Lifeguard/Swim Instructor

Queens County Bar Association; New York (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds is seeking lifeguards/swim instructors for summer 2025 at Staten Island. Responsibilities include ensuring safety at pools, teaching swim following American Red Cross curriculum, and participating in daily operations. No prior experience is needed as training and certifications are provided.

Benefits

Lifeguard certification provided (no charge)

Tuition reimbursement up to $300 if unable to attend training

Qualifications

• Enjoy working with children and can spend entire day outdoors.
• Ability to act swiftly in an emergency.
• Swimming skills sufficient to pass lifeguard pre-certification test.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of swimmers, campers, and counselors at the pool.
• Lifeguard during swim periods and provide swim instruction.
• Prevent and manage injuries and participate in pool setup and closure.

Skills

Swim well

Ability to respond to critical incidents

Teamwork

Job description

Spend your summer outdoors working with kids!

The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC) is currently seeking motivated, reliable and capable individuals with a love of swimming to join the HKC Staten Island aquatics team as lifeguard/swim instructors for summer 2025.

• Camp Dates: June 30 - August 22
• Pay: $4505 for the 8 weeks of camp (approx. $16.50/hr)
• Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:00pm

Applicants do not need to have prior experience working as a lifeguard or swim instructor.

ABOUT THE JOB

You'll spend the summer working at our pool complex ensuring the safety swimmers, campers and counselors alike, as they swim and make use of the pools.

A typical day will have you lifeguarding 4-5 swim periods and teaching instructional swim to 4-5 groups according to the American Red Cross curriculum. As a member of the aquatics staff you will be expected to ensure campers and staff follow safety procedures while on the pool deck, help prevent and manage injuries, provide rescues as needed and participate in the daily set-up and close down of the pools.

HKC will provide the curriculum and train you in how to teach swim and provide ongoing training throughout the summer.

EXPECTATIONS

• Work all 39 days of camp (some exceptions allowed)
• Attend orientation and all trainings
• Show up on time
• Be a great team member

Applying is easy and takes only a couple of minutes on our mobile friendly application!

CERTIFICATIONS

• Lifeguard certification provided by HKC (no charge)**
• WSI certification a plus

**Tuition reimbursement up to $300 available if you are unable to attend the HKC course.

QUALIFICATIONS

If you enjoy working with children, have the ability to identify and respond to critical incidents, have the physical ability to act switfly in an emergency, can spend the entire day outdoors under the sun, and can swim well enough to pass the lifeguard pre-certification swim test (details are below), then this is the job for you! Apply now!

Lifeguard pre-certification swim test:

• Ability to swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke
• Ability to tread water for 2 minutes using only your legs
• Complete a time event within 1 minute, 40 seconds where you starting in the water must swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 7 - 10 feet to retrieve a 10 lb object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards to the starting point with both hands holding the object, with your face at or near the surface and exit the pool without using the ladder or steps