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Let the next step in your career be a footprint in the sands of sunny Tampa Bay, Florida.
Job Description
Bring your passion for water safety and aquatics programming to the Campo Family YMCA as the new Aquatic Director. Serving the communities of Valrico, Bloomingdale, and Brandon in the greater Tampa Bay Area, the Campo Y has been a pillar of the community for decades. Boasting a beautiful 50,000+ sq ft full-facility YMCA, amenities include three heated outdoor swimming pools (utilized year-round in the warm Florida sunshine), a full gymnasium, a wellness center, a teen center, youth and family program spaces and significant wellness program spaces, all benefitting from recent improvements totaling $1.5MM. This 4,000+ household YMCA is led by a team of tenured and skilled professionals in all departments and thrives on an annual operating budget of $4MM with significant growth potential.
Critical areas of expertise include: leading others and working in teams, highly organized program management, delivering and managing programs focusing on quality, proven results in growth in programs, successfully overseeing part-time/full-time teams and interviewing, hiring and onboarding associates.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Sports Management, Recreation, Health Sciences, Physical Education or related field or equivalent experience preferred.
- Minimum of two (2) years of aquatic or similar with supervisor experience preferred.
- Experience as an aquatic faculty trainer (Youth Swim Lesson and/or Lifeguard instructor) preferred.
- Experience working in a Y (or similar) 1,500+ unit membership base organization supervising or serving in a leadership role preferred
- Supervision of budget exceeding $500,000 preferred (or equivalent budgeting and/or goal achievement)
- Proven results in increasing program quality and growth through exceptional planning and organizational skills.
- Highly motivated with the ability to meet or exceed goals, cultivate and retain program participants.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and adapt to changing contexts and priorities.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to identify and leverage relevant data to use in planning and decision-making.
- Strategic planning and tactical execution experience that resulted in achievement of goals
- Excellent personal computer skills and experience with standard business software
- Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community
Essential Functions
Under the direction of the Center Executive Director and responsible to the Association Aquatics Executive, the Senior Aquatics Director leads center aquatics staff in playing an integral role in attracting, engaging and retaining members. This position serves on the center management team, playing an integral role in membership acquisition, engagement, aquatic program quality, and retention. The position will provide supervision to the aquatics staff, giving superior program quality, ensuring all programs support membership, increasing program enrollments, and enhancing the member and participant experience. This position ensure that their teams operate efficiently and employs a continuous improvement model to meet and/or exceed goals for member/participant satisfaction, financial management and overall growth.
Required Certifications
- Must obtain within 30 days of employment and then maintain current certifications in CPR, First Aid, AED and Oxygen Administration.
- Maintain position-specific required certifications as stated in the training matrix.