Aquatic Team Leader

Hours of work are between 5:30am and 10:30pm, Sunday to Saturday

Within the City of Whitehorse Recreation and Facility Services Department we create the environment for a healthy community. You can impact the quality of life for our citizens and enjoy your own work life/balance in the process.

The incumbent supervises pool attendees and limited staff, instructs aquatic lifesaving, and first aid courses, provides support of administrative and supervisory staff, provides emergency care in minor and major first aid situations, tests water and assists with the development and implementation of in-service and aquatic programs

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Completion of Grade 12
• 2 years of Lifeguard and Instructor experience
• NLS Pool option
• I Can Swim Teacher
• Lifesaving Society Instructor
• Standard First Aid
• CPR Basic Rescuer
• Pool Operator Level 1
• 2 of the following awards: I Can Swim Teacher Course Conductor, Aquafit Instructor certification, NLS Instructor, LS Instructor Trainer, First Aid/CPR Instructor
• Demonstrated instructor, supervisory, decision–making and interpersonal skills

Required To Operate Equipment Such As:
First Aid equipment, audio visual equipment, computer with applications such as Outlook, Word, CLASS, ERP, Windows, and Excel, digital photography programs, City Vehicle, water test kits.

To view the full Aquatic Team Leader position description, please click here.

A Police Information Check is a requirement for this position; a clearance requires the absence of any criminal charges or convictions related to this position.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered. 

This is a Salary Range 9 position ($28.55-$33.59/hour).

An Eligibility List will be established from this job posting – The duration of the eligibility list will be 6 months. Future vacancies will be filled by going to the next highest ranked candidate until the eligibility list expires.

The City wishes to thank all applicants for their interest but only those candidates selected to advance in the recruitment process will be contacted. Note that only those candidates eligible to legally work in Canada will be considered.

Interested candidates should forward applications/ resumes, clearly outlining how their experience and education meet the position requirements, to careers@whitehorse.ca by 11:59 pm October 6, 2015. Please quote job posting #110-CGC-15.