Aquatics Operations Coordinator

Are you driven to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment that inspires growth, connection, and community? Do you thrive in leading teams, delivering high-quality programs, and building impactful relationships? Join the YMCA of Northern Alberta as our **Aquatics Operations Coordinator** and help advance our aquatic programs while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion at every step.

**Our Culture**

Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture at the Y. We strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day.

**We are welcoming.**
We are open to all. We are a place where you can belong.

**We are genuine.**
We value you and embrace your individuality.

**We are hopeful.**
We believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world.

**We are nurturing.**
We support you in your journey to develop your full potential.

**We are determined.**
Above all else, we are on a constant quest to make our community stronger, if you want to join us

**Essential Functions**
- ** Lead the Team**: Recruit, hire, train, and manage a high-performing team of staff and volunteers, ensuring clear expectations, regular feedback, and a collaborative environment.
- ** Enhance Member Experience**: Evaluate swim programs, monitor progress, and maintain high quality standards for sessional lessons to improve member retention and satisfaction.
- ** Ensure Safety**: Conduct on-going audits, health & safety checks, and daily walkarounds to correct unsafe or high-risk areas and maintain a safe and welcoming aquatic environment; Ongoing evaluation of aquatic supervision and lifeguarding ensuring YMCA scanning, guarding and patrol standards are consistently met
- ** Support Excellence**: Work closely with the Aquatics Center Manager to deliver high-quality programs such as the Junior Lifeguard Club, Swim Club, and ASP, ensuring they meet organizational goals.
- ** Be Prepared**: Uphold all YMCA emergency procedures, Alberta health code, pool standards, and best practices, responding to incidents with precision and professionalism.
- ** Foster Connections**: Build positive relationships with members, participants, families, colleagues and volunteers to encourage parent/caregiver involvement and strengthen the sense of community and belonging.
- ** Service Excellence**: Ensure Service that Shines and other related aquatics standards are consistently met and respond to service issues with possible solutions in a timely manner

**What You'll Need for This Job**
- **Experience**: Minimum 2 years in an aquatics leadership role.
- **Education**: A degree in Recreation, Physical Education, Education, or related field is an asset.
- ** Certifications**:

- ** Required**: Intermediate First Aid & CPR-C, National Lifeguard (NL) Pool, and either YMCA Swim Instructor (YSI) or Lifesaving Instructor (LSI).
- ** Preferred**: Aquatics Emergency Care (AEC), National Coaching Certification (NCCP), Aquatic Supervisor Training (AST), National Lifeguard Instructor (NLI), or First Aid Instructor (FAI).
- ** Additional Requirements**:Lifesaving Swim Instructor (LSI) and YMCA Champion - Aquatics within 1 year of hire; Oxygen Administration (O2) within 6 months. Ability to maintain certification-level currency without expiry as well as physical and mental readiness
- ** Skills**:Strong leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal abilities.
- ** Integrity**:Must pass a Police Information Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and complete WHMIS and child abuse prevention training within 30 days of hire

**What the Y Offers You**
- An opportunity to expand your leadership skills while making a meaningful impact in your community
- A culture of honesty, respect and pride in what we do.
- Colleagues who bring diverse perspectives and talents to the workplace.
- A comprehensive benefits package.
- Membership to our health, fitness & aquatics facilities and reduced fees in YMCA programs

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