Lifeguard

**Description**

**Purpose of Role**
Lifeguard for our school

**ISP Principles**
**Begin with our children and students.**Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

**Treat everyone with care and respect.**We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

**Are financially responsible.**We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.**

**Learn continuously.**Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

**Aquatics**
- Maintain concentrated observation of the swimming pool and pool users in order to anticipate any problems that may occur. Initiate appropriate and timely communication with colleagues in order to effectively oversee the safety of pool users.
- Carry out rescues and initiate other emergency action as and when necessary. Ensure all emergency first aid equipment and pool side emergency equipment is present and working correctly.
- Ensure any relevant qualifications required for the post are kept current and attend staff training sessions.

**Facilities Maintenance**
- Ensure that safe, clean and hygienic conditions in the pool hall and other related areas (changing rooms, shower areas, toilets etc) are appropriately maintained.
- Make regular inspection of these areas and communicate required actions to maintenance staff and/or other relevant contractors/individuals as required.
- Initiate action to reduce the potential risk associated with any specific concerns.

**Health and Safety**
- Comply with all procedures. Proactively contribute to the execution and development of these policies.

**General**
- Carry out any other related duties which may be assigned from time to time by the PE Teachers as required.

**Key competencies and skills**
- Able to work in a team, assisting in the promotion of a positive work environment.
- An effective communicator who is able to assist others.
- Able to organise and prioritise, plan and work effectively within school environment.

**Professional Dispositions**
- Enthusiastic
- Driven
- self-disciplined, with high personal standards and ambitious to learn
- Ethical
- exercises good judgment, acts with fairness and integrity

**Qualifications and Experience**
- Experience of working in a sports/leisure environment desirable
- Sports coaching qualification/s desirable
- Health and Safety Awareness
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- A dynamic, positive approach to deliver the school’s vision
- Self-motivation and ability to take initiatives
- Safeguarding and welfare of children
- Lifeguard training certificate
- Proficient in English and Vietnamese

**ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles**

**ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging