Swimming Centre Manager

**Role Description**:
Community Development / Arts Culture & Community Connections
Swimming Centre Manager
- Classic outdoor pool situated amongst picturesque leafy surrounds
- Swimming season contract position - August 2025 to May 2026
- Join a supportive and friendly organisation with great working conditions

Annual salary starting at $97,453.85 + Statutory Superannuation
Seasonal Fixed-term Contract commencing August 2025 and concluding May 2026

The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is an inner eastern metropolitan Council, nestled on the outskirts of the CBD. The area enjoys a reputation as one of Adelaide’s most desirable places to live, work, study and visit.

The Council owns two swimming facilities, the Norwood Swimming Centre and the Payneham Memorial Swimming Centre. The Payneham Memorial Swimming Centre is currently closed whilst it is undergoing re-development. It is expected to open in the middle of 2026 and operate all year.

The Norwood Swimming Centre is an outdoor facility which operates seasonally and serves as a cherished community asset. The Centre supports a range of community outcomes including recreation, health and fitness, learn to swim, events and club-based activities.

The Swimming Centre operates seven (7) days per week (excluding Christmas Day) over a typically twenty-six (26) week swimming season from mid-October to mid-April.

The Role

The Swimming Centre Manager is a hands-on position responsible for the overall management and operations for the Centre including pre and post season. This includes:

- Providing leadership to a team of employees including completing staff rostering, training, support and supervision
- The opening/closing of the Swimming Centre for the season
- Daily operations including programming of activities such as swimming lessons, carnivals, school programs and events, lap swimming and general recreational activities
- Facility management - providing a safe, enjoyable and friendly facility for all patrons an ensuring that the Centre is managed in accordance with legislation, industry standards and Council policy
- Responsibility for the Centre’s financial performance, ensuring efficient operation
- Lifeguard duties and supervision of patrons
- Evaluating and improving the Centres operations
- Working across the Council to support the operation of the facility such as the delivery of events and communications.

Job Requirements

To ensure adequate management and lifeguard coverage of the Council’s Norwood Swimming Centre during the Swimming Season this position:

- will be required to work flexible hours over a seven (7) day roster (including Public Holidays)
- will be rostered to work outside the ordinary span of hours (including early starts/late finishes)
- may be required to work in excess of thirty-eight (38) hours per week (and may be rostered to work up to an average of 104 hours per fortnight, if required)
- National Criminal Record (Police) Clearance with no adverse findings
- Department of Human Services (DHS) Working With Children Clearance
- Be fit to undertake the inherent requirements of the role

About You

To be successful in this position you will possess the following qualifications, skills and experience:

- Current Royal Life Saving Society Pool Lifeguard Award (referred to as minimum qualification).
- Current Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medallion or Surf Life Saving Society Bronze Medallion (or equivalent) (referred to as the minimum standard).
- Aquatic Technical Operator qualification.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislation, industry guidelines and policies relating to the operation and safety of public swimming centres
- Ability to build positive relationships and communicate effectively with a diversity of people, both in writing and verbally
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop staff in order to manage work and resource requirements (particularly in an aquatic and service-oriented environment)
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and coordinate the operations of an aquatic centre or similar
- Demonstrated experience in financial management, including the management of a Profit/Loss budget

Please note: Evidence supporting the achievement of the above essential qualifications must be supplied to the Council.

**Benefits**:

- Join a values-based organisation
- Annual leave loading
- Confidential & free access to the Employee Assistance Program 24/7
- Healthy Lifestyles Program
- Income protection (illness, accident & injury)

Specific enquiries may be directed to the Council’s Manager, Arts, Culture & Community Connections, Navian Iseut.

Applications close 6:00pm on Sunday, 15 June 2025.

**Additional Information**:
**Job Title / Number**:

- Swimming Centre Manager (Job # qA178360)

**Department**:

- Community Development

**Type**:

- Fixed Term Contract - Full-time

**Location**:
Note: Maybe required to work at various office locations

**Supporting Document**:

- Position & Per