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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREAITON EXAM NUMBER: D2966I TYPE OF RECREUITMENT: Open Competitive (OC) FILING PERIOD: We will be receiving applications on Monday , June 5, 2023 All Applications must be received before 5:00 p.m. (PT) on Friday , June 16, 2023 About Us: We work directly with the public as they enjoy our 40 swimming pools and 23 splash pads. We provide our pool lifeguards with regular training and recertification. We also offer an exciting work environment with room for growth! The mission of our Department goes beyond providing recreational activities and maintaining parks and facilities. It's about creating a sense of community and belonging for all residents. A truly inclusive parks and recreation department values diversity and equity, recognizing that everyone deserves access to recreational opportunities and facilities, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, ability, or socio-economic status. By fostering a welcoming environment and offering programs and services that reflect the needs and interests of all members of the community, an inclusive parks and recreation department can help build stronger, healthier, and more connected communities. About You: You enjoy working with people from all backgrounds, representing an inclusive, community engaged agency! You are a motivated, experienced Lead Lifeguard looking for a supervisory role. You are ready to engage with the public and provide supervision and training to a staff of Pool Lifeguards and Senior Pool Lifeguards. You are ready operate a public pool facility, motivate staff, and enforce county and state code and policy. Essential Job Functions Establish rules, regulations, and standards of safety at assigned facility within well-defined guidelines set by the department; maintains control over the number of patrons admitted to the facility to insure efficient patron usage and a minimum of disruptive behavior. Prepares work schedules for staff, anticipating patron weekly attendance and insuring proper lifeguard coverage within budget limits. Responds to and resolves incidents at the pool such as persistent violations of safety rules, serious injuries, or minor confrontations among patrons. Instructs staff in first aid, swimming, and pool lifeguard and lifesaving principles, methods and techniques. Confers with parents of unruly patrons or unresponsive swimming students in an attempt to modify behavior so as to allow patrons to return to pool or students to learn to swim. Reviews, verifies, and maintains employee time records, maintenance and service records, and pool supplies expenditures to insure budget control. Completes and forwards incident reports in accordance with prescribed procedure; maintains pool log in which all incidents are recorded. Determines level of training necessary to meet department standards and utilizes department's training and instructional procedures to plan content of training program for staff. Operates mechanical equipment used at the pool facility including valves, pumps, water conditioning equipment, and drains, in order to keep pool in operation; reads gauges to detect improper operation of the system; trains subordinate staff to perform minor maintenance and adjustment tasks; determines when pool fails to meet health standards and has the authority to close the pool. Prepares employee performance evaluations, handles grievances at the first level, and may resolve disciplinary problems or recommend a resolution to the immediate supervisor. Conducts classes to instruct lifeguards in effective teaching techniques. Develops lesson plans for Learn-to-Swim Program, adapting the basic County program to specific needs at assigned pool. Engages in the physical fitness program established by the Department in order to maintain capability to perform pool lifesaving duties. Requirements SELECTION REQUIREMENTS: EXPERIENCE: Option 1: Six months of full-time or 960 hours of part-time experience as a Senior Pool Lifeguard in Los Angeles County service.* Option 2: Six months of full-time or 960 hours of part-time experience supervising lifeguards at a swimming pool. Required Certificates: Certificates must be valid and will be verified at time of appointment. Certificates are not required at time of application .Before final appointment, candidates must attend and successfully complete the Department of Parks and Recreation Pool Lifeguard Training Program and obtain the following Certificates (or equivalent): American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certificate Lifeguard Training for the Professional Rescuer First Aid at the Emergency Medical Response Level Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) for the Professional Lifeguard Resuscitation/Emergency Oxygen Administration Bloodborne Pathogens American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response Certificate Resuscitation/Emergency Oxygen Administration Bloodborne Pathogens Certified Pool Operator Certificate (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance) American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Certificate American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor's Certificate American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response Instructor's Certificate LICENSE: A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions. PHYSICAL CLASS: IV - Arduous This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions. VISION: At least 20/30 in each eye with correction. