Lifeguard

Lifeguard

This is a part-time role on a rotation across the academic year. The role of the Lifeguard is to supervise and monitor activities in the water, pool decks, and ancillary areas of the pool facilities to ensure the safety of all. The Lifeguard must learn, explain, and enforce safe swimming programs and pool policies, regulations, and rules. This person must be willing and able to perform rescues and administer first aid, CPR, and AED as needed.

Key Responsibilities :

• Provides aquatics safety and supervision for all : monitors activities in the water, pool decks, and ancillary areas of facilities to prevent accidents, and to ensure the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• Implements and monitors school policies and procedures and enforces school regulations.
• Cautions students regarding unsafe activities and reports concerns as appropriate according to school policy.
• Maintain order and safety in a crowded and noisy environment.
• React to and handle swimmer rescue and medical emergencies in a safe and effective manner.
• Respond and perform water rescues, First Aid and / or CPR appropriately, following aquatic emergency action procedure (EAP) protocol.
• Inspects and maintains swimming and pool equipment for functionality, ensures proper placement and availability in the pool area, and recommends maintenance and repair as needed.
• Maintains logs and records of activities.
• Participates in required training sessions, including safety drills and other emergency procedures.
• Assists with patron safety by preventing and responding to emergencies, enforcing all facility rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• To adhere to the pool rules and facility rules in a fair and equitable manner and explain the rationale for the rule(s) when needed.
• Assist with wheelchairs, walkers, and any other mobility aids.
• Be on time and cover all assigned hours, arriving fully prepared, and ready to guard. If unable to work, the lifeguard will inform the relevant manager 24 hours in advance.
• Maintain superior skill level(s) for the certifications that you possess through self-practice, team audits / practice, and scheduled in-service trainings.
• Attend staff and evaluation meetings as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Professional Qualifications and Qualities :

EF Academy Ethos : Working Hours :

The hours can be a bit flexible based upon lifeguard availability. For the academic year (August-May) we are looking primarily for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday availability during peak use times. For the summer (June-August) we’re generally looking to staff 3-hour shifts on Weekdays 9am-12pm, and 3pm-9pm; On weekends, we’re looking for 3-hour shifts in the 9am-6pm window.

Salary :

The anticipated hiring range of this position is $20-25 per hour, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Why you’ll love working here :

This is the most fun, high caliber place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing : it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.