[High Salary] Lifeguard

Job Category: Government and Defence, Sport and Recreation

Love the water? Love helping people? As a Lifeguard, you’ll be part of a vibrant team, keeping our community safe while soaking up the sun.

About Northern Grampians Shire Council

Northern Grampians Shire Council has a diverse employment base, across 14 worksites in the Grampians Region of Victoria. We offer flexible work arrangements, providing access to relevant training and professional development opportunities with a variety of employee benefits. We promote innovation, responsiveness, respectfulness and continuous improvement as our core values. Being a smaller organisation, we can provide you with opportunities to act in leadership roles, transition between teams and participate in a range of collaborative projects with other team members or the wider community. We provide a supportive and flexible environment that values the balance between work and our employees' personal lives.

Why join us?

In addition to the picturesque landscapes at our backdoor, there are many other benefits to working for our innovative and vibrant Northern Grampians Shire Council. These include:

- Fortnightly RDO: Enjoy a well-deserved break and rejuvenate.

- Great Team Environment: A safe, respectful and supportive environment to enable you to thrive. You will work with like-minded, passionate individuals who love what they do.

- Professional Growth: We nurture talent and provide opportunities to flourish.

- Flexible Work Arrangements: To support your work life balance.

- Salary Packaging Options: Including remote area housing allowances and novated lease vehicles

- Access to Paid Leave: including purchased leave, paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave and to respond to family violence matters

- Employee Assistance Program: Your well-being matters - we've got you covered.

- Biodiversity: Explore our Council region's varied flora and fauna

Promote Inclusion

Northern Grampians Shire Council is committed to promote inclusion of all children and families; we aim to establish a culture that supports:

- cultural safety for Aboriginal children by working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal community controlled organisations

- cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds

- establishing a safe environment for children with a disability

Job Description

Position objectives - This position is responsible for working as part of a committed team to deliver a high quality, safe customer focused service to the patrons of Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre and St Arnaud Outdoor Pool facilities.

Key responsibility areas

- Undertake supervision of pool patrons and user groups to ensure water safety in accordance with centre policies and procedures, Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA) guidelines for safe pool operation and industry standards and practices.

- Maintain and ensure safety standards are met in the aquatic environment at all times including:

- Regularly perform a supervisor circuit of the pool deck.

- Operate the water slide and other water play equipment.

- Ensure that the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene are maintained including:

- Ensure loose rubbish is constantly cleared from the pool areas

- Ensure the pool deck, change rooms and toilet facilities are left in a safe and hygienic manner

- Undertake centre housekeeping duties as required

- Maintain equipment as outlined in care instructions on a continual basis

- Ensure accurate recording and reporting of all OHS incidents and customer complaints

- Ensure the behaviour of all customers is conducive to the provision of a safe and enjoyable leisure experience

- Attend mandatory staff meetings each calendar year, as directed by supervisors.

- Attend minimum four in-house lifeguard training sessions to maintain lifeguard skills

- Undertake maintenance of the water facilities including water testing and treating.

- Perform, as directed, other duties that are within the limits of the incumbents’ skill, competence and training.

Qualifications

Qualifications and experience

- Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) recognised resuscitation certification

Selection criteria

- Knowledge of pool supervision, water safety, water education, first aid, resuscitation and rescue techniques and public safety requirements

- Knowledge and appreciation of codes of practice, legislative requirements and health safety regulations relating to the operations of an aquatic facility.

- Ability to implement the highest standards of supervision and safety

- Attach a resume and cover letter briefly addressing the key selection criteria.

- Submit your application by following the process on this page.

If you'd like to know more contact Imogen Amos, Leisure and Recreation Lead at imogan.amos@ngshire.vic.gov.au or call 03 5358 8700.

Applications close 5pm Sunday 5th October 2025.

Northern Grampians Shire Council is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to providing a safe workplace that embraces and values child safety.

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