General Manager – Little Rock Area Swim Schools
Job Overview
At SafeSplash, we believe swimming is a life skill®. As a General Manager, you are directly responsible for all aspects of our product and customer service. This is a full-time professional management position, with excellent opportunity for growth and upward mobility for qualified candidates.
The primary purpose of this job is ultimate responsibility for overall school performance, with a primary focus on sales and profitability. The job is expected to drive school sales growth and profitability by approaching the business strategically, studying issues and opportunities within our local market, and working to develop/implement long-range plans that drive business objectives.
Essential Duties (including but not limited to)
· Responsible for fostering a culture with staff members that focuses on core values:
o Safety First
o Water Confidence
o Inclusive and Adaptive Learning
o Family-Centered Approach
o Continuous Learning and Growth
o Community Impact
· Responsible for leading staff to ensure that every lesson is taught according to SafeSplash curriculum and safety standards.
· Responsible for maintaining positive relationships with parents and families of our swimmers, including providing timely feedback on swimmer progress, and being proactive in recognizing opportunities to improve swimmer experience.
· Responsible for marketing efforts, including in person local marketing, social media, and electronic media.
· Responsible for maintaining relationships with staff at the facilities that host our programming.
Position Qualifications and Requirements:
Required:
- A demonstrated passion for working with kids and their families.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Strong computer and communication skills.
- Ability to work weekday afternoons and evenings as well as weekends.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Leadership skills and the ability to motivate, supervise, and develop staff.
- Lifeguard certification and LGI certification (or the ability to acquire upon hire).
Strongly Preferred:
- Previous swim instruction experience is preferred.
- Experience with marketing.
- Experience working with children.
- Training in the SafeSplash® curriculum will be provided.
Hours: This is a full time salaried position, with in-school hours required on weekday evenings as well as weekends.
Why Work for SafeSplash?
Love working with kids? Want to wear your flip-flops to work? Want to join the fastest growing swim school brand family in the nation? Then we want YOU! We are actively recruiting professional individuals who will help us uphold the best customer experience for both swimmers and their families. Join our swim family that gets to enable a lifetime of water safety and opportunity by teaching the joy and skill of swimming! We are invested in helping you be the best you can be in and out of the water! Perks include:
· Pay at or above market wages, commensurate with experience.
· Bonuses tied to school performance.
· Outstanding Growth Potential – we have plans for aggressive growth in the Mid-South area in the months and years to come – tremendous opportunities for advancement for the right candidates.
IF YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT KIDS OR THE SPORT OF SWIMMING, YOU’RE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
At SafeSplash, we believe swimming is a life skill®. Therefore, we approach each one of our swim lessons with great skill, passion and individual attention. Our curriculum has been developed by a team of world-class swimmers with over 30 years of teaching experience. We have the most up-to-date swimming technique to teach students how to swim the correct way right from the beginning! In addition to teaching water safety to every swimmer, our goal is to teach confidence in the water that will translate to all parts of your swimmer's life.
Love working with kids? Want to wear your flip-flops to work? Want to join the fastest growing swim school brand family in the nation? Then we want YOU! We are actively recruiting professional individuals who will help us uphold the best customer experience as possible at our schools across the nation. Join our swim family that gets to enable a lifetime of water safety and opportunity by teaching the joy and skill of swimming! We are invested in helping you be the best you can be in and out of the water!