Lead Recreation Assistant

**Summary**: **About the position**:This position is located at the Aquatic Center, Ramstein AB, Germany. As a working leader, provides day-to-day advice and guidance to employees for work assignments; relays instructions from the supervisor for work assignments; gets work started and sets pace of assignments; demonstrates work methods, & provides work related guidance; ensures that the work-site materials and tools are available; and ensures that employees follow security, safety, and lifeguarding guidelines. **This job is open to**: **The public**: - U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. **Clarification from the agency**: Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualifications section. **Duties**: As a working leader, provides day-to-day advice and guidance to employees for work assignments; relays instructions f om the supervisor for work assignments; gets work started and sets pace of assignments; demonstrates work methods, and provides work related guidance; ensures that the work-site materials and tools are available; and ensures that employees follow security, safety, and lifeguarding guidelines. Continuously observes assigned zone to ensure safety of patrons. Ensures the swimming area is open to patrons at scheduled times and only authorized persons are admitted to the area. Rescues distressed, actively drowning, and passively drowning swimmers, promptly administers first aid and calls for medical assistance if and when needed. Warns swimmers of unsafe environmental or health conditions and recommends closing swimming areas until safe conditions prevail. Supervises the rotation and breaks of the lifeguards. Observes the daily performance of the lifeguards and reports to the Lifeguard Supervisor/Director when additional training is needed. Ensures that the facility and equipment are frequently inspected and repaired as need. Ensures that daily and weekly checklist tasks are being completed. May perform other duties as assigned for the daily operation of the facility. **Requirements**: **Conditions of employment**: - This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results. - Incumbent must be physically in Germany before a firM/Final job offer can be received. - This position requires the incumbent to satisfactorily complete a pre-employment physical. - This position requires the incumbent to hold, or be able to obtain, American Red Cross Lifeguarding, First Aid, and CPR certifications or a nationally recognized equivalent. - This position requires shift work to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations. **Qualifications**: The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is U.S. Citizens and legal U.S. residents in Germany. In accordance with the Status of Forces Agreement between Germany and the U.S., you must be a U.S. citizen or citizen of a NATO country with a U.S. permanent resident card in order to be eligible for NAF employment. Citizens of Germany (including dual citizenship if Germany is one of the countries) as well as "ordinarily resident" US citizens are not eligible for NAF employment per SOFA agreement. If not already in the commuting area, must be able to verify the ability to arrive before a firm job offer can be sent. - Business Based Action - Family Member Preference - Military Spouse Preference - Outside Applicant Veteran - Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran - Transition Hiring Preference **Qualifying Experience**: Ability to lead 3 or more lifeguard to accomplish assignments. Must have functional experience and demonstrated knowledge of facility/equipment in aquatics and the ability to build teams and work with others. Must have experience and knowledge of aquatics principles and practices. Must be able to plan, coordinate, and time sequence steps needed to meet time constraints of work assignments. Applicant must have current American Red Cross Lifeguarding, First Aid, and CPR certifications or nationally recognized equivalent. Applicant must be able to demonstrate knowledge of rescue methods and skills, as well as basic first aid, and CPR skills. Applicants must have 6-12 months experience which provides a practical knowledge of swimming activities, rules, and procedures. Skill in the use and maintenance of various pools and safety equipment as well as supervisory experience is desirable. Applicant must have the ability to work shifts, evenings, weekends, and holidays. **Education**: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution in order to qualify. **FOREIGN EDUCATION**:Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such