Senior Aquatics Lifeguard

Selwyn District Council; Rolleston; Sur place; NZD 60 000 - 72 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Great work-life balance

Career coaching and development

Life insurance

Wellbeing and volunteer leave

3 days extra annual leave days

2 weeks paid Partners Leave

Sick leave from day 1

Discounts with local and national pubs

Résumé du poste

Selwyn District Council is seeking a Senior Aquatics Lifeguard for Selwyn Aquatic Centre in Rolleston. You will lead the lifeguard team, supervise shifts, and ensure a safe, welcoming environment for all facility users.

The role includes rostering support, water quality testing, reporting, and driving staff training and development. A 76-hour fortnight schedule applies, with a rotating Week One/Week Two pattern.

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing or leading a team in any industry.
• Willing to undertake Lifeguard training to gain a national qualification.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and safety.

Responsabilités

• Supervise lifeguards on shift and lead by example.
• Deliver exceptional customer service to facility users.
• Assist with rostering and scheduling of staff.
• Conduct water quality testing and reporting.
• Promote and deliver ongoing training and development.
• Provide day-to-day guidance and support to the team.
• Troubleshoot and manage pool safety and incidents.

Connaissances

Supervisory experience

Customer service

Teamwork

Water quality testing

Training & development

Reporting

Description du poste

See more about the role below, including the responsibilities and skills we are looking for.

Senior Aquatics Lifeguard

Rolleston, New Zealand

Reference: 6937769

Step into a leadership role at Selwyn Aquatic Centre

About the role:

As a Senior Lifeguard at Selwyn Aquatic Centre, you will supervise the Lifeguards on shift, leading by example to ensure we are maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all of our facility users by:

• Delivering exceptional customer service
• Assisting with rostering
• Water quality testing
• Reporting
• Promoting and delivering ongoing training and development for the team
• Troubleshooting
• Providing professional day to day guidance and support to the team

This role is 76 hours per fortnight working the following roster:

Week One

Tuesday - Friday 5.30am - 1.30pm and Saturday 5.30am - 2.00pm

Week Two

Tuesday - Friday 1.30pm - 9.30pm and Saturday 12-8.30pm

About you:

Our ideal candidate will have some day to day supervisory or leadership experience (this can be across any industry) alongside a genuine interest in aquatics or sport and recreation. We'll provide fully paid Lifeguard training where you will gain a nationally recognised qualification. You will come to us with natural leadership abilities, high levels of motivation and be keen to learn.

You will also have:

• Experienced in delivering exceptional customer service to our facility users
• The ability to work effectively in a team environment is essential
• Pro-actively supervise the pool environment to prevent incidents, accidents, emergencies, and hazards.
• Confident swimming ability, you will be required to complete a swim test as follows
  • 200m continuously in less than 6 mins
  • 50m breaststroke
  • 25m side stroke
  • mins treading water.
  • Picking up an object from deepest part of pool (2m)

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• 3 days extra annual leave days
• 2 weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day 1
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Selwyn Aquatic Centre is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work:

• Be a good human
• Be brave - Think differently
• Better together.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We value the safety of our staff and facility users - this role requires a satisfactory safety check including police vetting and you to pass pre employment drug and alcohol testing and on an ongoing random basis.

Selwyn is the best place to live, work and play.

This Is Selwyn

Our values are important to all of us and represent the way we work. They underpin our friendly and innovative culture.