Lifeguard Hub, Leisure Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Lifeguard / Lifeguard
Work model On location
Application due date 2 February 2025
Are you the one? The leisure administration in Umeå municipality wants to contribute to a good living environment by creating good opportunities for active leisure with sports, exercise, recreation and public health. Its area of responsibility includes the operation of sports and leisure facilities, leisure, excursion and recreation areas, facilities for leisure boats and initiatives in leisure fishing and outdoor recreation. Through the municipality's joint Associations Office, the Leisure Administration is responsible for the overall preparation, follow-up and evaluation of the municipality's support for associations and for strengthening contacts between the municipality's various representatives and organized associations.
Navet is Umeå's largest swimming pool and adventure pool in the city center with about 50 employees.
In summer, the staff is also distributed to Umelagun, which is a temperate outdoor pool adjacent to the beach of Nydalabadet and located at the northern end of Lake Nydala.
We are now looking for a proud colleague to join us as a pool attendant. We offer a fast-paced workplace with a great team! Do you want to be a part of us?
Your tasks
As a lifeguard, you will work on our most important task: ensuring a safe environment and good service. Your duties include, among other things:
Lifeguarding
Reception/other customer service
Cleaning/laundry
Swimming lessons
At the reception you are the face of our visitors, answering questions and selling subscriptions, one-off tickets and goods from our shop. If necessary, you will also support our restaurant.
About you
We are looking for you who are able to swim, have work experience from the service industry and cash register experience. We look positively if you have experience working with children, as a swimming teacher and/or at a swimming facility. It is also a plus if you have worked with our booking system BRP.
We also see it as an advantage if you have training in any of the following:
CPR/D-HLR
Medical care
Lifesaving
Pool lifeguarding
Lifeguard
Swimming instructors
Food and beverages
Swimming skills are a requirement for the position and during the recruitment process you will have to undergo a work test consisting of falling into deep water and then swimming 200 meters, of which 50 meters on your back and dive down to 4 meters deep.
As a person, you are service-oriented as you will act as a link between the customer and the facility. With us, the pace is sometimes high so you are also stress-resistant and adaptable to rapid changes and unexpected events. You are confident working independently as well as in teams and have good interpersonal skills. We will attach great importance to personal suitability.
During the recruitment process, we will ask for a valid police criminal record check, as the job involves working with children.
Interviews are ongoing so welcome with your application today!
About Umeå municipality
Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us?
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