Junior Lifeguard

Job Description:Educational Arts Team Camp Liberty is seeking: Junior LifeguardsEmployment Type: Seasonal / Full-Time / HourlyWorking Hours: Camp hours are from 7:30 am - 6:30 pm, but you will have an 8hr shift. Overtime is not encouraged but if it were needed, it would be requested by and aligned with your supervisor.Time Requirement:Preference is given to candidates who can commit to all four sessions.Must commit to at least three sessions.Session 1: June 26-July 7 (Closed July 4 - unpaid)Session 2: July 10- July 21Session 3: July 24- August 4Session 4: August 7- August 18Must be able to attend our Camp Training dates:1: May 20 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm2: June 3 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm3: June 10 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm4: June 20 - 23 - Full dayLocation: 300 Morris Pesin Dr, Jersey City, NJHourly Rate: $14.50 - $15.50 hrPOSITION DETAILSOften referred to as "the hidden gem of Jersey City, The Educational Arts Team sits on 5 acres of land and is a place of contrast: a suburban camp in an urban setting. A fifty-year institution serving students from low-income neighborhoods, Jersey City young people, families, and educators, EdArts delivers over 200 school-based art education programs and enrolls over 500 campers through our Camp Liberty summer program.With a mission to engage young people with arts-based programs that connect creativity with critical thinking in order to stimulate personal growth and academic achievement by making their learning experience more meaningful, young people are prepared to become life-long learners and socially and emotionally competent.For Lifeguard roles, please click here: https://educational-arts-team.careerplug.com/j/01oop2qPosition Descriptions:JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS:Reports to: Head LifeguardJob Details include, but are not limited toMust have all necessary NJ lifeguard certifications.Monitors the pool to make sure that children are safe and behaving according to the rules and reports to the aquatics coordinator.Responds in emergency situations and provides rescue and first aid assistance up to their training level until medical personnel arrives.Inspects the aquatic facility for unsafe conditions and cleanliness to prevent accidents and report any hazards to the supervisor.Enforces pool rules consistently and fairly.Provides first aid to campers, as needed.Assists lifeguards in pool maintenance and pool testing.Assists counseling staff with campers in between swimming periods and in the changing areas.Assists counseling staff with camp activities during inclement weather, when the pool is closed.A Junior Lifeguard must demonstrate an exemplary model of conduct suitable and appropriate toward all children, families, and coworkers.Clean and maintain the site, daily.A positive, team-oriented attitude to facilitate the provision of high-level aquatic services to the community Must be able to use your cellphone for work purposes, including using the encrypted (therefore confidential) app Whatsapp in order to receive work-related updates, quickly. If help is needed with using this app, support will be provided by your team members and leadership team. If you are a minor, you must obtain permission from a parent or legal guardian to use your cell phone and WhatsApp.Willingness and ability to swim with children, when needed.Restorative practices are part of the education and culture at EdArts. Community and healing justice are at the forefront of our priorities. Must be willing to embrace and adopt a non-punitive behavioral system utilizing restorative practices as well as community and healing justice practices.Qualifications:Must have a reliable form of transportation to comply with the schedule.Must be at least 16 years old.Must be able to dive in and out of a 5ft pool.Must be able to climb in and out of the pool unassisted.Ability to adjust programs as necessary to ensure the safety of the visitors 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.Ability to collaborate and work within a team.Highly flexible and adaptable.Strong interpersonal skills.Being bilingual or multilingual (English / Spanish / Arabic) is a plus but not necessary.Strong understanding of the needs and challenges facing campers from diverse urban backgrounds and must be able to address camper needs with compassion and professionalism.Must be willing and able to perform work duties in an outdoor setting as the position is mainly outdoors.Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team, within the department and with other staff members and administrators.Restorative practices are part of the education and culture at EdArts. Community and healing justice are at the forefront of our priorities. Must be willing to embrace and adopt a non-punitive behavioral system utilizing restorative practices as well as community and healing justice practices.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Social Justice, and Healing Justice lens a PLUS.Understanding of the Jersey City Community Landscape. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, and interpersonal).Excellent multi-tasking ability and responsiveness to time-sensitive requests.COMPENSATION AND BENEFITSCompensation is commensurate with education and experience. (Hourly rate stated on page 1).As a licensed day camp under the New Jersey Department of Health, you will receive the required training topics in order to work with youth at a summer day camp.The Educational Arts Team benefits include a fun, flexible, creative working environment. We center health and wellness, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and invest in teaching artists professional development. The Educational Arts Team is aligned with state and federal employment law including sick leave benefits.ABOUT Educational Arts TeamThe mission of the Educational Arts Team is to engage young people with arts-based programs that connect creativity with critical thinking in order to stimulate personal growth and academic achievement by making their learning experience more meaningful. The arts provide powerful tools for children to achieve academic success and increase self-esteem and are at the center of all Ed Arts programs. We believe all young people should have the opportunity to think, create, reflect, and be heard within a community of engaged learners. Throughout our programs, children are led to the question, reflect, deduce, and problem-solve while considering issues, themes, and characters from texts that they read or hear.Our HistoryThe Educational Arts Team was founded in 1974 by a group of artists, educators, and youth development professionals who believed in the power of the arts to improve literacy, and social-emotional development, and build community. Our fifty-year imprint on Jersey City, Hudson County began with art education programming in community centers, schools, and public spaces through professional development programming for teachers and