About the role:
As a Senior Lifeguard at Selwyn Aquatic Centre, you will supervise the Lifeguards on shift, leading by example to ensure we are maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all of our facility users by:
Delivering exceptional customer service
Assisting with rostering
Water quality testing
Reporting
Promoting and delivering ongoing training and development for the team
Troubleshooting
Providing professional day to day guidance and support to the team
This role is 76 hours per fortnight working the following roster:
Week One:Tuesday - Friday 5.30am - 1.30pm and Saturday 7.30-4pm.
Week Two:Tuesday - Friday 1.30pm - 9.30pm and Saturday 12-8.30pm
About you:
Our ideal candidate will have some day to day supervisory or leadership experience (this can be across any industry) alongside a genuine interest in aquatics or sport and recreation.
We'll provide fully paid Lifeguard training where you will gain a nationally recognised qualification.
You will come to us with natural leadership abilities, high levels of motivation and be keen to learn.
You will also have:
Experience in delivering exceptional customer service to our facility users
The ability to work effectively in a team environment is essential
Strong communication skills
Pro-actively supervise the pool environment to prevent incidents, accidents, emergencies, and hazards.
Confident swimming ability; you will be required to complete a swim test as follows:
200m continuously in less than 6 mins
50m breaststroke
25m side stroke
5 mins treading water
Picking up an object from the deepest part of the pool (2m)
What we can offer:
Great work-life balance with flexibility
Career coaching and development
Life insurance
Wellbeing and volunteer leave
3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
2 weeks paid Partners Leave
Sick leave from day 1
Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
Discounts with local and national businesses
About us:
Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand.
We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy.
Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.
Selwyn Aquatic Centre is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.
Our values are important to us and represent the way we work:
Be a good human.
Be brave.
Think differently.
Better together.
Make it Happen for Selwyn.
We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We value the safety of our staff and facility users - this role requires a satisfactory safety check including police vetting and you to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and on an ongoing random basis.
If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!
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