Maccabi Aquatics is an established full-service swim school which has been set up as part of a community partnership between Maccabi Victoria and Bialik College. We are based at the Bialik College Gringlas Sports Centre in Hawthorn East Vic and offer a full suite of programs including: Learn-to-Swim; Junior, Senior & Masters Squads; and All Abilities classes.
We currently have over 100 swimmers in our Junior and Senior squads and 25 active participants in our Masters squad.
Maccabi Aquatics’ business model is unique: it is a social enterprise run solely for the benefit of the community, with all profits flowing back into the community. This enables us to invest in running a high quality, extensive range of programs and to place our participants’ needs at the forefront of everything that we do.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint a Head Coach with responsibility for our and the Bialik College squad programs. This is a full-time, senior role and an exciting opportunity to shape the growth and future direction of this aspect of our business.
The Head Coach will:
Be an energetic, enthusiastic, inspiring and experienced swim coach with an interest in being involved with squad swimmers at all levels of performance – from emerging through to high performance
Be passionate about creating pathways for swimmers and developing them to their full potential
Have excellent relationship skills
Be a highly effective leader and communicator, providing support and mentorship to our assistant coaches
Have up-to-date technical capabilities and knowledge of swimming best practices at both the LTS and squad levels
Be a team player, willingly supporting other members of our team and contributing to the overall success of our programs
Reporting to the Head of Aquatics, your main responsibilities will be:
Development and delivery of effective squad programs and schedules that meet the needs and expectations of participants, and support the goals and needs of Bialik College and the Maccabi Ajax Swimming Club
Management, development and mentoring of a team of assistant coaches
Rostering of coaches across all our programs and activities
Ensuring that there is a coherent pathway for swimmers from LTS through to squad programs
Regular assessment of squad members and development and maintenance of competition plans and goals for all competitive squad members
On-deck support to squad members at competitions
Promotion of the program in the broader community to encourage membership
