Lifeguard Instructor at City of Fort Collins in Fort Collins, Colorado

Job Description:

POSITION TITLE: Lifeguard Instructor (Hourly)
REQUISITION #: req5832
DEPARTMENT: Recreation
LOCATION: MULBERRY INDOOR POOL
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Fluctuating Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $20.00 - 20.75 per hour (based on relevant experience)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is Open until filled.

The City of Fort Collins is a bias-conscious employer. We ask that you please avoid the use of photos when submitting a resume and/or an application for employment. You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check required.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform every job description task. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.

The Community: The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River. At 5,000 feet in elevation, residents enjoy a moderate, four-season climate, with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. With 174,800 residents, Fort Collins is Colorado's fourth-largest city and spans 57 square miles. With the 20 year growth projection, the City of Fort Collins is expected to reach 255,000 residents.

The first people who hunted in this region arrived approximately 11,000 years ago, and Northern Colorado remains an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from eastern cities and across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia. Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state's land grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students. Along with the university, the city's major high-tech and manufacturing companies and breweries attract new residents from all over the country and world. The community's overall social diversity continues to grow.

There are abundant outdoor recreation opportunities available to the many residents who enjoy healthy lifestyles. The nearby Horsetooth Reservoir is a key attraction, as is the Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway. The Downtown district provides many venues for live music, shopping, dining, and nightlife within the city. Fort Collins is widely considered the Craft Beer Capital of Colorado. The City has a strong appreciation for arts, culture, and entertainment. Various national organizations and magazines recognize Fort Collins as one of the best places to live in the nation.

The City's long list of acknowledgements includes:

• No. 2 Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America: American Water Works - June 2021
• No. 5 Best Remote-Ready Cities: Livability.com Jan 2021
• Top 30 Creative Small Cities: CVSuite - May 2020
• No. 18 Safest Cities in America: SafeWise - April 2020
• No. 1 Best Place to Live: Livability.com March 2020
• No. 9 Most Fitness Friendly Places: SmartAsset - Dec 2019
• No. 7 Safest Driving Cities: Allstate - June 2019
• No. 4 Best U.S. Cities to Raise a Family: MarketWatch - April 2019
• No. 9 Best Performing Cities: Milken Institute - Jan 2019
• No. 3 U.S. Cities with Highest Economic Confidence: Yahoo - Nov 2018
• No. 2 Brain Concentration Index: Bloomberg - Nov 2018
• No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes-May 2018
• Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award: Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
• The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-Nov 2017
• 18th Best City for Career Opportunities: SmartAsset - Sep 2017
• 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever: College Ranker - July 2017
• 25 Best Towns Ever: Where to Live Now: Outside Magazine - June 2017
• No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com-June 2017
• 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance - March 2017
• No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
• No. 2 Best Cities for Small Business Owners: ValuePenguin - Feb 2017

Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

- Potential for paid personal leave and paid holidays

- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, and financial assistance

- Wellness program, workout facilities

- Personal & professional learning opportunities plus potential for career mobility

- Collaborative work environment

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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following duties and responsibilities and illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• 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.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

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.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the necessary functions of this position.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Often works independently without direct supervision.


• Establishes and maintains effective working relationship with co-workers, participants and the public.


• Communicates effectively in both oral and written form with external and internal customers.


• Ability to show sensitivity in dealing with all age groups, persons with disabilities, and a diverse population.


• Basic computer knowledge and ability to operate a variety of office equipment.


• Ability to understand and apply department procedures and policies.


• Ability to handle sensitive or stressful situations with tact and diplomacy.


• Ability to use table and chair dollies, kitchen equipment, carpet vacuum, standard office equipment including copiers and computers.


• The Aquatics Department has a dynamic and changing schedule. Ability to work varying shifts is desirable, particularly weekends and holiday shift availability.

Education and Experience: Minimum age is 18.

Language Skills: Ability to read instructions and communicate with City supervisor and the general public. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisor, user groups, customers, and the general public.


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.

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations: Current American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor Certificate required.

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.

All steps based on budget availability and current City of Fort Collins Policy

Based on previous employee experience steps can be skipped with the approval of Area Manager

The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.

Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:
Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.

The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 years or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. For the purpose of this City policy "sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.

POST OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED

Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.Summary: Lifeguard instructors provide instruction in the proper lifeguarding techniques, skills, and water safety to participants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following duties and responsibilities and illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
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.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

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