Lifeguard

Job Location
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Whispering Cedars - Dallas, TX
Position Type
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Seasonal
Salary Range
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Undisclosed
Job Category
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Nonprofit - Social Services
Description

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here’s your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands‑on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.

Camp Whispering Cedars, Home of the STEM Center of Excellence, is in Dallas, TX and offers a variety of programming. The property sleeps approximately 120 people. During the summer, Camp offers sleepaway camping options as well as Day Camp experiences. Ages range from 8-18 year-olds.

Lifeguards will work mid‑May through the end of July.

The Camp Activities Team is responsible for participating in the assigned activity during the summer camp and/or weekend camping season. This person is responsible for the planning and implementation of Girl Scout programs in outdoor settings and for the safeguarding of participants’ health, safety, and security.

The Camp Whispering Cedars Pool Lifeguard is responsible for participating as a member of the outdoor team in the assigned pool/aquatic activity during summer and/or weekend camping and to carry out specific responsibilities for the planning and implementation of the Girl Scout and aquatic programs in an outdoor setting. This position is also responsible for the safeguarding of participants’ health, safety, and security in the pool/aquatic area while providing a fun pool/aquatic experience.

• Serves as a lifeguard during summer camp.
• Prepares, directs, and carries out assigned lifeguard/aquatic activities with participants, following all Girl Scout program standards, safety, and security guidelines, and GSUSA/GSNETX Safety Activity Checkpoints.
• Participates in pool/aquatic activities including but not limited to housekeeping responsibilities, rescue skills review, required lifeguard in‑service, equipment maintenance, and supervising participant interactions.
• Willing to conduct alternative, supervisor‑approved, indoor activities during times of inclement weather when use of the pool is not feasible.
• Follows GSNETX policies and operational procedures, regulations, and standards.
• Follow all established pool procedures.
• Responsible for compliance with ACA standards, Texas Department of State Health, GSUSA & GSNETX Policies, and operational procedures, regulations, and standards.
• Serves as and is responsible for being a role model for all participants, in behavior and attitude while following the Girl Scout Promise and Law and established Camp Whispering Cedars procedures.
• Remains alert and responds to potential hazardous situations, including following established emergency procedures when required.
• Monitor weather conditions and use current emergency procedures when inclement weather is imminent.

• Willingness to work respectfully with diverse staff and campers all day in a set environment
• Willingness to be active all day in an outdoor environment with variable weather conditions (heat, humidity, rain, wind) and to walk extensively around camp.
• Willingness to role model respect, positivity, smiling, cheerfulness, kindness, patience, honesty, inclusion, good mental hygiene, and accountability and to self‑regulate emotions respectfully in a variety of circumstances.
• Willingness to listen to, learn from, and cooperate with others.
• Willingness to learn and follow camp/pool safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards.
• Willingness to obtain food‑handler certificate during staff training.
• Ability to work long hours all day and all week (staff get personal break‑time each day during the week and days off between sessions)
• Ability to complete full term (all weeks) of camp agreement.