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HEAD LIFEGUARD – PART-TIME OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE
Primary Objective: Supervises lifeguards on duty and assists
Aquatics Director as needed. This position also provides water
surveillance and swimming rule enforcements ensuring the safety of
swimming patrons.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervises lifeguards on duty and schedules lifeguard
hours.
Communicates staff and equipment needs to facility
management.
Assists the Aquatic Director with hiring of new
lifeguards.
Provides water surveillance and swimming rule enforcement
ensuring the safety of patrons participating in recreational
swimming activities, learn-to-swim classes, or competitive swim
training, swim meets, or other aquatic facility activities.
Watches for unusual activities on the part of swimmers and is
able to recognize struggling swimmers, drowning swimmers,
distressed swimmers, and swimmers with sudden medical conditions
such as stroke, heart attack, asthma, diabetes, or seizures along
with the ability to recognize potential emergency conditions or
situations.
Provides rapid response lifesaving swim rescue and basic
first-aid treatment and CPR administration, if required.
Fills out incident report forms after accidents or injuries
proactively collecting witness names and numbers.
Maintains safe and clean aquatic facilities along with proper
maintenance of life saving equipment and related materials and
supplies.
Participates in in-service training to maintain life guarding
skills.
Wears appropriate uniform, attire, and life-saving gear for the
position.
Exhibits public respect and enthusiasm as duties and
responsibilities are carried out in all work environments.
Adheres to the City Colleges of Chicago Customer Service
Excellence Standards.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma required. American Red Cross Lifeguarding
and First Aid Certification or adequate certification is a
plus.
Lifeguard must be in good physical and mental condition to
provide life saving services.
Prior experience as junior lifeguard, certified lifeguard, or
swimming instructor.
Prior experience with and proficient use of lifesaving
equipment; basic first aid kit, CPR mask, rescue buoy or rescue
tube.
Delivery of effective verbal and written communications and
takes responsibility for understanding others, multilingual skills
a plus.
Flexibility to work outside normal college business hours,
weekends, or holidays.
Able to exercise independent judgment and respond calmly to
high-pressure emergency situations.
Ability to work in a team environment with flexible work hours
as needed for scheduled college events.
Promotes a positive role model and favorable public image as
City Colleges of Chicago representative.
Salary: $17.05/hr
This part-time position is represented by Local 1708
Union. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action
employer. Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of
Chicago!
The City Colleges of Chicago is the public community college system of the Chicago area. Its colleges offer associate degrees, certificates, free courses for the GED, and free English as a second language courses. The City Colleges system has its administrative offices in the Chicago Loop. City Colleges gives students access to a quality education and ensures their success by providing them with the support to complete their program and move on to further education or a career. Since 1911, City Colleges of Chicago has been connecting students from across Chicago’s neighborhoods to economic opportunity. By offering a quality education at an unprecedented value, City Colleges provides our students and alumni with a pathway to upward mobility. In fact, our vision is to be recognized as the city’s most accessible higher education engine of socioeconomic mobility and racial equity—empowering all Chicagoans to take part in building a stronger and more just city. City Colleges graduates can be found working across Chicago—from the city’s biggest hospitals to its boardrooms, from its high-tech manufacturing plants to its classrooms. They can be found serving the community as government officials, law enforcement officers, and teachers, and they are found launching their own businesses and taking leadership roles in the city’s fastest-growing sectors. More than sixty thousand Chicagoans are enrolled in City Colleges’ educational programs. Our offerings range from tuition-free English as a second language (ESL) and high school diploma (GED/HiSET) preparation classes to certificate and associate degree programs that prepare students to secure employment in high-demand careers and transfer to four-year colleges. In fact, about half of City Colleges graduates transfer after completion, with many heading to nationally-recognized colleges and universities. Hailing from every neighborhood, City Colleges students are as diverse as the city itself. As Illinois’ largest community college system, City Colleges is comprised of seven independently-accredited colleges: Harold Washington College, Harry S Truman College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Richard J. Daley College, and Wilbur Wright College, and five satellite sites: Arturo Velasquez Institute, Dawson Technical Institute, South Chicago Learning Center, West Side Learning Center, and Wright College Humboldt Park. The City Colleges system also includes the award-winning Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute, Sikia Restaurant, Child Development Centers, and radio station WKKC–FM 89.3.
