Casual Part-time Lifeguard or Instructor

Yellowknife; Canada; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Yellowknife is hiring part-time Lifeguards with the Community Services Department. You will focus on patron safety, pool supervision, and excellent customer service, with potential responsibilities in Lifeguard/Instructor swimming lessons.

Qualifications include a National Lifeguard Award, Standard First Aid with CPR-C, and the ability to pass the Building Standards Exam, plus strong customer service skills. An additional Lifesaving Society Instructor Award is preferred.

Qualifications

• Current National Lifeguard Award.
• Current Standard First Aid with CPR-C.
• Ability to pass Building Standards Exam.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Lifesaving Society Swim Instructor Award and/or Lifesaving Society Lifesaving Instructor Award (Lifeguard/Instructor).

Responsibilities

• Supervise the pool and ensure patron safety.
• Provide high quality customer service to residents and visitors.
• Respond to incidents and participate in in-service training.
• Carry out regular checks of change rooms and the guard area.

Skills

National Lifeguard Award

Standard First Aid CPR-C

Building Standards Exam

Customer service

Job description

The City of Yellowknife is an inclusive employer offering a dynamic and rewarding work environment that delivers valuable services to our residents. The City is committed to hiring a diverse and skilled workforce that is representative of the community, strengthening our ability to provide high quality services and excellent customer service to residents. In addition, the City of Yellowknife is committed to reconciliation and implementing actions intended to increase the number of Indigenous peoples who work for the City. The City of Yellowknife welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, and encourages Indigenous persons to self-declare when submitting their application. We are currently seeking responsible and enthusiastic individuals to assume the part-time, casual positions of Lifeguard with the Community Services Department.

Reporting to the Pool Supervisor, as a Lifeguard, you will learn and become proficient in safe and proper lifeguard techniques (using NL standards) with the main emphasis on patron safety, providing high quality customer service and pool supervision and/or instruction to all pool patrons. Other duties may include: responding to incidents that occur in the facility, actively participating in mandatory in-service training events, and carrying out regular checks of the change room and general guard area.

If you have the qualifications to be an Instructor in addition to a Lifeguard, you will also learn and become proficient in safe and proper techniques in teaching swimming lessons (Lifesaving Society Standards) or Aquafit. You may also instruct and prepare aquatic lessons for children, youth, and adults, and evaluate class participant performance, completing progress cards as applicable.

Qualifications for Lifeguards include:

• - Current National Lifeguard Award
• - Current Standard First Aid with CPR-C
• - The ability to pass the Building Standards Exam
• - Strong customer service skills

Required qualifications for Lifeguard/Instructor include:

• - The above lifeguard qualifications
• - Lifesaving Society Swim Instructor Award and/or Lifesaving Society Lifesaving Instructor Award.

Compensation:

Lifeguard rate of pay: $31.31 per hour

Instructor rate of pay: $42.52 per hour

Please be advised that the City of Yellowknife requires all prospective employees to provide a criminal records check, including a vulnerable sector check, prior to employment.

We thank all applicants who apply, but advise that only those to be interviewed will be contacted.