Swim Instructor - Boulder

YMCA of Northern Colorado; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free family membership

Program discounts

Retirement benefits

Employee assistance program

Paid sick time

Job summary

YMCA of Northern Colorado is seeking a Swim Instructor in Boulder. Shifts include weekday mornings/afternoons and some weekend opportunities. The role offers a competitive hourly rate with a bilingual differential for fluent Spanish/English speakers.

You will teach swim lessons, maintain safety, and follow provided lesson plans. Prior swim instruction or competitive swimming experience is helpful; certifications preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching swim lessons is preferred.
• Proficient swimming and safety/rescue skills.
• Professional, alert, courteous, and tactful.
• Bloodborne Pathogens Training within 30 days of hire.
• YMCA Swimming Lessons Instructor and Red Cross Water Safety Instructor preferred.

Responsibilities

• Swim Instructors are enthusiastic and portray a positive attitude.
• Relate positively to a variety of people including other staff, parents, and participants.
• Instructors must be organized and eager to teach (lesson plans provided).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Swimming skills

Safety/rescue skills

Professional demeanor

Bloodborne pathogens training

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Overview

Are you comfortable and confident in the water? Does laughter and the sounds of splashing make you smile? If you've got the personality, we can train you as a Swim Instructor at the YMCA of Northern Colorado.

Opportunities include weekday mornings, weekday afternoons, multiple opportunities on Saturdays and/or Sundays. You do not need to be available for all shifts to apply.

The salary range is $16.50-$22.50 per hour depending on experience and availability and we offer a +10% differential for bilingual staff who test as fluent in Spanish and English.

View all openings, learn more about our benefits, and apply online today.

Responsibilities

• Swim Instructors are enthusiastic and portray a positive attitude.
• Relate positively to a variety of people including other staff, parents, and program participants.
• Instructors must be organized, and eager to teach (lesson plans provided).
• Other duties as assigned.

This job announcement is not intended to be inclusive of all functions, responsibilities and qualifications associated with the position, however, representative of the essential job functions and typical criteria considered necessary to successfully perform the position.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching swim lessons or previous competitive swimming experience is not necessary but preferred.
• Proficient swimming and safety/rescue skills.
• Professional, alert, courteous, and tactful.
• Blood Borne Pathogens Training within 30 days of being hired.
• YMCA Swimming Lessons Instructor and Red Cross Water Safety Instructor preferred.

Physical Demands

General Physical Requirements

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Physical Activities

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and make fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive Motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Visual Acuity

• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.)

Working Conditions

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

Benefits

• (10+ hours/week) Free Family Membership
• (10+ hours/week) Program discounts
• Generous retirement benefits - 12% after eligibility is met
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Sick Time

Childcare benefits of more than $5000 are considered taxable income and will be processed accordingly. Limitations and restrictions apply to some programs.

Posted Salary Range

USD $16.50 - USD $22.50 /Hr.