FT & PT Lifeguard and Swim Instructor II (year-round)

Bozeman, City of•Swim Center, MT

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Bozeman Swim Department is seeking full-time and part-time Lifeguard & Swim Instructors. This role involves critical lifeguarding duties, providing direction to other instructors, ensuring patron safety at indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities, delivering aquatics program instruction, and assisting with facility maintenance and custodial duties. The position also includes testing chemicals to maintain water balance and managing facilities in the absence of upper management. This is an opportunity to make a difference in the community as part of a passionate team.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years old.
6 months experience in aquatics or lifeguarding is required.
Must possess and maintain Red Cross Lifeguarding with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid certification (expired certification acceptable at hire).
Water Safety Instructor (WSI) certification within six months of employment in the position.
Thorough knowledge of swimming and lifeguarding techniques.
Thorough knowledge of First Aid, CPR, and use of AED.
Thorough knowledge of stabilization of victims with spinal cord injuries and other life-threatening injuries.
Thorough knowledge of proper aquatic teaching techniques of all ages and levels of ability.
Thorough knowledge of pool water chemistry.
Ability to properly perform rescues.
Ability to instruct individuals on pool and water safety.
Ability to accurately operate point-of-sale and pass registration computer program.
Ability to use tact and discretion in dealing with the general public.
Ability to enforce rules and regulations firmly and with tact.
Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language.
Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
Ability to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks.
Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions.
Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.
Must successfully complete two prerequisite swimming skills evaluations including a swim-tread-swim sequence and a timed surface dive rescue event.
Offers for employment are conditional upon satisfactory responses to appropriate post conditional offer process.

Nice To Haves

Some knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, community and recreation programs.

Responsibilities

Performs life-saving and guarding duties, including assisting patrons in life-threatening situations.
Enforces pool rules and regulations for the efficient and safe operation of the aquatic facilities.
Provides active accident prevention and monitors patrons in the water.
Completes rescue accident and incident reports.
Provides customer service, including answering questions, referring customers to other agencies or organizations when necessary, accepting payment for passes, parties, lessons, and programs, answering phones and directing calls, and registering patrons for programs.
Provides aquatics programs instruction to patrons, including composing lesson plans, demonstrating proper stroke techniques and awareness, ensuring safety of children and adults by watching for potential hazards and dangerous situations, and teaching water safety and pool rules.
Maintains a clean and safe swimming facility, including cleaning locker rooms, lobby area, pool deck, and restrooms.
Ensures pool, equipment room, and pool deck are clear of potentially dangerous objects or situations.
Opens and closes facilities.
Tests and monitors chemical balance in water and makes changes to water chemistry as directed.
Performs cashier functions, including taking payments and reconciling funds received with transaction register.
Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions.
Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.
Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.
Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.
Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.
Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification.