Job Description

Position Type:
Fire - Seasonal/Lifeguard

Date Posted:
1/7/2025

Location:
Dempster St. Beach Office

Date Available:
TBD

Closing Date:
Open until Filled Salary: 1st yr $18.50/hr

2nd yr $19.50/hr

3rd yr+ $20.50/hr


PREREQUISITES FOR APPLYING:
Minimum 16 years of age by first day of employment
**Current Certifications in:
Lifeguard Training - American Red Cross, Ellis or USLA
CPR for the Professional - American Red Cross
AED - American Red Cross
**Certifications are preferred but not required at time of application. On the job training will be provided to receive certifications prior to starting on shift as a Lifeguard.



PRERQUISITES FOR EMPLOYMENT:

• Water skills test
• CPR practical exam and interview
• Up to 40 hours of staff training
• Pre-employment Drug/Alcohol Test
• Rescue Board Test
• All written exams

DATES:

Staff Training:
Returning - May 19-23;
New - May 27 - June 6.


Season - starts May 26 - Sept 7

NATURE OF WORK :
Responsible for the supervision and safety of all patrons at the Evanston Lakefront.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Specific assignment will include some or all of the following):

• Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the Evanston Lakefront
• Use proper surveillance techniques to guard the swimming area
• Identify patrons in need of emergency assistance and respond appropriately
• Attend staff training sessions
• Assist in the management of the beaches
• Assist in the collection of monies and checking of tokens at the beach entrances
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons
• Attend staff meetings as scheduled by lifeguard coordinator / Fire Department Command Staff.
• Maintain a clean and safe beach environment
• Responsible for care and maintenance of equipment and storage areas
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident and the like on a timely basis
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by beach managers, Lifeguard Supervisors, Lifeguard Coordinators, and Fire Department Command Staff.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF WORK:

• Must have completed at least 1 year of high school.
• Must possess or be willing to obtain a valid lifeguard certification, from a nationally recognized institution, and must maintain it as a condition of employment.
• Must complete all preseason training.

KNOWLEDGE, PHYSICAL DEMANDS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

1. Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

1. Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification:

• Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
• Write: Ability to complete daily log sheets, accident reports, incident reports, jump reports, first-aid reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
• Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.

1. Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above:

• Completed at least 1 year of high school
• Complete all preseason training

1. Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly in order to move objects.

1. Type of physical demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
• Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
• Crawling: moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
• Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:
  • Acuity-far: clarity of vision at 20 feet or
  • Acuity-near: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
  • Depth perception: ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
  • Field of vision- observing an area that can be seen up and in a given point
  • Accommodation- adjustment of the lens of the eyes to bring an object into a sharp focus, especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye
  • Color vision- ability to identify and distinguish colors

1. Working conditions usually associated with this classification:

• Ability to lift, kneel, bend, stand for long periods of time, identify or distinguish colors, and work outdoors at night with limited lighting

1. Environmental conditions (physical surroundings) usually associated with this classification:

• Ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions such as rain, high temperatures, and humidity. Work environment includes beaches, recreation centers, multipurpose rooms, swimming pools, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, and office space.

1. Environmental conditions (hazards) usually associated with this classification:

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions approximately 5% of the time and outside work 95% of the time with no effective protection from weather conditions or temperature changes.

1. Machines, Tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work:

• Pen, pencil, ruler, blueprints, charts, contracts, diagrams, directives, documents, forms, manuals, publications, reference books, schedules, and specifications.

SUPERVISION: Under the direct supervision of the Beach Manager, Lifeguards Supervisors, Evanston Fire Department Command Staff.



PUBLIC CONTACT:
The employee has regular and frequent contact with division and department employees and other City employees as well as regular contact with community residents and representatives; and members of the public and representatives of other agencies, including elected officials.

BEACH MANAGER AND LIFEGUARD SUPERVISOR PROMOTIONAL PROCESS

• Beach Manager and Lifeguard Supervisor positions / ranks will be determined through a promotional process and eligibility list administered by the Evanston Fire Department Command Staff in conjunction with representatives from other City of Evanston Departments.
• Returning Lifeguards in good standing will have the opportunity to test for available Beach Manager positions for potential promotions.
• Returning Managers in good standing will maintain rank / position and have the opportunity to test for available Lifeguard Supervisor positions for potential promotion.
• Returning Lifeguard Supervisors in good standing will maintain rank / position from previous year.

Evanston Fire Department will hold the right to remove from rank based upon performance during the current season as well as lifeguard's returning from previous seasons based upon performance deficiencies .

Chosen candidates will be required to provide proof of licenses, certifications, and education required for this position. Candidates will also be subject to qualifying pre-employment processes, including medical examination, drug/alcohol screen, employment verification, and criminal background check.


The City of Evanston is an equal opportunity employer and ensures against discrimination in employment on the basis of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, source of income, housing status, or gender identity. The City of Evanston is also committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any person needing mobility or communications access assistance should contact Human Resources at 847-448-8204 (voice) or 847-866-5095 (TTY). City of Evanston

Job Tags

Seasonal work, Outdoor, Shift work, Night shift,

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