Seasonal Water Fitness Instructor

Duties & Responsibilities

• Teaches scheduled water fitness classes, beginning and ending on time; provides adequate warm-up, exercise, stretching, and cool down.
• Instructs patrons on effective workout methods; explains proper techniques, demonstrates exercises.
• Prepares appropriate equipment, music, and handouts (if needed) for each class.
• Aids patrons, answers questions, and maintains a positive exercise experience for class participants.
• Keeps management informed of pool activities, facility needs, and significant problems or issues.
• Ensures that safety standards are met, and that the department and facility policies are adhered to.

Physical Requirements

• Work involves frequent kneeling, bending, and lifting in designated aquatic facilities and related facilities.
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Far and near visual acuity to read reports, manuals, written materials, monitor/observe patrons.
• Ability to hear verbal instructions and warning signals.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of water fitness teaching strategies with the incorporation of music.
• Knowledge of customer service principles and practices.
• Ability to be professional and motivate class participants.
• Ability to keep accurate activity records.
• Ability to listen, communicate, and work effectively with a diverse group of people.
• Ability to perform the job duties in a safe manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• Be 18 years of age or older at time of appointment.
• Certified instructor with water fitness specialty desired, but not required.
• A valid driver’s license at the time of application, and a valid Colorado driver’s license within 30 days of employment.
• Licenses and certifications must be maintained throughout the term of employment.

Special Conditions Of Employment

• This position involves regular exposure to dust, noise, inclement weather, temperature extremes, chemically treated pool water, and extended direct exposure to the sun.
• All required licenses and certifications must be maintained throughout the term of employment.
• Failure to obtain or maintain licenses and certifications may result in demotion or termination.

Benefits

• The City of Pueblo offers a very rich benefits packet!
• Click on the “Benefits” hyperlink at the top of this (online) job posting to view a summary of the benefits associated with this position.
• For a more comprehensive view on the lush benefits offered by the City, please go to www.pueblo.us/benefits.
• Benefits Package For Temporary/Seasonal Positions
• Because of its reduced schedule, temporary and seasonal employment with the City gives you the time to maintain a quality work/life balance and offers the following benefits:
• As a PERA member you contribute a percentage of every check to PERA in exchange for a lifetime defined benefit, or pension.
• City of Pueblo Temporary and Seasonal Employee Sick Leave Benefits
• Beginning January 1, 2021, all employers in Colorado are required to provide paid sick leave to employees under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (“HFWA”). Said leave is accrued at one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 48 hours.
• Per the Act, leave may be used for any of the following reasons:
• The employee has a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition;
• Needs a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment related to such illness, injury, or condition;
• Needs to obtain preventive medical care.
• The employee needs to care for a family member who has a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition;
• Needs a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment related to such illness, injury, or condition;
• Needs to obtain preventive medical care.
• The employee or family member has been the victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or harassment and needs to be absent from work for purposes related to such crime;
• A public official has ordered the closure of the school or place of care of the employee's child or of the employee's place of business due to a public health emergency, necessitating the employee's absence from work.
• Consistent with the HWFA, part-time temporary and seasonal employees of the City shall not carry forward more than forty-eight (48) hours of unused sick leave from one year to the next.
• Pueblo Municipal Code 6-6-5.5, 6-6-5 and 6-6-6