Lead Lifeguard

Lead Lifeguard

The City of Athens is currently hiring Lead Lifeguards for the 2024 season. This is a seasonal position expected to last about 120 days and is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The starting pay rate is $14 per hour. The City of Athens will cover the costs of necessary certifications. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

General inquires may be sent to Arts, Parks and Recreation via email: [email protected] or by calling: 740-592-3325.

Job Summary:

The Lead lifeguard oversees daily shifts at the Athens City Pool to include supervision of staff, programs, and operations. The daily operation includes but is not limited to: open swim times, lap swimming, learn to swim program, parties/special events, and aqua aerobics. 

Responsibilities:

• Handle patron complaints and issues.


• Assists with scheduling and completing timesheets for lifeguard staff.


• Reports to the Program Specialist for Parks and Recreation.


• Maintain all required records concerning maintenance, pool chemistry, daily logs, first-aid/incident reports.


• Supervises lifeguard staff, ensures rotations are adhered to, monitors breaks for minors, and helps maintain a respectful workplace environment.


• Troubleshoot pump room and equipment issues.


• Report any problems or incidents to Program Specialist for Parks and Recreation.


• Oversee daily cleaning of the facility including: locker rooms/restrooms, deck surfaces, trash/recycling, and pool vacuuming.


• Backwashing of pool, safe handling of chemicals, adjusting chemical levels to maintain a safe water chemistry.


• Assist with purchasing and ordering necessary items.


• Accurately count and oversee the appropriate handling of money, processing of


• Assist in bi-monthly reviews and reports of staff.


• Assumes all duties of lifeguard.


• Instruct swim lessons.

Required Qualifications & Specifications:

• Must be at least 18 years old.


• Previous experience either as a lifeguard or manager required


• Must have reasonable weekend availability. 

Preferred:

• American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor (LGI) Certification or ability to obtain certification within 30 days after hire date.


• Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Certified or ability to obtain certification within 30 days after hire date.

• Experience with salt water chlorine generators


• Knowledge of Perlite coated filtration systems


• Previous use of CivicRec registration software or similar


• Use of scheduling software (Digiquatics or Sling)


• Water Safety Instructor Trainer


• Previous experience overseeing multiple bodies of water on one site including slides and spray pad features

*We are an American Red Cross facility.

The City may consider any other equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This is general description intended to provide general duties and qualifications. Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all the duties that may be performed. It is not intended to cover all situations, or all necessary qualifications. Job descriptions are subject to change.

The City of Athens, OH is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We prefer applicants apply online; however, paper applications are available upon request. Please call Human Resources at 740-592-3367 if you need to request a paper application.