Assistant Men's and Women's Swim Coach

Title:Assistant Mens and Womens Swim Coach

Position Purpose:

The Assistant Mens and Womens Swim Coach is a second assistant position and responsible for aiding the Assistant Swim Coach/Pool Operation Manager in the execution of practices and meet day instruction/coaching as well some recruiting and administrative duties. This is a nine month professional assistant coaching position and all of the duties of the position must be conducted in adherence with the policies rules and regulations of affiliated national regional and state intercollegiate athletic associations the NESCAC Conference and the College. This position reports to the Assistant Swim Coach/Pool Operation Manager.

Job Duties:

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelors degree required.
• Masters degree in an appropriate area of specialization preferred.

Experience

• Experience playing or coaching the sport college level preferred.
• Experience and/or demonstrated success in supervising young adults and managing programs preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must be flexible collaborative and have a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Knowledgeable about the skills and tactics of the sport.
• Ability to establish rapport quickly with students and their families while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Proficiency in basic data management systems ARMS recruiting game film editing programs and basic computer applications (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint).
• Willingness and ability to learn additional applications as needed (e.g. HyTek Meet and Team Manager).
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability and willingness to travel (by car air train or bus) domestically and internationally as needed.
• Current CPR & First Aid certification.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends evenings and other non-traditional schedules.

Benefits:Bates College offers competitive salaries access to the library and athletic facilities and a supportive collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students in the administration of its education policies and programs or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty staff students contractors visitors and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the colleges policies compliance with applicable laws statutes and regulations (such as Title VII Title IX and ADA/Section 504) and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow Title IX Officer or via email at .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133-acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.