Part-Time Lifeguard I (15 hours/week)

The City of Bozeman is seeking a Part-Time Lifeguard I to help ensure a safe, clean, and welcoming aquatic environment. This position monitors patrons, enforces pool rules, provides accident prevention and life-saving assistance, delivers excellent customer service, and helps maintain aquatic facilities and equipment.

Wage: $22.88 per hour
Bargaining Unit: Non-Represented
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Work Week: 15 hours per week schedule preferred, but alternative schedules will be considered over 12 hours per week.  
Current operations are Monday - Friday with plans to expand to weekends which may include Saturday and/or Sunday shifts of 7:30am - 4:30pm.

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

• Performs life-saving and guarding duties, including assisting patrons in life threatening situations, enforcing pool rules and regulations for the efficient and safe operation of the aquatic facilities, providing active accident prevention, and monitoring patrons in the water, and completing rescue accident and incident reports.
• Provides customer service, including answering questions, accepting payment for passes, parties, lessons, and programs, answering phones and directing calls, and registering patrons for programs.
• Maintains a clean and safe swimming facility, including cleaning locker rooms, lobby area, pool deck, and restrooms, and ensuring pool, equipment room, and pool deck are clear of potentially dangerous objects or situations.
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities
• Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification.

• Must be at least 15 years old; and
• Aquatics/Lifeguarding experience is desired, but not required.

• Thorough knowledge swimming and lifeguarding techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of First Aid, CPR, and use of AED.
• Thorough knowledge of stabilization of victims with spinal cord injuries and other life threatening injuries.
• Some knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, community and recreation programs.
• Ability to properly perform rescues.
• Ability to instruct individuals on pool and water safety.
• Ability to accurately operate point-of-sale and pass registration computer program.
• Ability to use tact and discretion in dealing with the general public.      
• Ability to enforce rules and regulations firmly and with tact.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
• Ability to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks.
• Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
• Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.

• Must successfully complete two prerequisite swimming skills evaluations including a swim-tread-swim sequence and a timed surface dive rescue event;
• Must obtain within 1 month of hire and maintain the following:
  1. Red Cross Lifeguarding with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid certification;
• Offers for employment are conditional upon satisfactory responses to appropriate post conditional offer process;