Masters Swim Coach

Anticipated Hiring Range: $25.85 - $27.66 per hour. The final hiring salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other applicable considerations.

Anticipated Start Date: January 2027

GENERAL PURPOSE: Lead swim team workouts and proactive coaching for adult swimmers who are interested in swimming for fitness and/or competing in adult competitive aquatics.

Wheat Ridge is located on the ancestral homelands of Native peoples who lived on and stewarded this land long before its incorporation. During the 1859 Gold Rush, the City was  a rest stop for miners and later named for its golden wheat fields. As unsuccessful miners turned to farming, the area thrived with orchards, vegetable fields, and later, greenhouses, earning the title “Carnation City.” Incorporated in 1969, Wheat Ridge now offers a central location with easy access to Denver and the Rocky Mountains. It operates as a home-rule city with a council-manager government, where the elected council sets policy, and the manager oversees daily operations and budgeting.
 

CORE VALUES: The City of Wheat Ridge is committed to excellence and ACTION!:

• Accountability: Employees take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and recommendations and are accountable to each other and the community.
• Change: Adapts to changing organizational needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Teamwork: Employees value teamwork as a collaborative effort, with each person contributing unique skills, knowledge, and training to achieve common goals.
• Integrity: Employees uphold the highest ethical standards, recognize the importance of public and customer trust and adhere to the values of the organization.
• Opportunity: Employees are empowered to grow professionally, develop best practices, and seek challenges to advance the City.
• NOW!: Employees are proactive, timely, and efficient in responding to the needs of the organization and the community – NOW!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with a high level of autonomy to plan and lead regular Masters swim practices aligned with team goals and athletes’ varying skill levels.
• Provide stroke technique feedback, skill refinement, and individualized coaching to adult participants.
• Develop season plans, daily workouts, and training cycles and support fitness, competition prep, or personal goals.
• Assess participant abilities, goals, and progress and adjust workouts and coaching to challenge participants while supporting individual and team goals.
• Enforce facility rules as needed with participants and ensure proper lane management.
• Coordinate and support participation in sanctioned meets, clinics, and special events as assigned.
• Track attendance and communicate regularly with swimmers regarding schedules, updates, and program information.
• Collaborate with aquatic team members to support effective program operations, participant recruitment and retention, and program development.
• Communicate professionally with participants using both verbal and written methods.
• Set up and clean up any equipment required for practices.
• Follow established emergency procedures and respond appropriately to emergencies.
• Perform related work as required and assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• USMS, ASCA, USA Swimming, or equivalent coaching certification preferred.
• Five (5) years of competitive swimming and/or coaching experience.
• American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED certification or equivalent required within 60 days of hire.
• Strong understanding of proper technique and stroke mechanics for all competitive strokes, starts, and turns.
• Understanding of workout design principles, including aerobic/anaerobic training, interval sets, and periodization for adult athletes.
• Working knowledge of rules, strategies, skills, and organizational procedures associated with working with a professional aquatic setting.
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides evidence that the applicant possesses the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

HOURS OF WORK, LOCATION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This position is a part-time variable position. Work will be conducted during assigned Masters Swim Team practices and occasional swim meets.
• Work is primarily performed at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center in a hot, wet, humid environment around chemically treated water. During summer months, work may be performed at an outdoor facility and will include exposure to weather.
• Work requires extended periods of hearing, watching, and speaking to participants.
• Work may involve standing, walking, sitting, stooping, bending, reaching, climbing, kneeling, and moving across wet pool-deck surfaces.
• Requires ability to lift, carry, and position objects up to 75 lbs.

The City of Wheat Ridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusivity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, marital status or any other applicable characteristics protected by law, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification. The City of Wheat Ridge will consider reasonable accommodations for employment to qualified applicants upon request to the Human Resources Office.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

Salary : $26 - $35