Water Safety Instructor/Lifeguards

Community Aquatic Center; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

The Forest Hills Public School District Community Aquatic Center in Grand Rapids is seeking a part-time Water Safety Instructor/Lifeguard. You will ensure patron safety, teach classes per American Red Cross guidelines, and assist the Aquatic Coordinator in water safety operations.

Required certifications include WSI and ARC Lifeguard Training; teaching experience is a plus. Flexible hours include Saturday mornings during the school year and weekday mornings in summer, with duties overseen by the

Qualifications

• Must possess a current Water Safety Instructor (WSI) or comparable certification.
• Must possess a current American Red Cross Lifeguard Training certification.
• Previous WSI teaching experience and/or swimming background preferred.
• Willing to work with people of all ages.
• Good organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the safety and welfare of all customers.
• Assist the Aquatic Coordinator in all areas of responsibility related to water safety and instruction.
• Lifeguarding responsibilities where applicable.
• Directly responsible to the Aquatic Coordinator, or the Senior Guard in the AC's absence.
• Teach any and all classes assigned in accordance with the American Red Cross rules and regulations.
• Keep accurate records pertaining to classes.
• Direct classes in a courteous and professional manner.
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of site emergency procedures and your role in them.
• Demonstrate knowledge of emergency equipment locations.
• Solely responsible for student class participants.
• Enforce all rules and prohibit unsafe activities.
• Report for duty on time. Be prepared and ready to start on time.
• Be aware that you can be held liable for your actions or lack of actions.
• General clean-up duties.
• Other duties as assigned by Aquatic Coordinator and/or Senior Guard.

Skills

WSI certification

Lifeguard certification

Teaching experience

Willing to work with all ages

Organizational skills

Job description

Water Safety Instructor/Lifeguards

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This job is also posted in Forest Hills Public School District Job Board , and Kent ISD

Job Details

Job ID: 5383189

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Sep 22, 2025 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Water Safety Instructor/Lifeguards

Community Aquatic Center

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the safety and welfare of all customers.
• Assist the Aquatic Coordinator in all areas of responsibility related to water safety and instruction.
• Lifeguarding responsibilities where applicable.
• Directly responsible to the Aquatic Coordinator, or the Senior Guard in the AC's absence.

FUNCTIONS PERFORMED IN FULFILLING MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teach any and all classes assigned in accordance with the American Red Cross rules and regulations.
• Keep accurate records pertaining to classes.
• Direct classes in a courteous and professional manner.
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of site emergency procedures and your role in them.
• Demonstrate knowledge of emergency equipment locations.
• Solely responsible for student class participants.
• Enforce all rules and prohibit unsafe activities.
• Report for duty on time. Be prepared and ready to start on time.
• Be aware that you can be held liable for your actions or lack of actions.
• General clean-up duties.
• Other duties as assigned by Aquatic Coordinator and/or Senior Guard.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess a current Water Safety Instructor (WSI) or comparable certification.
• Must possess a current American Red Cross Lifeguard Training certification.
• Previous WSI teaching experience and/or swimming background preferred.
• Willing to work with people of all ages.
• Good organizational skills.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Hourly
• Varied hours
• Available Saturday mornings during the school year and weekday mornings during the summer

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Climbing:Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Balancing:Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Stooping:Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling:Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Crouching:Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing: Remaining upright on the feet particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Pushing:Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling:Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting:Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping:Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking:Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

The Forest Hills Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, or sexual orientation), marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally prohibited basis in its employment decisions or the provision of services.

Position Type: Part-Time

Contact Information

• Paula Carlson , Aquatic Coordinator
• Community Aquatic Center
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]