workshops, theater shows, and enrichment opportunities for low-income students. Camp Liberty follows as our organization's signature program, for more than 40 years, has been a summer oasis offering summer camp programming in the heart of Jersey City. Located on five acres at the edge of Liberty State Park, the Educational Arts Team transforms children, families, and the community through the arts.The Educational Arts Team addresses literacy, family literacy, equity and inclusion, drug prevention, learning loss recovery, social-emotional learning, life lessons, anti-bullying, writing skills, and academic achievement using theater arts, drawing, and other art techniques. Our in-school, after-school, community, and summer programs are designed to be interactive, with children and families engaged in speaking, listening, acting, reading, writing, drawing, and asking questions. Through this process, the programs which include our Professional Development for educators, Bringing Literature to Life, Family Literacy, Art Enrichment, and Camp Liberty work to build community and teach healthy ways for people to interact with one another. Most of our programs occur in Jersey City and Newark and their surrounding communities. We work in low-income neighborhood schools providing interactive programs that support both literacy and social-emotional learning. During the 2021-2022 school year, Ed Arts provided more than 1,100 classroom workshops, assisting teachers in combating COVID-19-related learning loss.Our ValuesOur organization is proud our programs are founded on these values: Access Inclusivity Community-centeredness Empowerment Creativity Collaboration Compassion Innovation EngagementTransformationOur VisionIt is our vision to strengthen youth, their families, and the community we serve through art education by:Empowering young people to take charge of their academic and personal successTeaching young people the tools and skills to manage adversity and challenges at school, with peers, and at home through the artsBuilding tolerance, empathy, and personal resilienceEstablishing a foundation for students to say no to negativity and to say yes to working on a positive future.Empowering teachers and parents to address some of our young peoples most pressing academic and social-emotional needsEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYThe Educational Arts Team encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.Please note: Potential new hires are required to complete a background check and although they are not required to be vaccinated, if they are vaccinated against COVID, they are required to provide proof of vaccination. Requests for potential accommodation shall be considered in accordance with applicable law if and at such time as a conditional offer of employment is extended to a candidate. Applicants should not provide any medical or genetic information with their application.Our ProgramsHANDS-ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTHigh-Impact Teaching StrategiesOur professional development workshops equip teachers and administrators with a basic toolbox of interactive techniques they can use in conjunction with their school district's language arts or social studies curriculum.In these energized, highly participatory sessions, teachers are given a much-needed opportunity to unlock their own creativity, collaborate with colleagues, and recharge their pedagogy with lively exchange. They'll learn easy-to-implement strategies to increase student engagement and facilitate meaningful learning.STUDENT LITERACY AND ART INTEGRATION WORKSHOPSBringing Literature to LifeReading Comprehension and Writing Skills >> Grades K - 2Joy and curiosity of the written and spoken word, through storytelling, art, music, movement, and puppetry, including our proprietary Pop Up Puppet Theater experience. >> Grades 3 - 5Finding meaning, gaining skills, and expanding awareness, with Myths, Fables, Curriculum stories, and Improv. >> Grades 6 - 8Understanding human nature and honing writing skills by delving deeper into curriculum novels and informational texts. >> Grades 9 - 12Bringing History to Life - Social StudiesAdapting group and pair activities to the social studies curriculum for any grade, helping students understand events in world history as they relate to their own lives.FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND PROMOTING READING TOGETHERFamily Literacy offers customizable sessions for schools, libraries, and community centers, to bring families together to hear and tell stories, draw paper puppets and scenery, perform one-on-one for each other, and take home custom-designed desk-top stages to use again and again. After this workshop, children and their caregivers can make a puppet show for any story they read, and perform it for the whole family. This program encourages families to read together by sharing enjoyable literacy activities! Research consistently shows that children whose parents/guardians read to them become better readers with larger vocabularies. Our hands-on approach promotes positive family interaction and lays the foundation for a love of reading and learning through shared storytelling and art activitiesSOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNINGAnti-Bullying, Drug and Alcohol PreventionOur programs for Grades 4-8 utilize improv and relevant stories and current event articles within a restorative practices framework, to help engage students with their curriculum and grapple with topics such as problem-solving, conflict resolution, and good decision-making. They experience positive, interactive, and cooperative activities and explore significant social issues that highlight the power of reflecting before acting out. These workshops impact classroom culture by building community among students.PERFORMING ARTS ENRICHMENTOur sessions feature out-of-your-seat, collaborative activities that help all levels of learners find their inner artists. Arts Enrichment programming includes dance, theater, writing, music, and visual arts. Programming is adaptable to occur during or after school and in community centers.SUMMER PROGRAMSCamp Liberty - The iconic summer camp is an urban oasis nestled on 5 acres of trees and grass. Thousands of campers have attended over a span of more than four decades, and many return as counselors. Camp Liberty, a summer extension of EdArts year-round programming, integrates summer fun, fine and performing arts, music, sports, and swimming with the foundational values of equal access, inclusivity, mutual respect, independence, creating community, and making new friends.HOW TO APPLYPlease attach your resume and cover letter to your application, through this site. Uploading a resume and a cover letter is strongly recommended. If you are unable to provide either, please ensure to complete the questions in this application, in detail and to the best of your abilities. Our HR Team will be in touch with you very soon. Thank you!**If selected, you will need to demonstrate your certification.