Lifeguard

**ACT, Erindale Leisure Centre - Wanniassa 2903**

- Work with the community & make a real difference.
- Exciting career pathways with an entrepreneurial organisation
- Be apart of a great team in a supportive culture

This is a great opportunity for qualified Lifeguards who value water safety and love working with people, to provide leadership and coaching to our team.

**The Site**

**Belgravia Leisure** is the proud contract management partner for this amazing venue. Along with the **Canberra Council,** we will ensure that guests are delighted when they utilise our pool for their recreation and sporting needs.

**Erindale Leisure Centre,** formally known as Active Leisure Centre - offers a wide range of health, fitness, and recreational facilities, including: a 25m heated indoor pool and steam room, Group fitness studios with Les Mills, freestyle, cycle, and aqua classes, Gym facilities and personal training, Swim school for children, Tennis, squash, badminton, basketball, volleyball, and indoor soccer courts, Multi-purpose sports hall and private group training space and a Function rooms and theatre for events and hire. It’s a vibrant community hub catering to all ages and fitness levels.

**The Role**

We are currently looking for enthusiastic, reliable and friendly **lifeguards** to join the team. Our lifeguards will be responsible for the Day to Day Pool Operations within our facility and ensure that all areas both in and surrounding our pools is a safe and enjoyable environment for all patrons.

You will have a passion for safety around the water. You should be energetic, dynamic, outgoing and fun. You will need outstanding communication skills and a commitment to customer service excellence to ensure our patrons safely enjoy their visit every time.

Successful applicants will demonstrate the ability to communicate and interact effectively with students that have a diverse range of ages, abilities, cultures and needs.

We have multiple **Casual positions** available. Your commitment and flexibility to weekend, public holidays and increased hours during our peak operating seasons will be rewarded and recognised.

Skills & Attributes:

- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to work mornings, evenings and weekends
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as a strong and valuable part of the team
- Current First Aid (Level 2) & Current CPR Certificate
- National Police Check
- Current Pool Lifeguard Certificate
- Working with Vulnerable People
- Previous experience and success in a comparable role is not essential but highly regarded
- Current Pool Operations Certificate is not essential but highly regarded

Previous industry experience is highly regarded

**The Company**

**Belgravia Leisure** is part of the Belgravia Health and Leisure Group (BHLG) and is the fastest growing leisure organisation in Australia. Our core areas of business and facilities stewardship include health clubs, wellness and spa, golf, aquatic and sporting venues in 250 locations across Australia and New Zealand.

We are in an exciting period of growth and look to continue to diversify and deliver results while being a strong community citizen. With an annual turnover in excess of $180m, the group are looking for the best and brightest to assist with taking the organisation into the future.

We value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability.

We are committed to providing a child safe environment. Please refer to our child safety framework. Successful applicants will be required to obtain a national police check and a Working with Children check.