DescriptionAbout Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas:
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.
Here's your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands-on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.
About Camp Whispering Cedars:
Camp Whispering Cedars, Home of the STEM Center of Excellence, is in Dallas, TX and offers a variety of programming. The property sleeps approximately 120 people. During the summer, Camp offers sleepaway camping options for rental groups as well as Day Camp experiences. Ages range from 8-18year-olds.
Lead Lifeguard will work mid-May to the end of July.
Job summary:
The CWC Lead Lifeguard is responsible for participating as a member of the STEM Center outdoor team in the assigned pool activities during summer camp and/or weekend camping, and events and in the planning and implementation of Girl Scout programs in outdoor pool settings and for the safeguarding of participants’ health, safety, and security. The specific responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the overall planning and implementation of pool aquatic programs, including any substitute activities provided during inclement weather while providing a fun pool experience. The incumbent must successfully complete the Red Cross lifeguard course certification process to continue being employed. This position ensures the safety of all participants and helps guide aquatics team.
Primary responsibilities include:
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Team management: Oversee and manage a team of lifeguards, ensuring their training, schedules, and performance
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Guiding and training: Conduct regular training sessions for lifeguards to ensure lifeguards, including themselves, are up to date with safety protocols, CPR techniques, first aid techniques, and emergency procedures.
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Housekeeping, equipment checks, skills review (in-service), supervising participants’ actions, and supervising lifeguard behavior.
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Confident in applying their skills and all aspects of lifeguards training and first aid. This includes but is not limited to communicating pool rules, executing rescues, practicing and executing effective surveillance and prevention tools.
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Advocate for camper confidence, responsibility, challenge seeking, teamwork, learning, goal setting, relationship skills, and coping strategies
QualificationsMinimum requirements:
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Willingness to be active all day, in an outdoor environment with variable weather conditions (heat, humidity, rain, wind) and to walk extensively around camp.
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Willingness to role model respect, positivity, smiling, cheerfulness, kindness, patience, honesty, inclusion, good mental hygiene, and accountability and to self-regulate emotions respectfully in a variety of circumstances.
Preferred qualifications:
Must abstain from:
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Use of tobacco products, herbal intoxicants (CBD, THC, gummies, etc.), vaping and electronic cigarettes, alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, and fireworks while on camp property or while on duty, plus abstain from possessing on camp property and from returning to camp under the influence of any such substances.
Our organization’s cultural values:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, work in an office environment, work in a seated position, and work with computers.
The employee must be able to drive and have a valid driver’s license. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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