🌟 Join The Y Geelong — Inspire, Lead & Shape the Future of Gymnasts!
Are you passionate about helping athletes grow in confidence, skill, and resilience?
Are you looking for a coaching role where your ideas, expertise, and energy truly matter?
We are seeking an experienced, passionate, and dedicated Advanced Gymnastics Coach to join our coaching team. If you love supporting athletes to grow, learn, and reach their potential — this is your place to shine.
As part of The Y, you’ll help create safe, positive, and empowering training environments while living our core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, and Safety.
You’ll work within a committed and encouraging team to deliver high quality training programs, support athlete development, and uphold the highest standards of safety and wellbeing.
⭐ Role Highlights
• Lead athlete progression: Coach gymnasts to achieve their goals with confidence and skill.
• Be part of an amazing team: Collaborate with passionate coaches who support each other and celebrate success.
• Make a real community impact: Help young people grow in confidence, resilience, and body awareness.
• Enjoy the excitement of variety: From technical coaching to skill development planning — no two training sessions are the same!
✔️ What You’ll Bring
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
• Advanced coaching accreditation and experience delivering structured, high quality programs
• A genuine passion for athlete development and wellbeing
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to engage, motivate, and support children in a sport and recreation environment.
• The ability to work collaboratively with athletes, parents, and staff
• Experience coaching Levels 2–10, with a strong understanding of athlete progression.
• Enthusiasm, positivity, and a love for seeing athletes succeed
🎓 Learning & Development Opportunities
At The Y, your growth matters as much as our athletes’. You’ll benefit from:
• Ongoing technical coaching development
• Mentoring from senior coaching staff
• Opportunities to gain higher accreditation and specialty skills
• Professional development in leadership, safety, and athlete wellbeing
• Access to training through The Y’s development programs
🌈 How This Role Strengthens Community
As an Advanced Coach, you directly shape young athletes into confident, capable, and resilient individuals.
Your work contributes to:
• Positive youth development
• Empowering athletes to believe in themselves
• Building a safe, inclusive environment for all participants
• Strengthening community pride through sport
Your coaching doesn’t just develop skills — it inspires futures.
About the Y
YMCA Geelong is a for purpose, not-for-profit community organisation celebrating 65 years servicing the community across recreation, camping, youth, and children’s services.
Benefits and perks
- Child Safety Culture
- Flexible work arrangements
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee access to Y services and discounts
- Ongoing Training and Career Development
- Staff Immunisation Program
- Attractive family and volunteer leave entitlements
- Supportive management team
- Staff Awards and Social Functions
Child Safety and Wellbeing Requirements
At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we ensure that all of our candidates are appropriately screened (including police checks) to make sure that the right people are in the right roles. To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and to learn more about YMCA – Empowering young people and about our screening processes view Child Safety Resources: https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources/
YMCA Geelong Board and Management are committed to the safety and well-being of children and young people in accordance with our Child Safety and Wellbeing framework. All applicants must undergo satisfactory screening prior to commencement, including but not limited to:
- a national criminal history check;
- an international criminal history checks where applicants have worked overseas;
- holding or obtaining a valid Working with Children Card;
- Three reference checks.
The successfully appointed applicant will be required to adhere to the Safeguarding Children and Young People policies and practices, which include; Child Safety and Wellbeing induction, annual SCYP training programs & committing to upholding the safety and wellbeing of children and young people throughout terms of employment.
🚀 Ready to Coach with Purpose? Join Us!
If you’re an experienced coach who thrives on challenge, connection, and community impact, we want to meet you!
⏲️ Applications Close:28th February 2026
