Swim Instructor

An exciting opportunity to join the Team of a progressive YMCA association located in vibrant Somerset County, New Jersey. The YMCA is one of the nation's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. With a 150-year-old history, Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) is a pillar of the community and has seven locations across three counties, which collectively serve upwards of 30,000 individuals. GSCY has 100 full-time and 950 part-time employees along with operating revenues to $22+ million.

The Y empowers everyone—no matter who they are or where they are from. To fulfill our purpose of strengthening community for all, GSCY is committed to being an inclusive organization and leveraging our collective impact to address social inequities. To learn more about GSCY, visit our website:

General Function:

The Swim Instructor serves members though Swimming sessions. S/he builds relationships with members and program participants through effective and positive customer service while providing a safe instructional environment.

Essential duties:

• Engages all members/participants in a professional and courteous manner:
• Greet/say hello and goodbye to all participants in the aquatics area and learn members names and call them by their names
• Listen and be accessible to all members for questions and comments
• Follow-up as needed
• Engages members on new classes, new changes, etc.
• Maintains proper functioning/cleanliness and/or report malfunctioning of Water area/equipment to supervisor
• Redirects members on cell phones to front lobby
• Adheres and incorporate the YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility and educates members about the YMCA mission and goals
• Complies with all Somerset Hills YMCA Policies and Procedures
• Attends trainings, seminars and meetings as required

Other duties:

• Arrives to work five (5) minutes before shift starts
• Wear appropriate and professional uniform/attire
• All other duties as assigned

Required knowledge/experience:

• Has 1+ experience in teaching Swim Lessons
• Proven track-record in attracting and retaining new clients/participants

Required education/certifications:

• HS diploma or equivalent
• YSL and/or WSI certification
• Current Blood borne Pathogens certification
• SH YMCA Child Abuse Prevention Training within 30 days of hire
• SH YMCA New Staff Orientation Training within 90 days of hire

Required core competencies:

1. Commitment to Mission and YMCA values:
2. Accepts and demonstrates YMCA values
3. Shows a genuine concern for the needs, feelings and well-being of others under all circumstances
4. Acts with integrity and credibility in all situations
5. Commitment to Inclusion:
6. Displays ease and comfort with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions
7. Works effectively with all members of a diverse team
8. Seeks out and includes others in order to gather new and different point of view
9. Member, Community and Movement Driven
10. Demonstrates a desire to serve others
11. Responds to requests, inquiries, concerns and complaints in a timely and appropriate fashion to assure that members feels valued
12. Anticipates and acts to fulfill member and community needs
13. Improves programs and services based on member and community feedback
14. Relationship Building:
15. Develops and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with volunteers, members and colleagues at all levels of the organization.
16. Pro-actively assists others in meeting goals by sharing information and resources
17. Puts the good of the organization ahead of personal gain
18. Welcomes opportunities to work in small communities
19. Commitment to quality results:
20. Committed to achieving position expectations.
21. Keeps an eye on what is important.
22. Ensures that goals are met in an appropriate fashion.
23. Monitors own performance against job-appropriate standards and takes quick and appropriate action to stay on course.
24. Takes pride in work.
25. Thinking skills:
26. Transfers learning from one situation to another
27. Identifies new courses of action when encountering obstacles.
28. Makes sound decisions/judgments based on input from others, data and feedback.
29. Takes personal responsibility for decisions
30. Capacity for change:
31. Deals with ambiguity successfully
32. Can shift gears comfortably even in uncertain situations.
33. Embraces the importance and relevance of change for the good of the organization.
34. Acts on change as an opportunity for personal growth and work enhancement rather than viewing it as a problem to be avoided or resisted

Working conditions and physical requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Benefits of working part-time at GSCY include:

• FREE Individual Membership Access to any YMCA in the Nation.
• 10% Discount on most programming at Greater Somerset County YMCA.
• Access to one of the leading retirement programs "Y Retirement Fund" from the first day of employment.
• Opportunities for professional development, mentoring, growth, and promotion throughout the YMCA Movement.
• Supportive and inclusive community for people of all backgrounds and access to Employee Resource Networks.

Greater Somerset County YMCA is a drug free work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information who share our values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.