Lifeguard | Pouora

The people of Porirua City are what makes ours a truly special place – we take pleasure in helping and caring for each other. We want everyone to feel welcome here, whether they’re visiting, living or working here. We’re looking for people who will help position our city as a welcoming, dynamic place to live, work

About the role

As a Lifeguard at Recreation Porirua, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our aquatic facilities are safe, welcoming and well maintained. You’ll provide professional supervision of patrons, respond confidently to emergencies, and deliver friendly, high-quality customer service every day.

You’ll work across Council aquatic facilities within Porirua, reporting to the Pool Supervisor and working closely with a supportive, community-focused team.

What you’ll be doing

• Actively supervising pool users and facilities to prevent accidents and respond to emergencies
• Providing calm, professional and friendly customer service
• Enforcing pool rules and regulations to ensure everyone’s safety
• Administering first aid and emergency procedures when required
• Conducting water testing to operational standards
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness across facilities
• Following rosters, being punctual and reliable
• Building positive relationships with customers, community groups and colleagues
• Supporting Council emergency and civil defence responses when required

Porirua City is a living wage accredited employer and the starting hourly rate for this is from $29.00.

About you

If you’re calm under pressure, great with people, and take pride in doing things well, this could be the role for you.

You’ll bring:

• Proven customer service experience and strong communication skills
• A calm, professional approach to managing conflict or challenging situations
• Good judgement, initiative and problem-solving skills
• The ability to swim competently and maintain a required level of swimming fitness
• Flexibility to work rostered hours
• A strong commitment to health and safety
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• The ability to meet the physical demands of the role

You must also be able to:

• pass Police Vetting under the Children’s Act 2014, and a pre-employment drug test.
• obtain and maintain the National Lifeguard Award (Pools) (you must be 16 years or older)
• pass a swimming competency test

What you need to do now

Come and join our team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Micayla Waters, Duty Manager on 027 648 0408 for more information.

Porirua City embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications by people from all backgrounds and are a member of Diversity Works. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

To find out more about working for Porirua City Watch this video

Applications close on Sunday 25 January 2026.