Pool Supervisor at eThekwini Municipality

Special Conditions

•  Required to undertake skills and fitness tests and training.
•  Required to wear prescribed uniforms whilst on duty.
•  All Supervisor posts within the department are interchangeable.
•  May be required to work irregular hours and/or overtime.
• The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of immunization for Hepatitis B, prior to engagement.

Job Purpose

• To provide aquatic safety services and total supervision of the maintenance and development services rendered to all Municipal swimming pool facilities and surrounding recreation, leisure facilities within the Ethekwini Municipal area.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Prepares and supervises allocated staff and resources.
• Proactively supervises and controls activities within defined Municipal swimming pool, 
• leisure and recreation facilities.
• Performs line function administration and control of resources.
• Communicates, liaises and interacts with communities, internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensures the health and safety of staff and the general public.
• Maintains an up-to-date working knowledge in the field of facilities management.

Physical Requirements:

•  Must be able to perform all physical requirements of the post.
•  Required to pass departmental fitness test as and when required.

This post reports to SUPERINTENDENT (AQUATIC SAFETY)

Competencies

• Community and customer focus.
• Resilience.
• Communication.
• Ethics and professional.
• By Law Enforcement and Emergency response.
• Interpersonal relationships.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Client orientation and customer focus.
• Cognitive ability.
• Coaching and mentoring.
• Direction setting.
• Team orientation.

Essential Requirements

•  Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
•  Valid First Aid (Level 2) certificate.
•  Valid Pool Lifeguard Award or equivalent with current annual retest.
•  Permanent Employment 2 years relevant experience, of which 1 year must be supervisory
•  experience.
•  Seasonal Employment 1-year relevant experience, of which 6 months must be supervisory
•  experience. 

Preferred Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent and a certificate in the Aquatic field.
• Valid Advanced First Aid certificate.
• Valid Pool Lifeguard Award or equivalent with current annual retest.
• 3 Years relevant experience, with 2 of these years in a supervisory position.