Director of Aquatics

The Director of Aquatics is the lead in driving the Y experience in the assigned aquatic departments, ensuring success in the following areas of responsibility to support to a strong Y Experience:

1. Performance Achievement – Ultimately accountable for the performance of their team. Directly responsible for hiring, coaching, and managing all direct reports and ensuring compliance with association hiring practices for all positions within their organizational structure. Connections with direct reports to ensure progress performance goals /expectations, ability to work well with others and discuss career development.
2. Program Enrollment, Growth and Experience - Drives program enrollment and growth while ensuring a high-quality, safe, and transformative Y Experience as demonstrated by program enrollment, reality checks, net-promoter scores, DPH compliance and other experience metrics.
3. Marketing – Executes all aspects of association marketing strategies and campaigns. Regularly promotes Y programs through participants and social media.
4. Youth Development – In collaboration with the Swim School Coordinator, helps to lead and coach staff to ensure high quality programming through the implementation of the YMCA Swim Lesson program. Monitors and engages in family and participant communication.
5. Compliance – Ensures accountability and compliance with all YMCA safety standards and best practices, and regulatory health and safety requirements in the aquatics facilities and ensures active participation and attendance in monthly in-service for both safety and instruction. Provides regular certification training for staff and provides coordination and training support to other Family Centers. Coordinates and documents in-service and certification training within Association
6. Facility Management - Ensures that the aquatic environment is well maintained, safe and clean, following DPH guidelines and YMCA practices. Ensure program staff conduct daily walk-throughs of facilities. Reports and follows up with staff to address any deficiencies and safety hazards.
7. Fiscal Management – Assists with the development of an annual budget according to association instructions and ensures successful execution of the plan. Works to identify growth opportunities, forecasting monthly, and address financial deficiencies on a timely basis.
8. Collaboration – Collaboratively works with direct reports, Swim School Coordinator and Family Center Executives to ensure a positive experience for children, members and families participating in the programs through an aligned safety and instructional training and in-service experiences for the aquatic team members. Refines, updates, and implements in-service training, reality checks and best practices for the assigned cohort of aquatic departments.
9. Financial Development –Supports family center fundraising campaign, engages staff and families to meet quarterly and annual goals.

The Aquatics Director will create a transformative Y Experience that builds loyal participants and families, energizes employees, engages partners, inspires donors, and stimulates program growth and innovation across branches.