Junior Sailing Program Director

Avalon Yacht Club in Avalon, New Jersey is looking for a Junior Sailing Program Director to lead and develop its junior sailing programme. The director will be supported by a team of 12 to 16 sailing instructors and junior instructors-in-training.

The role:

• Lead and develop the junior sailing programme, which had more than 74 sailors aged eight to sixteen in 2026
• Manage and support the instructor team and instructors-in-training
• Oversee classes held Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 15:30, across two four-week sessions
• Support learning for beginner, non-competitive and competitive sailors, including a racing team that travels to regattas in South Jersey on Thursdays
• Teach in Optimists, Prams, Sunfish, ILCAs (4 and 6) and C420s, using 15' RIBs and 14' Boston Whalers as safety and coaching boats
• Work with parents, club members and staff, including in stressful situations
• Help maintain boats and related equipment

• Experience running a junior sailing programme, sailing camp or general camp as a director or head instructor, with staff management for at least one full season
• Active US Sailing Level 1 certification, SafeSport and a New Jersey (or other state) boating licence
• More than six years of personal and instructional sailing experience across dinghies, keelboats and small motorboats
• Ability to manage sailor and staff needs under pressure
• Some background in maintaining boats and equipment and handling materials and tools safely
• Experience leading a yacht club junior programme is a plus