Job Posting
Area Head, Waterfront
Description
Job Title: Area Head, Waterfront
Term: May 1 – September 1, 2023
Salary: $720-$840/week (based on 40 hours/week)
Location: CNIB Lake Joe (Mactier, ON)
CNIB Lake Joe is a fully accessible lakefront facility located in Muskoka, Ontario providing a unique blend of recreation, skills training, social interaction and personal discovery in a safe, inclusive environment. Two hours north of Toronto, Lake Joe stretches over 12.5 acres of waterfront property on the northwest corner of beautiful Lake Joseph. Staff and volunteers provide a wide range of high-quality programs to people of all ages who are living with sight loss.
Job Description:
The Area Head, Waterfront will provide support to the planning, supervision and facilitation of all waterfront programs, with a focus on providing the best possible guest experience. This position is responsible for providing leadership and training to staff and volunteers to ensure guests are provided a safe and exceptional experience during all waterfront programming.
- Provide clear direction to lifeguards and lifeguard assistants regarding their duties and responsibilities
- Coordinate waterfront and/or watersports programming and activities to ensure programs are delivered to the highest standards
- Ensure all Ontario Camps Association (OCA) waterfront standards and Lifesaving Society standards are adhered to at all times
- Manage personnel files on all waterfront staff including the verification of valid certifications
- Manage and support staff in maintaining daily waterfront and water vessel safety check and records
- Ensure safety at the waterfront by supporting and maintaining lifeguard rotation and ensuring all waterfront safety equipment is in good working condition
- With guest safety as priority, establish and enforce safety procedures among staff, volunteers, guests and other visitors
- Assist and/or lead waterfront programming, as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Strong interpersonal skills, including patience and communication
- Experience working at an Ontario Camps Association (OCA) camp, an asset
- Ability to resolve conflict and take a lead role in emergency situations
- Must have current National Lifeguard (NLS) certification. Waterfront designation, an asset.
- Current (within 6 months of start date) Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check
- Current Standard First Aid and CPR-C
- Current Pleasure Craft Operator card (PCO)
- Ability to train use of rescue boat and paddle boards
- Ability to work flexible hours and work outdoors for long periods of time
- Must reside at CNIB Lake Joe during operational season and be willing to share accommodations with another staff member
Benefits
CNIB is committed to creating and fostering an inclusive culture and welcomes applications from diverse candidates, including but not limited to Indigenous peoples, women, candidates with disabilities, and candidates of colour. We strongly encourage applications from applicants with sight loss. Direct lived experience would be a definite asset. We’re excited to review your application!
While we invite applications from all interested and qualified applicants, we are unable to follow-up with every applicant.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a Vulnerable Sector Screening.
About us
Life is a beautiful, wonderful, complex thing. Life with sight loss should be no different. At CNIB, we’re on a mission to change what it means to be blind, and we’re not slowing down. We think big, take risks, embrace change, and ask questions. We’re inviting you to be part of the conversation.
Our diversity is our strength – we take pride in our inclusive workplace and are committed to recruiting and selecting in a fair, transparent, and accessible way. CNIB welcomes applications from those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) to join us in expanding our capacity for inclusion in the broadest sense. To this end, we strongly encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including but not limited to Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, people who are blind or partially sighted, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. We enthusiastically invite applications from applicants with sight loss. Direct lived experience is a definite asset. CNIB is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities and will work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.
Our team’s health and wellness are a priority, which is why we offer comprehensive benefits, competitive compensation, and flexible work schedules developed to help you stay healthy.
At CNIB, we are relentlessly passionate about what we do. We are in our second century of smashing societal barriers and stigmas through innovative programs and powerful advocacy. We are a collaborative, empowered team that drives achievement and equality. If that sounds like your cup of tea, let’s talk.