Job Description

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Youth Activity Staff at the YMCA are responsible for creating safe, engaging, and developmentally appropriate experiences for children and families. In this role, staff lead activities, supervise groups of youth, and help ensure that all participants feel welcomed, supported, and encouraged to grow.
Youth Activity Staff assist with planning and facilitating a variety of programs, including arts and crafts, games, sports, and themed activities, to promote creativity, teamwork, and positive social interaction. They provide attentive supervision, offer individualized support when needed, and help maintain an environment that fosters confidence, respect, and belonging.
In addition to daily youth programs, staff play a key role in family-focused events such as Parents' Night Out and other center-wide activities. This includes engaging children in planned activities, ensuring safety procedures are followed, and partnering with other YMCA team members to deliver a fun and high-quality experience for families.
The ideal candidate enjoys working with children and youth, communicates effectively, demonstrates patience and enthusiasm, and contributes to a positive team environment. * Thinks, communicates and behaves as a cause-driven leader and role model for other staff and members when it comes to desired staff behaviors; promotes youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility in all job-related functions.

• Leads energizing, fun, safe, and educational classes/practices/games, as directed by the supervisor, to accomplish the YMCA mission and goals.
• Answers questions from participants/parents to support them in achieving their goals related to youth development. Maintains working knowledge of sport/activity, and trends to provide effective information and support to participants.
• Builds effective, authentic relationships with students and parents; helps them connect with each other and the YMCA. Encourages parent involvement and identifies potential volunteers.
• Conveys information on sports/activity programs and schedules, and as appropriate, refers participants and parents to other programs.
• Keeps accurate class records (attendance & progress reports).
• Follows YMCA policies and procedures; responds to emergency situations.
• Prepares and maintains field/gym area before and after program; organizes and puts away class equipment; reports damaged equipment.
• Officiates sport/activity matches and games as scheduled.
• Assists in supervision of volunteers involved in sport or activity.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, and depth perception.
Depending on the sport/activity, the employee may be frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.
Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS: * Passionate belief in the Y's cause of nurturing the potential of all youth, supporting healthy living for all people and finding ways to help and support our neighbors.

• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
• Certifications: CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED, Basic First Aid certification must be obtained within the first 60 days
• Must be at least 16 years old and have experience participating in the area of instruction; previous experience instructing preferred.

Summary:
Instructs classes in a safe, enjoyable, and positive environment that promotes youth development and member engagement in accordance with YMCA policies and procedures.
Ideal candidate will have the ability to coach multiple sports throughout the year!

Skills Required