Gymnastics Beginner Coach

🔑  GYMNASTICS BEGINNER COACH

📍  The Y Geelong – Newtown Stadium & North Geelong (Arena)  

❓Are you an enthusiastic, active individual who loves working with kids, has a keen interest in sport and fitness, and wants to learn how to coach foundational gymnastics skills in a supportive, fun environment?

ℹ️  About The Y

The Y is an international, national, state, and local movement dedicated to the improvement of the communities in which it works. Having celebrated more than 70 years of community service across the greater Geelong region, the Y enjoys an outstanding reputation for leadership in customer service, quality management, and community development. We believe in creating vibrant, supportive spaces where individuals, families, and young people can connect, grow, and safely thrive together.

🌟  About the Role

Looking for an entry-level coaching role to ignite your passion for sports and youth development? We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Gymnastics Beginner Coaches to join our vibrant team! Operating across our Newtown Stadium and satellite gymnastics programs at the Geelong Arena in North Geelong, you will play a hands-on role in teaching foundational physical skills, basic movement patterns, and coordination to young children.   If you love working with children, have an active lifestyle, are teachable and eager to undertake induction training, and thrive within a collaborative, ‘team-first’ environment, this coaching pathway is a fantastic opportunity to step into the sports industry!

A Fundamental Gymnastics Coaching Course will require completion.

✅  What You’ll Do

🤸  Teach Foundational Skills: Lead and assist with fun, active gymnastics sessions focused on delivering basic fundamental movement patterns to children and young people.

🎯  Support Basic Spotting: Learn and execute correct physical spotting techniques to guide young athletes safely through foundational gymnastics progressions.

🏃‍♂️  Model Skill Progressions: Actively demonstrate basic gymnastics movements and physical habits to encourage and guide young participants confidently.

⚙️  Equipment Setup & Pack-Up: Execute minor equipment workflows, performing the physical set-up, adjustment, and pack-up of gymnastics mats, crashmats, boxes, bars, and shapes safely.

🤝  Model Collective Y Values: Work productively across a close-knit recreational network with a team-first attitude, modeling honesty, responsibility, caring, respect, and safety daily.

🎯  What You’ll Bring

• A prior background, interest, or strong dedication to working with children and young people in a sport and recreation setting.
• An active, energetic, and highly positive personality that thrives when guiding kids.
• A teachable, proactive attitude with a genuine willingness to undertake on-the-job training and online safety inductions.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills to greet families and collaborate with senior coaching staff.
• Physical capability to meet the manual handling demands of the position, including long durations of standing, demonstrating movements, and active equipment set-ups.

📋  Requirements & Qualifications

🔹  Working with Children Check – Employee Card (maintained every 5 years)

🔹  National Police Record Check (maintained every 3 years)

🔹  Access to a reliable personal vehicle and transport to facilitate travel between site locations (Newtown & North Geelong Arena)

🔹  Satisfactory completion of the ‘Child Safety @ the Y’ online course during onboarding, along with annual refreshers

💙  Why Join Us?

✨Kickstart your sports career inside our top-tier, highly inclusive regional gymnastics centers

✨Enjoy casual, flexible session rosters that sit perfectly around your study routines or other commitments

✨Receive outstanding foundational training in children’s fitness, basic motor skills, and group leadership

✨Align your personal goals with a globally recognized, values-driven movement with a 70-year regional history

🛡️  Child Safety 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: YMCA – Empowering young people. All applicants will be obliged to comply with all safeguarding policy and procedures and safe behaviours.

🚀  Ready to Apply?

If you are an active, enthusiastic individual ready to learn group coaching, guide young kids, and launch your sports career—apply today!

👉  Apply now and join the team as a Gymnastics Beginner Coach across our Geelong locations.

Applications Close: 5th September 2026