Lifeguard (Full-Time)

**Job Posting Title** Lifeguard (Full-Time) **Employee Type** Various **Recruiting Start Date** 06-29-2026 **Job Exempt?** No **Recruiting End Date** Open Until Filled Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana! ***Kamehameha Schools Kapālama campus is hiring Regular, Full-Time Lifeguards to support its students in various huakaʻi (excursions), events, and activities. In this vital role, you’ll help create a safe, supportive, and welcoming learning space for our haumāna, whether on or off campus for huakaʻi, events, and activities. More than a guardian of safety, you’ll be a trusted presence and positive role model, using your skills and attentiveness to care for our community and make a meaningful difference each day.*** ***If you’re passionate about water safety and thrive aquatic environments, and have active lifeguard certifications (or the ability to obtain such certifications prior to hire), this may be a great fit for you!*** **Job Summary** Under general supervision; assists in the oversight of the swimming pool and surrounding deck areas; assists in the supervision of all pool facilities users; assists in the enforcement of all pool rules and regulations; initiates rescues and administers first aid; cleans pool and immediate deck/bathroom/locker room areas; monitors pool water chemistry and supervises off-campus, aquatics field trips. May supervise site during absence of Aquatics Supervisor or Lead Lifeguard. **Essential Responsibilities** - Supervises swimming activities at the aquatics facility and during field trips at off campus sites (e.g. beaches, river, or non-KS pools) to ensure that policies, guidelines and safety procedures are followed. - Warns swimmers of improper activities or danger; enforces pool regulations and water safety policies. - Evaluates conditions for safety and initiates aquatics emergency action plan as required. - Inspects pool facilities, equipment and water to ensure that they are safe and usable; supervises and assists 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; adds chemicals to pool water as directed. - Administers first aid in the event of injury, rescues swimmers in distress or danger of drowning; administers CPR and/or artificial respiration, if necessary. - Instructs or assists classes in fundamentals of swimming as needed. - Resolves scheduling conflicts to ensure safe pool environment when competing programs/priorities require use of aquatic facilities. - Knowledge and ability to evaluate water conditions at aquatics facilities, at the beach/ocean, or other offsite natural pools, streams or rivers to determine any potential dangers or hazards, then adjusting programs as necessary to ensure the safety of the haumana and other staff. - Ability to judge and evaluate evolving dynamics of individuals participating in aquatic activities to immediately assess their capabilities and threats to their safety. **Position Requirements** **Minimum Requirements -** An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the requirements listed. - High school diploma/equivalent - Certified Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certificate, or equivalent. - American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer, or equivalent. - American Red Cross Standard First Aid, or equivalent. - Effective interpersonal and communication skills to supervise and communicate with a diverse population to acquire compliance on rules and regulations. - Knowledge and ability to evaluate water conditions at aquatics facilities, at the beach/ocean, or other offsite natural pools, streams or rivers to determine any potential dangers or hazards, then adjusting programs…