Aquafit Instructor (Casual)

The Community

High River provides the warmth and familiarity of a small town, featuring countless outdoor trails and parks that await your next adventure. Our downtown offers a variety of unique stores and businesses who take pride in fostering connection in our community. High River is a people-first community where families put down roots for generations. Nestled within Foothills County with the Rocky Mountains framing the view to your west, our community of 14,000 is rooted in people and promotes an environment to help you build lasting relationships.

The Organization

Through the dedication and passion of our 150 employees, we deliver important services to the community. Our purpose, or why we do what we do, is because we want to make a difference in our community now and for generations to come (our ‘why’). To achieve this, we inspire and respect one another, we can be counted on, we are better together, and we dare to be different (our ‘how’).

We’ve embarked on a workplace culture journey that has enhanced our commitment to people; both our employees and the community we serve. We have identified three pillars to achieve our workplace culture: Accountable, Excellence and Connected (ACE).

General Accountability:

The purpose of this position is to instruct specialized aquatic fitness programs (e.g. aquafit, aquazumba, aqua therapy, aqua spinning, etc.)

In line with the strategic town plan and workplace culture, Accountable, Connected and Excellence (ACE), this position will always be required to do the right thing and take personal ownership in contributing to the organization. The employee in this position must be able to communicate clearly and actively contribute to achieving team results. The incumbent must provide exceptional service to customers and internal partners and demonstrate initiative toward achieving organizational results and performance excellence.

Specific Duties:

• Performs duties of an instructor in a professional manner
• Understands and applies facility and emergency policies and procedures
• Enforce pool rules and Alberta Health Regulations with patrons using the pool
• Administers first aid treatment and emergency response procedures as required

• Assists the manager with public education, outreach strategies and promotion of aquatic programs and services as required
• Attends in-service training (held approximately each quarter)
• Actively participate in the Health & Safety Program by understanding and following safety policies, reporting hazards, using PPE, and contributing to a respectful and safe workplace.
• Other related duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications:

• Fitness Alberta Aquatic Exercise Certification preferred (AFLCA)
• WaterART, CALA aquatic fitness certification or other personal trainer/fitness professional licensing with documented specialization in water exercise may be considered
• Intermediate First Aid
• Basic working proficiency MS Office suite of programs, use of software for staff scheduling, registration, membership management

• Ability to complete various mandatory training including Health & Safety, WHMIS, Respectful Workplace

• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to make sound decisions using good judgment
• Ability to deal with the public in a positive, courteous manner
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including an orientation toward positive customer service
• Ability to lift 50lbs comfortably and safely
• Physically fit enough to perform a variety of physical duties, including instructing, lifting and moving equipment

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work extremely flexible hours (evenings, weekends, and holidays), shift work and split shifts as business requires
• Ability to spend significant amounts of time standing and/or in the water
• Comfortable working in a warm, humid and loud environment
• Exposure to a diverse group of patrons
• Exposure to physical injury working near children and patrons in the water
• Frequent exposure to gases, pool chemicals, cleaning solvents, and other controlled substances

This competition will remain open until filled, with a first review date of September 29, 2026.

We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.