Pool Attendants

Job No: CN2288

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Fixed-term and Casual

No. of Vacancies: 7

Closing Date: 6 Aug 2020 AEST

• Support the wellbeing of the community, supervising activities at Beresfield Swimming Centre.
• 3 x fixed-term opportunities from 26 September 2020 to 18 April 2021.
• 4 x casual opportunities from 26 September 2020.

Thriving and rapidly transforming, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city and is located 160km north of Sydney. It offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

City of Newcastle (CN) is currently seeking Pool Attendants to support our Beresfield Swimming Centre for the upcoming summer season and beyond.

As a Pool Attendant you’ll provide risk minimisation strategies for centre users through effective surveillance, rescue and first aid management procedures. You’ll also maintain the centre in a clean, tidy and safe condition and will deliver high level customer service to centre users/community members.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

The essentials you’ll need:

• Hold current Pool Lifeguard Certificate.
• Hold current awards; Bronze Medallion, Advanced Resuscitation and Senior First Aid.
• Working with Children Check.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Availability to work weekends, school holidays and public holidays.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Ability for work at short notice.
• Proven ability to provide excellent customer service and liaison skills.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with staff and customers.
• Problem solving skills.
• Be able to complete a competency assessment including: 200m swim, manual handling requirements at each swimming centre, dive and retrieval of an object from the deepest pool of the swimming centre.
• Knowledge of WHS requirements relevant to the position.

Other valuable skills you may have:

• Ability to embrace change in the work environment.
• Experience in swimming centre operations and cleaning requirements or equivalent.
• Ability to promote the image of City of Newcastle through effective and courteous performance of duties and professional presentation of self.

Sound like the perfect job for you? Apply Now!

City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: Wednesday, 5 August 2020.

Remuneration: Fixed-term, $60,010.37 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 38-hour week (actual renumeration will vary dependent on hours worked). Casual, $37.82 + 9.5% Superannuation per hour.

Contact: Donna McGovern – Aquatic Services Manager – 02 4974 5010.

The NSW Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 makes it an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence, or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 to apply for these positions. Relevant criminal, Working With Children and prior employment checks, including relevant disciplinary proceedings, will be conducted on recommended candidates.