenance instructions and aquatics education manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of children, parents, members and other staff, as well as one-on-one situations.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense, understanding and sound judgment to carry out instructions in written, verbal or diagram form, including assisting with curriculum learning. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to be sensitive and alert to the needs, feelings and safety of others. Ability to follow YMCA policies and procedures and state health department code requirements.

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 stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle and/or feel objects, tools and/or controls; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and/or crawl. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and taste and smell. The employee must frequently move and/or lift up to 50 pounds and perform effective rescues regardless of weight. Possess adequate vision and hearing to safely monitor an aquatic environment and children. Ability to remain alert, continuously scan all areas of the pool with clear vision and perform strenuous physical tasks necessary for a water rescue. Ability to hear voices, distinguish distress signals and communicate verbally, including projecting voice across distance in both normal and loud situations.

The YMCA of Greater Houston provides Equal Employment Opportunities for employment to all employees and applicants, including disability and protected veteran status.

Required certifications:

• YMCA Lifeguard
• YMCA Swim Instructor
• Basic Life Support, Basic First Aid, Emergency use of Medical Oxygen
• Must also hold or be in the process of becoming a Lifeguard Instructor.