Job No: BC3209

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Our Key Venues section oversees all of our aquatic and leisure centres, we deliver first-class activity and program choice. We promote Blacktown City as the leader in sport, recreation and leisure and provide every visitor and customer a safe and memorable experience. Our values are teamwork, customer focus, innovation and commitment to safety.

We are looking for motivated and experienced individuals to join the Key Venues team as Casual Activity Officers (Duty Manager) for our aquatic and leisure centres at:

• Blacktown Aquatic Centre
• Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope
• Charlie Lowles Leisure Centre Emerton
• Mount Druitt Swimming Centre (Seasonal)
• Riverstone Swimming Centre (Seasonal).

Position purpose:

• Ensure the Centre operates successfully and in accordance with operational and service goals
• Organise resources effectively on daily basis to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all visitors and staff
• Provide quality customer service through competent, committed and confident supervision and leadership of centre staff and delivery of services to the highest possible standards
• Facilitate a high-quality environment for the enjoyment of customers through compliance with established standards and requirements
• Presentation of a clean and tidy venue
• Coordination of volunteer programs as well as the supervision of volunteers when they are on site (not including work experience placements).

If you have a Pool Lifeguard Certificate, aquatic and leisure industry experience as well as great time management and leadership skills then this is the role for you!

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Current Pool Lifeguard certificate
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Current CPR Certificate and Oxygen Equipment
• Experience in a similar environment
• Current class C driver's licence
• Current Working with Children Check.

Desirable:

• TAFE Certificate of Attainment (Pool Operations)
• Experience in managing time effectively
• Knowledge of applicable legislation/regulations
• Experience and knowledge of the operation and aquatic plant and equipment and other resources associated with the provision of recreation facilities, programmes and events
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service
• Experience in the shift coordination of an aquatic/leisure centre
• Experience in working within a team environment and as a ‘self-starter’
• Computer literate.

Remuneration and benefits

• The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.
• Entry level for this position starts at $35.8211 per hour, plus 25% Casual Loading
• Penalty rates apply for weekend shifts
• Casual working hours
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer superannuation contribution payable to your nominated Superannuation Scheme, Fitness Passport and gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

This position has been identified as child related work, in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013. Therefore, your application must include a Working with Children Check (WWCC) number. For further information, go to service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Best of luck.