YFC Winnipeg Job Board
Lifeguard - Camp Cedarwood SUMMER POSITION
Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada .
full-time . January 17, 2025
Description
Youth for Christ Winnipeg is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic individual to serve as a lifeguard at Camp Cedarwood. The lifeguard will reside at the Camp, located at Pinawa Bay - Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Camp Cedarwood is a ministry of YFC Winnipeg that provides youth with a camp experience that is rooted in the Gospel with a focus on excellence, while allowing them to experience new and exciting opportunities through our programs and activities.
A successful candidate for this position will recognize first and foremost that they will play a significant and vital role in the success of Camp Cedarwood; what you will do here will have an important impact on the young people and guests who attend and enjoy Camp Cedarwood’s beautiful facility and setting. If you are passionate about helping others, and want to use your experience, skills, and knowledge to support the ministry of YFC in changing the lives of youth, then this may be the position for you.
Responsibilities
- Safely support the lifeguarding of recreational waterfront swimming activities and boating programs, including active supervision of assigned area.
- Facilitate swim tests on the first day of each session and assess the campers swimming skills in order to assign appropriate swim bracelets.
- Instruct activities in a safe, fun, and educational manner.
- Facilitate and support waterfront and non-waterfront programming, as assigned, and adapt programs so that they are accessible for all participants.
- Adhere to cleaning procedures and logging as trained and directed.
- Monitor waterfront equipment to keep it in working order and repair/replace broken equipment.
Requirements
- Maintain a close, intimate relationship with God as a devoted follower of Jesus Christ.
- Be an active participant in the life of a local church.
- Affirm and support our organization’s Community Covenant and Statement of Faith, and be committed to YFC’s mission.
- Able to live and work in a camp environment during part of the year while being flexible and patient in nature.
- Embrace YFC’s core values with a strong heart for evangelism.
- Experience in camp or pool or waterfront lifeguarding would be an asset.
- National Lifeguard (NL) Certification.
- Standard First Aid and CPR-C.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including patience, empathy, and communication.
- Able to work well in a team as well as on your own.