Lifeguard Instructor

About the role

Lifeguard instructors provide instruction in the proper lifeguarding techniques, skills, and water safety to participants.

Responsibilities

• Educates lifeguard candidates to the habits and attitudes of safe aquatic activities and encourages their cooperation and support with good public relations.
• Maintains a safe environment for all students.
• Accurately judges lifeguard candidate’s ability to perform required skills.
• Prepares and submits all course records in a timely manner as required by the American Red Cross.
• Correctly utilizes and cares for all aquatic equipment and teaching aides.
• Maintains a level of physical fitness required to teach any rescue or skill as dictated by the American Red Cross.
• Attends and participates in all required City sponsored clinics, workshops, and meetings.
• Assists in the maintenance and care of the facility while teaching.
• Performs any other related or similar duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum age is 18.
• Current American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor Certificate required.

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation.
• Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Physical Demands

• Bending, stooping, pulling, pushing, jumping, twisting, balancing kneeling, crouching, reaching and climbing.
• Physical activity required in leading/demonstrating classes.
• Lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds.
• Hand-eye coordination for operation of a computer keyboard.
• Ability to read written materials and to observe programs.
• Speech and hearing capabilities to maintain communications with employees and citizens.

Education and Experience

• Minimum age is 18.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve and implement practical solutions to problems.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Foresee and initiate proactive measures to insure program quality, customer service and safety.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

Benefits

Post-offer background check required.

Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.