Sports teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Sports teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Sports teacher key duties/responsibilities, Sports teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Sports teacher duties:

1. Responsible for lifeguarding and ensuring safety of all people in and out of pool
2. Enforce all pool rules and regulations
3. Responsible for supervision of the pool facility
4. Know and understand each swimming skill level and the skills that are taught
5. Teach daily swim instruction to campers between the ages of 4 and 16 with different ability levels
6. Teach group swim instruction to Sports & Senior campers
7. Work effectively with other lifeguards/swim instructors and take turns with various responsibilities
8. Complete weekly progress reports for all campers
9. Serve as a positive role model to campers
10. Follow the ESF Code and maintain the ESF Look at all times
11. Exhibit ESF Core Values at all times and to adhere to all company policies
12. Have fun
13. Other responsibilities as assigned

II. List of Sports teacher qualifications

1. Minimum of 18 years of age
2. High School Graduate pursuing college degree
3. Previous experience working with children, examples include but are not limited to; babysitting, academic/athletic tutoring, camp counselor, youth volunteer, classroom assistant, religious education teacher
4. Previous lifeguarding experience (preferred)
5. Previous experience teaching swim lessons (preferred)
6. Previous camp counselor/lifeguard experience (preferred)

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.