Job Description:
Date posted: April 23, 2025
Location: Oakland, CA, USA
Piedmont Swim Team (“PST”) Seeks a Lead Age Group Coach
The Piedmont Swim Team is looking for an energetic team player who loves to coach youth athletes and is motivated to help advance our swimmers and program to the next level. This position reports to the Head Coach of Piedmont Swim Team who is responsible for the daily operations of the Club.
Employment Status: Part-time
Essential Functions:
- Assist the Head Coach and the entire PST coaching staff in implementing a comprehensive competitive program for our athletes
- Conduct about 20-30 hours per week of on-deck coaching
- Incorporate goal setting into practice sessions at both the group and individual swimmer levels
- Support swimmers, parents and coaches at swim meets as needed
- Communicate effectively with other coaches, parents, and swimmers ages 6-18
- Perform seasonal and yearly evaluations of swimmers
- Help maintain up-to-date performance reports on our athletes
- Attend all scheduled swim meets, meetings, and team functions as needed
Important and essential knowledges, skills and abilities:
- Knowledge of and expertise in:
- Current technical, training and motivational philosophies in swimming
- First Aid, CPR, AED, and other lifesaving techniques
- Competitive swimming and coaching at all age groups below senior levels
- Teaching stroke mechanics
- Skills:
- Demonstrates positive, consistent, and effective motivational strategies when working with swimmers, parents, and other coaching staff in relation to all aspects of the program
- Demonstrates strong organizational skills and experience in on-site protocols for practices and meets, operational procedures, and safety policies
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of and ability to administer or use first aid, CPR, AED, and other lifesaving techniques
- Ability to:
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Demonstrate mature judgment, reliability, availability, and ethical behavior
- Work effectively with staff and swimmers at all levels, displaying a positive attitude, demonstrating presence and self-confidence, and exhibiting motivation and drive
- Embrace a sound developmental philosophy that is in line with the growth mindset and values of the Piedmont Swim Team
- Maintain clear professional boundaries with swimmers and families and adhere to the American Swimming Coaches Association Code of Ethics, the USA Swimming Code of Conduct, and all SafeSport, USA Swimming, and team policies regarding athlete safety and protection
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: at minimum, high school or GED degree, college degree preferred
- Experience: 4+ years competitive swim experience. Coaching experience preferred.
- Certificates:
- Ability to meet all USA Swimming certification and coaching requirements before the start of employment
- Must possess the following certifications from the Red Cross or other equivalent agency: Safety Training for Swim Coaches or Lifeguard Certification, CPR, AED, and first aid
- Must pass the following:
- USA Swimming background check
- LiveScan Fingerprinting background check
- Employment reference checks
- Education verification
- State motor vehicle report
- Social media and internet checks
- Must have legal rights to work in the United States.
Physical Requirements:
- Be flexible, adaptable, and readily able to adjust to changes in the work environment
- Have the ability to move and adjust lane lines
- Have the ability to stand for extended periods of time
- Be able to see swimmers’ stroke mechanics in the pool, and read a computer screen and printed material
- Be able to hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone
- Be able to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly
- Possess the physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
- Have the ability to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead
Compensation: Piedmont Swim Team offers competitive compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications. Our range for hourly coaches is $25 to $35 per hour, negotiable based on experience level. We offer access to comprehensive benefits programs. There are also additional income opportunities available through PST’s swim lesson program.
How to Apply
Please send your resume and a cover letter to Erin Schultz, PST’s V.P. of Staff Operations, at [email protected]
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