Seasonal Lifeguard Lead - Camp Dellwood

Description

Lifeguard Lead
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana

• Reports to Camp Director
• Seasonal

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana embrace an inclusive culture. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion across all identities. We are committed to continual learning and to a culture of safety and wellbeing in which individuality is celebrated and everyone is valued and respected. Everyone is welcome to bring their authentic selves into our space.

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana serves 45 Indiana counties, nearly more than 16,000 Girl Scouts and 10,000 adult volunteers. We are the proud facilitators of Girl Scout camp at five Indiana locations, conveners of thousands of Girl Scout programs with nearly 600 community partners and serve thousands more community members each year at our STEM Center of Excellence and Founders Lodge Event and Conference Center.

What You Will Do:

The Lifeguard Lead will further the mission of the camp by providing supervision and ensuring a safe environment at the camp’s water activities.

The Lifeguard Lead will assist in the management to the physical operation of the pool facilities and equipment.

How You Will Lead:

• Provide surveillance during aquatic activities to help prevent and to manage injuries.
• Provide rescues as needed.
• Utilize first aid and CPR and other emergency management services as needed.
• Understand and implement appropriate responses to changes in water conditions or weather conditions affecting the waterfront.
• Evaluate aquatics abilities of campers and staff.

• Ensure campers and staff follow safety procedures while in their program activity.
• Act as reference in pool activities.
• Assist in the delivery and supervision of all water activities and special events at the pool.

• Conduct daily checks of area and equipment for safety, cleanliness, and good repair.
• Clean pool area daily keeping it free of hazards and debris.
• Clean bathroom and change area daily.
• Work with the site manager and camp director to ensure the safety of the pool and chemical levels are where they should be daily.

Other

Job Duties:

• Participate enthusiastically in raining day program activities for units.
• Participate as a member of the camp staff team to deliver and supervise programs, special events, and other activities and camp functions as needed.
• Assist in the planning of any special events on or near the pool.
• Makes every effort to have a strong, cohesive program to provide the best program and atmosphere for the campers.
• Follow camp rules and regulations.
• Cleans equipment at the start of summer and cleans and stores equipment at end of summer.
• These are not the only duties to be performed. Some duties may be reassessed, and other duties may be assigned as required.

Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and amongst the membership.

Core Competencies:

• Conflict Management – Anticipates, prevents, and resolves conflicts while maintaining productive working relationships (for example, with customers, vendors, or coworkers); distinguishes between disruptive conflict and constructive differences; identifies the causes of problems; analyzes factors contributing to conflict; anticipates potential conflicts; facilitates conflict resolution.
• Problem‑Solving – Identifies and analyzes existing and potential problems systematically and thoroughly; reports/documents the problem; obtains and evaluates relevant information and contributing factors; identifies important interrelationships; implements solutions after evaluating alternatives and anticipating their impact; supports decisions or recommendations with data and/or reasoning; defines and implements solutions to problems.
• Judgment and Decision‑Making – Recognizes when immediate action is required; recognizes when sufficient information has been obtained to decide; makes decisions where appropriate or refers decisions to the appropriate organizational level; makes decisions without undue delay.
• Fostering Diversity –…