Lifeguard at Vadstena Swimming Hall

Vadstena is an attractive municipality located on the beautiful Östgötaslätten, overlooking Lake Vättern. Here, you will find a unique historical environment with roots dating back to the Middle Ages. The municipality has approximately 7,500 inhabitants and offers high-quality municipal services, good housing, and fantastic cultural and natural experiences. Simply put, a place to long for.

Vadstena municipality is one of the largest employers in the area with 600 employees across a hundred professions. The municipality's goal as an employer is to be a workplace where people thrive and are offered opportunities to develop their potential, and where employees' willingness to take personal responsibility is encouraged - this in turn fosters engagement in the task, which is a key factor in achieving goals and ensuring citizen satisfaction with the municipality's operations.

Vadstena Swimming Hall is an important part of contributing to a meaningful leisure time for our citizens. At Vadstena Swimming Hall, we offer swimming, lap swimming, swimming lessons, from baby swimming, splashing and playing to swimming school, as well as a gym!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

In your role as a lifeguard at Vadstena Swimming Hall, you will work to contribute to a meaningful leisure experience for all visitors. The position includes supervising swimming, cashier duties, and cleaning, as well as working with swimming schools and activities for children, youth, and the elderly. To thrive as a lifeguard, you should enjoy taking responsibility and be flexible, as your days will consist of many different activities within the operation.

The swimming hall staff is also responsible for cleaning the sports hall and gym adjacent to the swimming hall. You will be part of a team that develops the swimming hall's operations, so it is important that you enjoy designing and planning work together with colleagues.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is interested in meeting and helping people of all ages. Experience working in a swimming hall is an advantage, as well as experience with cash handling and cleaning.

It is a requirement that you can swim; therefore, a swimming test will be conducted before employment. The swimming test corresponds to the Guldbojen and is divided into two parts, including swimming 100 meters in any stroke, followed by 50 meters of swimming with a buoy, followed by 50 meters of towing a peer of similar size in a buoy. The test is conducted with a time limit.

It is advantageous if you have experience as a lifeguard or if you have previously worked as a swimming instructor or assistant. Education in the field or experience leading children's groups is also advantageous. The work involves contact with schools and visitors, so you must be able to express yourself verbally in both Swedish and English. It is desirable if you are trained and knowledgeable in CPR; if you do not have this, training will be provided in the area.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability. As a person, you are proactive, responsible, flexible, and service-oriented with good collaboration skills.

The position requires you to have a B driver's license.

OTHER

Before employment, you will need to provide a criminal record extract. We work continuously with selection, so please submit your application as soon as possible. We only accept applications via our recruitment system, which you can access via the link under "application." We kindly but firmly request no contact from media sellers and recruiters.

Don't forget to motivate as thoroughly as possible why you are suitable for this position and to update relevant information for the position in your CV.