Junior Lifeguard Camp Counselor

Title

JUNIOR LIFEGUARD CAMP COUNSELOR - 2026

$22.00/hour

Parks and Recreation

Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal

Dempster St. Beach Office

12/8/2025

Responsible for the supervision and safety of all campers in the City of Evanston Junior Lifeguard Camp.

• Ability to work all nine (9) weeks of camp from June 8-August 9 and assist at lakefront until Labor Day (September
  7) or until return to school.
• Adhere to staff policies including but not limited to time off request, attendance, and uniform policies.
• Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the Evanston Lakefront.
• Use proper surveillance techniques to guard the swimming area.
• Identify patrons in need of emergency assistance and respond appropriately.
• Maintain a safe environment and supervise all campers.
• Know and adhere to all boating regulations and safety measures.
• Conduct camp and teach all designated lesson plans.
• Attend staff training sessions.
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons and camp parents.
• Attend staff meetings as scheduled by aquatic camp director or program manager.
• Maintain a clean and safe beach and office environment.
• Responsible for care and maintenance of equipment and storage areas.
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident and the like on a timely basis.
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Knowledge in basic sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and boat driving.
• Assist with pre and post‑season maintenance‑related tasks as assigned.

• Current Certifications in Lifeguard Training, CPR, AED and First‑Aid.
• Available mid‑May through Labor Day.
• Preferred age 18+ years.
• At least one year as a lifeguard with the City of Evanston.
• Pre‑employment Drug/Alcohol Test.
• Criminal and DCFS Background Check.

Varies, Monday‑Friday 8:30 am‑5 pm with occasional weekends and holidays up to 40 hrs/week, including pre‑ and post‑season lifeguarding.

• Minimum Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Minimum Language Ability:
  • Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
  • Write: Ability to complete daily log sheets, accident reports, incident reports, jump reports, first‑aid reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
  • Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co‑workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
• Training: Completed at least 1 year of high school;
  Complete all preseason training.
• Physical Demands: Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds constantly.
• Physical Demands – Detailed:
  • Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
  • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
  • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
  • Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
  • Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors.
  • Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
  • Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
  • Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.
  • Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s).
  • Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
  • Crawling: Moving about on hands and…