Student Wellness is part of the Division of Student Success at MSU Bozeman. Student Wellness is comprised of three departments (Campus Recreation, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Student Health Services) and provides support, services, and programs for student and community health and wellbeing at MSU. Student Wellness is housed in a brand new state of the art facility that supports the collective work of the entire Student Wellness team.

Montana State University seeks a dynamic Aquatics, Youth, and Safety Programs Coordinator. This position is a crucial part of managing a brand-new pool within the new Student Wellness Center. This position will coordinate all day-to-day operations related to the new aquatic facility, youth programs, and assist with the safety and risk management efforts for Campus Recreation.

• Manage the aquatics facility – perform basic pool maintenance, perform chemical balance checks and be able to rectify issues, staff pool reservations, oversee safety of pool deck, and exhibit exceptional customer service
• Ensure and maintain American Red Cross lifeguard safety training requirements of aquatics employees to continually mitigate risk
• Hire, train, develop, and mentor a staff of ~20 lifeguards and/or swim instructors
• Administer monthly emergency safety audits of staff ensuring life-saving skills are properly administered
• Coordinate and oversee annual pool licensure process with Campus Sanitarian

• Management of Bobcat Summer Youth Camp (BSYC). Provide leadership, management, and development to camp programming for the day camp that hosts 600 kids each summer
• Hire, train, develop, and mentor 12 – 14 Summer Camp staff members
• Continually review, train, and revise risk management strategy for youth programs to include Code Adam protocols in the Student Wellness Center and on campus
• Expand youth programming to include swim lessons programming, parent night out events and others as opportunities arise

• Coordinate the offering and teaching of safety certification programs including CPR, first aid, and AED
• Assist with the implementation of the Student Wellness Center Emergency Response Plan (ERP), standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and other risk management efforts and trainings

• Manage assigned program budgets
• Contribute to department wide operations and strategic planning such as budget processes, assessment, data tracking, student development initiatives, special events, and outreach
• Implement program assessment tools to assess program needs, participant satisfaction and overall program feedback
• Special Projects for Campus Recreation
• Attend professional Development workshops, certifications, and conferences to be at the height of the industry standards

1. Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure Studies, Sports Management, Exercise Science or related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
2. Demonstrated experience and success working in facility or aquatics management
3. Current lifeguard certification
4. Lifeguard trainer certification (or willing to obtain within 1 year of hire)
5. Demonstrated experience and interest in working with youth

About Montana State University

Montana State University is located in beautiful Bozeman, MT and is Montana's largest university with 16,000 students. Bozeman is a small town with big energy. Perhaps best known for outdoor recreation, Bozeman also has the cultural amenities of a much larger city including a symphony, opera, and ballet companies, as well as many locally-owned shops, restaurants and galleries that make Downtown vibrant. Skiing, hiking, camping, biking, climbing, and fishing options are endless because Bozeman is surrounded by five mountain ranges; and 3 rivers are all within a half hour of campus. There is plenty of National Forest land to explore, and Yellowstone National Park is just 90 miles away.Montana State is growing at exceptional rates and our department is too. Housed within Student Sucess the Department of Campus Recreation offers programs and facilities to the over 18,000 faculty, staff and students of the University. Campus Rec will facilitate the programs and services within the brand new Student Wellness Center. It is our mission to foster personal development, enhance academic productivity and enrich the quality of life for students, faculty and staff by providing excellent recreati...onal programs, fitness services and facilities to a diverse campus community. Our programs and services include: membership services, group exercise classes, personal fitness, massage, intramurals, club sports, ACT classes, aquatics, Emergency Health Instruction, Outdoor Recreation and informal recreation. We also support multiple campus-wide wellness events and activities.For more information on our facilities, programs and staff visit us on the web at http://www.montana.edu/getfit/. EEO/AA employer

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