Posting number: 26-00325
Department: Parks and Community Services
Division: PCS Recreation Entrprse Aquatics
Job classification: Rec Asst 1 - PBM Rate 1
Posting type: Open
Categories: Parks and Recreation
**Typical hourly rate starts at $20.59 and will go up based on experience and level placed.*
The City of Bellevue is currently seeking Lifeguards to work at the Bellevue Aquatic Center. This position offers flexible hours in a fun work environment with the chance to provide a positive impact in many peoples’ lives. The City of Bellevue focuses on a team-oriented approach to providing a safe and enjoyable Aquatic experience.
We are hiring Head Lifeguards, Senior Lifeguards and Lifeguards. This is a variable position with the opportunity to lifeguard and teach swim lessons at the Bellevue Aquatic Center.
Typically starting hourly salary will be $17.50 and will be dependent on experience and position held.
Hours will vary: Morning, afternoon, and evenings and weekends. Less than 28 hours per week.
Responsibilities include providing lifeguard staff supervision, patron surveillance, enforcing beach park rules and regulations, administering staff training, taking a lead role in any emergency response situation, and performing general park maintenance duties.
Responsibilities include providing on-site supervision of lifeguard staff, enforcing beach park rules and regulations, providing patron surveillance and emergency response services, assisting in staff training, and performing general park maintenance duties.
Responsibilities include providing patron surveillance and emergency response services. The positions may also include providing swim instruction in both a group and private lesson format to various age groups.
Must be at least 18 years old. Must have at least 2 years of lifeguarding experience. Experience supervising lifeguarding staff preferred. Must have and maintain current American Red Cross Lifeguard certification.
Must be at least 17 years old. Must have at least 1 year of experience. Must have and maintain current American Red Cross Lifeguard certification.
Must be 15 years old for Pool Lifeguard/Swim Instructor. Must be 16 years old for Beach Lifeguard. Must have and maintain current American Red Cross Lifeguard certification.
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Not Certified? Take our Lifeguard Training Class:
The Bellevue Aquatic Center is offering an American Red Cross Lifeguard certification course. Program offers certification in lifeguard training, first aid, and CPR for the professional rescuer. Gain skills required to be a lifeguard. Classes will all be blended learning style with the online content sent out one week in advance to be completed before the test portion of the class. The pre-requisite swims will be held the first hour of the first day of each class. Bellevue Aquatic Center | City of Bellevue
For more information regarding American Red Cross Lifeguard certification and Lifeguard Training, please contact aquatics@bellevuewa.gov.
For further information about the position, please contact Patrick Simmons at psimmons@bellevuewa.gov,
Bellevue is the fifth largest city in Washington, with a population of more than 150,000. It is the high-tech and retail center of the Eastside, with more than 150,000 jobs around the city and a skyline of gleaming high-rises. You can learn a lot about the city from news releases, the It's Your City newsletter and Bellevue Television.
While business booms downtown, much of Bellevue retains a small-town feel, with thriving, woodsy neighborhoods and a vast network of green spaces and recreational facilities that keep people calling the place "a city in a park." The city's schools are consistently rated among the best in the country.
Sales at local shopping complexes are always an attraction, and arts and crafts fairs one weekend in July draw thousands each year. During the holiday season, the Garden d'Lights display at the Bellevue Botanical Garden attracts visitors from far and wide. Artists from around the country enter striking new works in the annual Bellwether arts fair.
The city spans more than 31 square miles between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, and is a short drive from the Cascade Mountains. People can kayak within sight of downtown in the Mercer Slough Nature Park, a 320-acre wetland preserve.
