Certified Lifeguard and Swim Instructor

Position Summary:

Certified Lifeguard/Swim Instructors are responsible for ensuring a safe aquatic environment by conducting pool surveillance, responding to emergencies, assisting clientele with inquiries and concerns, teaching swim lessons for all levels and ages, and maintaining a clean and organized pool environment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Enforce all aquatic facility policies, rules, and regulations.
• Recognize and respond promptly to all emergencies.
• Conduct daily facility inspections.
• Identify and report unsafe conditions.
• Complete all required documentation, including Emergency Forms, Swim Lesson Records, Pool Usage Forms, and Daily Water Chemistry Logs.
• Attend all staff training sessions and meetings.
• Always represent the park district and club in a professional manner.
• Adhere to the Service Policy and Employee Handbook guidelines.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Schedule:

• From September through May, shifts will be anywhere between 6:00AM and 9:00PM, Monday through Friday, and between 7:00AM and 8:00PM on Saturday and Sunday.
• Summer commitment is 25-30 hours per week from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
• This is a part-time, year-round position.

Benefits:

• Vision, Retirement Savings Plan with eligible matching, and Paid Time Off.
• Free membership to the South Barrington Club and Fitness Center.
• Referral Program - Refer a friend to receive a referral bonus.
• Discounts on all Café and Pro Shop items.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Must have high school diploma, GED, or be currently enrolled in high school.
• Possess current American Red Cross Lifeguarding certification, as well as American Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification.
• Ability to maintain positive and effective working relationships with colleagues and the public.
• Ability to swim 200 yards freestyle or breaststroke with rhythmic breathing and face in the water and retrieve a brick from the pool floor out of the water in a timed test.
• Teach group and private swimming lessons.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms, and work both in and around the water. The employee may occasionally lift up to 10 pounds and must be able to swim 200 yards and retrieve brick from the bottom of the pool.