Opening Lifeguard

Old Colony YMCA•Middleborough, MA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Opening Lifeguard position at the YMCA involves ensuring the safety and positive experience of members in the aquatic facility. Key responsibilities include opening the pool on schedule, courteously greeting members, monitoring lap swimmers, enforcing pool rules, and assisting with aquatic special events. The role also requires diligent facility maintenance, such as testing water chemical balance, checking safety equipment, and maintaining cleanliness in the pool area. Lifeguards are expected to report all incidents and problems to a supervisor, wear appropriate attire, and attend staff meetings. This position emphasizes demonstrating the YMCA's core values of caring, respect, honesty, and responsibility, and requires strong interpersonal and operational effectiveness skills.

Requirements

Be a certified staff member (implied by the need to be relieved by another certified staff member)
Accepts and demonstrates the Y’s values
Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs
Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them
Supports fundraising
Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions
Builds rapport and relates well to others
Seeks first to understand the other person’s point of view and remains calm in challenging situations
Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively
Takes initiative to assist in developing others
Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another
Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience
Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work, and actively participates in meetings
Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately
Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members
Pursues self-development that enhances job performance
Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process
Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths, and limitations and how they impact relationships
Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology

Responsibilities

Arrive on deck, in uniform, ready to open pool promptly at scheduled time
Smile and greet members courteously
Assist in planning, organizing and implementing a full composition of aquatic special events to include but not be limited to lap swim incentives and water walking incentives
Monitor lap swimmers and designate fast or slow lanes when required
Explain class and pool procedure to program participants, enforcing all posted pool rules
Provide friendly courteous service to all members, clients and volunteers of the YMCA
Report all accidents and incidents to supervisor on appropriate forms
Wear appropriate lifeguard attire as requested by supervisor
Attend all staff meetings scheduled by supervisor
Secure ALL pool doors at the end of your shift unless properly relieved by another certified staff member
Communicate to all program participants and all members all program and membership promotions
Properly test water for chemical balance and record at assigned times
Report any problems immediately to Head Lifeguard regarding water chemical balance
Check all safety equipment at the beginning of the shift, reporting any problems in writing to supervisor
Follow daily maintenance schedule as assigned including hosing deck, brushing down pool walls, cleaning staff office, reporting all problems in writing to supervisor
Maintain highest level of cleanliness in pool area
Demonstrate the character values of caring, respect, honesty and responsibility at all times