Pool Attendant, Pool Facilities Unit

Are you a positive, flexible, and service-minded person who enjoys meeting people of all ages? We are looking for you to help create pleasant, safe, and fun experiences for visitors at our beautiful swimming pools! The Pool Facilities Unit is a relatively new unit within Strängnäs Municipality, comprising the new swimming pool in Strängnäs and our recently renovated swimming pool in Åkers Styckebruk. We are a team of approximately 10 people, plus additional seasonal staff who work as needed. We are a great group that loves working with health and wellness, public health, service, and water activities! We consider it very important to welcome all our residents to a clean and beautiful swimming pool. We enjoy having fun at work and helping each other, so flexibility is essential for the work to run smoothly. We are now looking to expand our team with additional positions: • 1-2 temporary positions at approximately 100%, 12 months with possibility of extension. Work is scheduled primarily for evenings and weekends with occasional daytime shifts. • 2-3 hourly temporary positions working as needed, primarily evenings and weekends. 2 position(s). JOB DUTIES As a pool attendant, your responsibilities will include: • Supervise swimming and ensure visitor safety. • Manage food service and meal preparation as well as kitchen orders. • Handle cash register services and provide customer service. • Manage sales at reception and café. • Lead wellness classes and customer service at the swimming pool. • Perform facility maintenance at the swimming pool and other areas. • Work as part of a team to develop the pool facility's operations. • Lead swimming lessons and other water activities for children, youth, and seniors. Swimming instruction is primarily led by our permanent staff. We have high ambitions and want to create a fantastic swimming pool where both guests and staff thrive. To succeed, we have several key values that we want to guide our operations and all the work we do: • Responsibility: Ability to independently take responsibility for your tasks, follow procedures (especially hygiene and safety routines), and take initiative when needed. • Service-oriented: You need a genuine interest in meeting people, providing good service, and creating a welcoming environment for all visitors. • Collaborative: You work in a team with many different roles and need to cooperate smoothly with both colleagues and visitors. • Organized: To maintain flow in your workday, you need order and structure, especially when handling orders, keeping areas clean, and keeping track of class schedules or café staffing. • Flexible: Work can vary greatly from day to day, and it is important to quickly switch between tasks such as food service, facility maintenance, and swimming instruction. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you with/who are: • completed primary school. • comfortable using IT as a support tool in your work, for example for documentation. • strong skills in Swedish, both spoken and written. Knowledge of additional languages is a merit. • current training and/or previous experience in service work, such as food service, food handling, or café operations. • a good swimmer and comfortable in water. It is also a merit if you have: • training or experience in pedagogy, swimming instruction, or other physical activities for children and youth. • swimming instructor training or experience with swim lessons, group training, or exercise on prescription (FaR). • training in lifesaving and/or CPR. • experience working in a kiosk or food service at a swimming pool or similar environment. • knowledge of food preparation, hygiene procedures, and kitchen order management. • a B-class driver's license, as we operate swimming pools in both Strängnäs and Åkers Styckebruk. Your personal qualities are important, and we will place significant emphasis on them! We are looking for someone with a professional and warm approach, whether you are meeting families with children at the pool, participants in swim classes, or visitors at the café. You are solution-oriented, unpretentious, and flexible. Work tasks can change quickly throughout the day, and you easily adapt to operational needs. The ability to collaborate with colleagues from different parts of the operation is extremely important and a prerequisite for both you and our guests to feel comfortable with us. It is an advantage if you are accustomed to working at a fast pace, have a strong service mindset, and can work both independently and as part of a team. In the pool environment, it is important to be able to create a sense of safety, motivation, and engagement both in educational situations and when meeting visitors at the café and kiosk. Since your work will include close contact with children and youth, you must provide an extract from the police criminal record before employment. Employment type: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: To be agreed upon. Welcome to Strängnäs Municipality! Strängnäs Municipality has over 39,000 residents and is strategically located in the Mälarden region with excellent transportation connections. Stockholm is nearby, accessible by train in under 50 minutes, and Eskilstuna is even closer. Our municipality is an attractive place to live and work, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for the community and its residents. Strängnäs Municipality maintains smoke-free working hours to create a healthy work environment for all employees, colleagues, and service users. Application Process and Personal Data Handling: • As an applicant, you are responsible for clearly documenting your qualifications so we can make a fair and objective assessment of your application. • Work with children and youth requires an extract from the police criminal record before employment. • Strängnäs Municipality handles your personal data in accordance with applicable legislation. You can read more about our personal data handling on our website: https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/overklaga-beslut-rattssakerhet/personuppgifter-i-strangnas-kommun Strängnäs Municipality has selected media channels for this recruitment and therefore requests no contact from advertising sales or recruitment services. We look forward to learning more about you and how you wish to contribute to Strängnäs' future.

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