Lifeguard

The Club

Founded in 1896 as Illinois third golf club, Exmoor is a private, full-service country club, located in Highland Park, Illinois, 28 miles north of Chicago. Recognized with the prestigious Distinguished Club designation, Exmoor features a championship golf course designed by Donald J. Ross and continues to fulfill its original mission as a family club devoted to the game of golf, while offering a growing range of sports and social opportunities.Sports at Exmoor include golf, curling, tennis, swimming, ice skating, platform tennis, cross country skiing and the fastest growing sport in America pickleball. Members of all ages enjoy a year-round schedule of exciting social activities.

The Clubs mission is to provide the finest golf, sporting, and social experiences for its community of member families and their guests all year long.

Position Description:

Implement all water safety policies and procedures. Supervise members and guests in and around the swimming pool.

Responsibilities:

• Vacuums pool bottom; empties automatic skimmer; skims bugs and other debris from surface to prepare pool for daily use.
• Supervises and observes swimmers at all times to ensure their safety.
• Administers care to swimmers minor injuries such as small cuts and bruises.
• Maintains amenities in and cleanliness of changing rooms, bathrooms and showers.
• Assists in organizing clinics and private swimming lessons for members as directed by the Swimming Pool Manager or instructors.
• Enforces rules of conduct at the pool.
• Checks first aid supplies and reports needed items.
• Organizes and monitors pool games at all times; suggests pool-side games.
• Places rescue tube and ring buoy on the lifeguard chair in the morning; returns these and all swimming aids and pool toys to the lifeguard locker when the pool closes.
• Straightens the pool and surrounding areas at the end of the day.
• Maintains all necessary records determined by the Director of Aquatics.
• Attends all meetings as directed by the Director of Aquatics.
• Implements all pool safety equipment.
• Performs required pool pre-opening duties.
• Informs Director of Aquatics about unresolved member or guest disruptions that could cause a safety problem.
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Director of Aquatics.

Qualifications:

• Must have or willing to obtain a Red Cross Lifeguard Certificate.
• American Red Cross Basic First Aid required, training on AED units and possession of a current Red Cross CPR card.
• Ability to bend, stretch, twist or reach, walk, stand, stoop, climb stairs, balance and/or crouch.
• Continuous repetitive motions.
• Physical exertion over long periods of time.
• Work in hot and humid environment.
• Push, pull and lift 50 pounds.
• Working conditions are often, hot, humid slippery and wet.
• Able to work in a busy, noisy environment.
• Able to tolerate the smell of chlorine and frequent exposure to cleaning agents.

Note:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the functions of this position at any time.

Please reference https://www.exmoorcountryclub.org/employment for a better overview of the benefits of working at Exmoor Country Club.

All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of background and drug screening results.

Salary : $15 - $17