Head Instructor Guard

**People, Place, Prosperity**: **Job Profile**: The City of Cambridge is looking for qualified Head Instructor Guards to join our team for Winter 2024. **What you will be doing**: - Performance of water rescue and first aid when necessary. - Safe and effective supervision of the pool and area during fitness and recreational swims. - Is directly accountable for the activities and programs at the assigned pool and ensures all staff are performing the duties outlined in their job description. - Provides ongoing staff development including continuous support and feedback on job performance and personal and professional goal-setting, as well as administering formal and informal performance appraisals. - Instruction of swim classes as required. - Provide feedback to members on participants’ progress when requested. - Complete progress cards and worksheets at the end of each instructional series. - Keep records of participants’ progress and attendance throughout a series of lessons. - Screening of participants in classes and moving to a more appropriate level if necessary. - Is actively involved in programming taking place in the facility, including but not limited to lessons and recreational swims. - Follows safety supervision basics and ensures the safety of program participants. Practices a preventative approach to safety, makes rescues, and administers first aid when necessary, including completing proper documentation. - Report accidents and incidents to management and follow up when necessary. - Interacts with parents/guardians on the activities and development of students' swim skills. Acts as a City of Cambridge "Ambassador" to ensure parental satisfaction. - Participates in training/in-service as required, occasionally outside of regular working hours. - Checks facility, equipment, and supplies daily, performs required pool testing, performs morning and evening maintenance checks, and completes log sheets accordingly. - Accountable for opening and closing procedures at the assigned facility. - Strong interpersonal skills. - Ensure daily aquatic report is completed. - Answer telephone/provide information to members re: programs, schedule, and special events. - Administrative functions such as recommending aquatic policies and procedures, reporting lesson statistics, confirming shifts/hours of work and developing core lesson plans. **Experience and Knowledge**: Two years experience in aquatics and supervisor of staff and/or facilities. **We are looking for these certificates**: - National Lifeguard - Pool - Lifesaving and/or Swim Instructor Certificate - Standard First Aid with CPR C and AED - Aquatic Supervisor Training - High Five - Principles of Healthy Child Development - Quest 2 **We will ask you for these items if you are hired**: - Current and valid Police Vulnerable Sector Check to be provided prior to commencement in this position. - Proof of your current and valid certificate(s) and/or educational qualifications. - Supervisor Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate from the Ministry of Labour - High Five-PHCD Certificate & Standard First Aid, CPR C AED Certificate **Rate of pay**: The hourly rate of pay for this position is $22.25. **Hours of work**: - Locations: John Dolson Centre or W.G. Johnson Centre. - Up to 40 hours/week. Hours will include evenings, weekdays or weekends and are dependent on the number of participants taking part in our programs; as such, there are no minimum hours associated with this position. **Advertisement expiration date**: **Accommodation needs and protection of privacy**: The City of Cambridge recognizes and appreciates diversity and inclusion enhances our public value commitment. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience and encourage all qualified people to apply, including and especially people from equity-deserving groups. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with honour and respect toward their individual dimensions of diversity. For more information on our Employment Equity, please read our full policy. Personal information collected in relation to the recruitment process is collected under the authority outlined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and used solely to determine eligibility for employment with the City of Cambridge only.