Water Fitness Instructor - Lima Community Aquatic Park

Water Fitness Instructor - Lima Community Aquatic Park

Apply for the Water Fitness Instructor - Lima Community Aquatic Park role at The Sports Facilities Companies
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Location: Lima, OH

Department: Aquatics

Reports To: General Manager

Status: Part-time (Non-exempt)

Lima Community Aquatic Park is a premier sport, recreation, and entertainment destination focused on improving the health and economic vitality of Lima, OH. You will be joining a championship‑level team focused on fun, fulfillment, and service built to enrich the community as well as your career and personal growth.

Lima Community Aquatic Park is managed by Sports Facilities Management, LLC, a Sports Facilities Companies (SFC) company. SFC is the nation’s leading resource for managing and developing sports, recreation, wellness, and events facilities. We provide a highly collaborative and supportive culture that raises our team members to new levels of career growth. Together, we will carve a path in a hyper‑growing industry where you will enjoy the journey and learn from the industry’s best while having some fun.

SFC has been awarded national recognition as a Top Workplace and is considered a workplace of choice. Our mission‑focused company is highly entrepreneurial, team‑oriented with a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, excellence, and service. We are growing rapidly and looking for high performers at every level to grow with us.

The Instructor will lead and supervise water fitness classes at hours and times determined by pool management. Classes will focus on balance and coordination while increasing range of motion, joint flexibility, muscle strength, and cardiovascular fitness without causing strain. The instructor should be prepared to offer classes to a variety of age groups.

• Teaching relevant skills, tactics, and techniques to a wide range of athletes, individuals, and groups
• Modify exercises to accommodate different skill levels, injuries, and physical limitations
• Monitoring, evaluating, and enhancing participant performance and needs
• Providing suitable feedback via positivity, encouragement, example, and motivation
• Demonstrating an activity clearly by breaking down the task or technique into a sequence
• Friendly and courteous with participants and team members
• Ensuring a safe environment for all participants to avoid accidents or injuries
• Implementing the lesson plans in an accurate, creative, positive, and efficient fashion
• Ensure proper use and care of pool equipment and teaching aids
• Report any maintenance or safety issues to management
• All additional duties assigned by management

• At least 2 years of teaching aquatics programs
• Strong swimming ability and knowledge of different swimming techniques
• Excellent interpersonal, problem‑solving, and communication skills
• Team player
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule, predominantly after‑school and weekends
• Current CPR/FIRST AID certifications, or willingness to obtain within a specified period
• Currently or willing to become Red Cross certified
• Currently certified as a Water Fitness Instructor
• At least 18 years of age
• Passion for sports and athlete development

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds waist high
• Must be able to move or lift lightweight equipment
• Position requires activity for extended periods of time
• May work in outside weather conditions
• May be exposed to hot, wet, and humid conditions, with minimal duties performed in direct sunlight