Who we are
Our mission is to build a global movement where people live, travel, work and experience, while making meaningful connections.
Selina was born out of a desire to celebrate the nomadic lifestyle: to experience our planet’s most beautiful places, to build community, to engage with locals and fellow travelers, to work and enjoy new adventures.
The Selina ecosystem consists of Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Tours, Wellness, Education, Development, Real Estate, Co-Working, Art & Design, Community Impact, Education, Surf, Sales, Marketing, and Technology. With 100+ Locations opening around the globe, we have multiple job opportunities at any given time.
What the role is
We are looking to recruit an observant lifeguard to ensure the safety of visitors and guests alike in and around the pool area. The lifeguard will explain safety rules, warn them about unsafe situations, and enforce policies on showers and proper attire. You will play an instrumental role in maintaining orderliness by inspecting swimming pool areas, locker rooms, and restrooms. You will maintain pool equipment, and monitor and record pool temperatures.
To ensure success you need to assess situations swiftly and make judicious decisions regarding the safety of swimmers. Top candidates are excellent communicators, swift, and safety-minded.
Beyond the Lifeguard duties, the position has the scope to support operations, product and guest welfare by undertaking tasks related to programming (eg. organizing activities, coordinating sports or wellness classes, etc.) and/or basic daily maintenance, supporting the location’s maintenance team, as necessary.
What you will be doing
- Supervise swimming activities at the hotel’s main pool and ensure that policies, guidelines, and safety procedures are followed.
- Warn swimmers of improper activities or danger and enforce pool regulations and water safety policies.
- Administer first aid in the event of injury, rescues swimmers in distress or danger of drowning, and administers CPR and/or artificial respiration, if necessary.
- Evaluate conditions for safety and initiate aquatics emergency action plan as required.
- Inspect pool facilities, equipment, and water to ensure that they are safe and usable.
- Supervise and assist in cleaning the pool and related facilities and equipment, assists with chlorine residual water tests and with records and charts of water tests and records of accidents, and adds chemicals to pool water as directed.
- Work closely with the Locations’ Maintenance team in ensuring all proactive and reactive maintenance is dealt with in a timely manner, ensuring minimal disruption to the guests’ and visitors’ experience. Participate in daily maintenance tasks, as necessary.
- Instruct or assist classes in fundamentals of swimming as needed.
- Resolve scheduling conflicts to ensure a safe pool environment when competing programs/priorities require use of the pool.
- Depending on the profile of the successful applicant, duties may include supporting the Experience & Destination team with daily tasks related to programming - wellness, sports, activities coordination and general support.