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION: *Currently holds or previously held the payroll title of Senior Pool Lifeguard with the County of Los Angeles. OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE: Out-Of-Class experience will not be accepted. WITHHOLDS: There will be no withholds for this examination. Required experience must be fully met and indicated on the application by the last day of filing. Additional Information OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS: This examination will consist of a structured oral interview weighted 100% covering the following areas: Technical knowledge and Experience Training and Education Supervision Interpersonal Skills Conflict Management Oral Communication Candidates must achieve a passing score of 70% or higher in order to be placed on the eligible register. ELIGIBILTIY INFORMATION: The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be placed on the eligible register for a period of twelve (12) months. VACANCY INFORMATION: The resulting list will be used to fill BOTH recurrent/hourly AND permanent/salaried vacancies. Worksites East Section Aquatics (626) 821-4655 Belvedere Aquatic Center, Los Angeles Atlantic Park Pool, Los Angeles Salazar Park Pool, Los Angeles City Terrace Park Pool, Los Angeles Obregon Park Pool, Los Angeles Norman S Johnson Aquatic Center, Arcadia Central Section Aquatics (626) 821-4655 Greater Whittier Regional Aquatic Center, Whittier Krejci Pool, Los Angeles Bethune Pool, Los Angeles Carver Pool, Los Angeles Mona Pool, Compton Franklin D Roosevelt Pool, Los Angeles Ted Watkins Park Pool, Los Angeles North Section Aquatics (661) 222-9519 El Cariso Pool, Sylmar Everett Martin Park Pool, Little Rock Knollwood Pool, Granada Hills Val Verde, Saugus Castaic Regional Aquatics Complex, Castaic San Fernando Regional Pool, San Fernando George Lane Pool, Quartz Hill South Section Aquatics (310) 965-8646 Alondra Pool, Lawndale Campanella, West Compton Enterprise Pool, West Compton Lennox Pool, Lennox Victoria Pool, Carson Cerritos Pool, Cerritos Garrott Pool, Los Angeles Keller Pool, Los Angeles Jesse Owens Pool, Los Angeles AVAILABLE SHIFTS: The work week includes evenings, weekends, and holidays. HOW TO APPLY: Applications must be filed online only. We must receive your application BEFORE 5:00 p.m., PT , on the last day of filing (Friday, June 16, 2023) . Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website. Plan to submit your online application well in advance of the BEFORE 5:00 p.m. PT, deadline. You may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address. Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements to Qualify as listed on this job bulletin. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. Important: Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to verification at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment. Utilizing verbiage from the Class Specification and Minimum requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified. E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE (IMPORTANT) : Correspondence, invitation, and other notices will be sent via E-Mail. We strongly advise all applicants to add fsanchez@parks.lacounty.gov , noreply@governmentjobs.com , and info@governmentjobs.com to your e-mail address book/contacts and/or safe list, to ensure receipt of notifications. Be sure to also check your junk/spam e-mail folder regularly. Should any of your contact information change, it is your responsibility to notify our office and update on your GovernmentJobs.com profile. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. It is your responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing, missing, or not receiving a notification to be a valid reason for a make-up test administration or rescheduling of a test component. SPECIAL INFORMATION: Fair Chance Initiate The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records that are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number. NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record. COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES: For applicants who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, you may borrow laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots from some public libraries throughout Los Angeles County to complete job applications. TESTING ACCOMMODATION: If you require an accommodation to fairly compete in the assessment process, let us know by contacting the ADA Coordinator at (626) 588-5109. You will be required to complete the Request for Reasonable Accommodation form as well as provide supporting documentation from a qualified professional justifying the requested accommodation(s). The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can respond to your request and keep you moving through the process. All information is subject to verification. We may reject your application at any time during selection process. Department Contact: Francis Sanchez Department Contact Number: (626) 588-5115 Department Contact Email: fsanchez @parks.lacounty .gov ADA Coordinator Phone: (626) 588-5109 Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077 California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922 Closing Date/Time: 6/16/2023 5:00 PM Pacific