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Director Aquatic Operations- Downtown YMCA'S Location

YMCA of Delaware
Wilmington, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/13/2026

Our Priorities:

  • Ensure that the young people are on a pathway to success
  • Improve individual and community health
  • Uniting Communities' and inspiring service to others.  

Benefits & Perks:

  • Full benefits package including Dental, Vision & Health Insurance
  • PTO vacation (starting at two weeks), 12 paid holidays, and sick leave
  • Free Nationwide Y Membership for your Household 
  • 12% Employer-Funded Retirement Plan upon meeting eligibility
  • Learning and development workshops 
  • Career advancement opportunities  
  • Staff Discounts on Programs & Services and more!

Salary: $50,000 – $62,000 per year. Final compensation is based on factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Recruits, hires, trains, develops, schedules, and directs personnel and volunteers as needed. Including FT Aquatic Specialists, FT Head Swim Coach and PT Supervisors.
  • Develops and monitors instructional program budget for Brandywine Y to meet fiscal objectives and assists with development and monitoring of Competitive program budget.
  • Responsible for the overall aquatic day-to-day operations along with any assigned seasonal aquatic operations.
  • Responsible for the oversight of aquatic safety and aquatic programs assigned to the department.
  • Oversee the recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, and discipline for all reporting employees, including but not limited to lifeguards, swim instructors, swim team coaches and/or volunteers while ensuring the best possible outcomes regarding member experience. This includes all Human Resource required functions such as onboarding, on-going employee training and payroll processes.
  • Oversee administrative responsibilities of aquatic programs assigned to the department.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to serve a diverse community.
  • Must possess a background in supervision and discipline of staff and motivation of children, in addition to good management skills in planning, organizing, staffing, and directing programs.
  • Ability to build, create and direct programs through supervision of volunteers and staff, development and monitoring of budgets, marketing and public relations, program development and fund-raising.
  • Ability to establish and maintain collaborations with community organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Two years of program management experience, preferably in a YMCA or other nonprofit agency
  • Multi-lingual skills

The YMCA of Delaware is an equal opportunity employer.  The Y maintains a work environment in which staff are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated.  In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit,  hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and staff without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.   Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision. 

Salary : $50,000 - $62,000

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