About the role

The Health & Fitness Supervisor will partner with Aquatics Manager to supervise a dedicated team which carries out the operations, and ensures the safety of QLDC aquatics facilities.

The role will be part of a large team responsible for the supervision of staff and ensuring all resources allocated to the area are used in the most efficient way.

Key areas of responsibility :

• Day to day operational supervision of pool and health & fitness staff, ensuring excellent service delivery, customer satisfaction, utilisation of all resources in an efficient, effective and safe manner.
• Management of rosters including management of staff leave requests and timesheet approval
• Work closely with Aquatics Manager to identify and implement a continuous improvement work plan.
• Monitor staff performance ensuring timely feedback to Aquatics Manager to foster effective performance management of all staff.
• Deliver on the job training and staff assessment as per industry standards.
• Ensure that all staff training records are current and maintain a staff portfolio list under your direct line report for training, tutoring and development.
• Ensuring any maintenance or hygiene issues are communicated and resolved in a timely manner

About You

The successful candidate will hold :

• 2 years + supervisory experience required.
• Ideally 3 years + experience in a sports and recreation environment.
• Level 4 NZQA qualifications in Sports & Recreation or equivalent are desirable.
• Tertiary qualification in Recreation & Sports Management is desirable.
• A current NZQA affiliated First Aid Certificate that meets the following U / S : Unit standards Group (both of : 26551 & 25552) and / or unit standards group B (all of : 6400, 6401, 6402)
• A current NZQA affiliated Pool Lifeguard Skills Award or Pool Lifeguard Pool Competency Award Practicing Certificate (preferred).
• Must be a confident swimmer and able to swim 200m continuously and competently in less than 6 minutes but preferred in less than 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
• Must be able to competently complete 25m sidestroke, 50m Breaststroke, 5 mins treading water and you must be able to recover an object form the deepest part of the facility.
• Must be able to carry out a variety of water rescues and life-saving techniques correctly and competently.

The Benefits

• Competitive market remuneration
• Career progression and training opportunities
• Subsidised health insurance
• Regular working hours
• Access to QLDC’s great health and fitness facilities
• Free eye checks and annual flu shots
• Extra annual leave awarded with years of service
• Relocation allowance and support considered for the right candidate