Casual Beach Lifeguards

• Best "office" in Newcastle!
• Support the wellbeing of the community, supervising and managing CN’s beautiful beaches and ocean baths
• Multiple casual positions available – commencing September 2026

City of Newcastle (CN) is currently seeking Beach Lifeguards for the upcoming summer season. As a Beach Lifeguard you’ll supervise and manage Newcastle’s beaches and ocean baths, ensuring the safety and well-being of all beach and baths users through active supervision, providing water safety awareness, and the implementation of effective beach management strategies, including providing emergency care to create a safe, positive, and enjoyable environment for everyone.

The 2026-27 summer season commences 28 September 2026.

Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play.

To be successful in this role, you will require the following:

• SLSA Bronze Medallion

• HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
• HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Demonstrated competency in the following: (these will be assessed during a formal assessment period)

• 800 metre pool swim in no more than 14 minutes (pool not less than 25 metres in length)
• Ability to complete the "Lifeguard Mission" (an "M" shape course). This includes:
• 600m ocean swim,
• 800m beach run,
• 600m paddle on a rescue board (including negotiation of the surf break), and
• 800m beach run
• Ability to perform a rescue with a rescue tube and board.
• Working with Children Check
• Drivers Licence

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Life at City of Newcastle (CN)

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.

You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.

Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.

You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.

Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most.

And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.

Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.

You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.

With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.

With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

Why join CN?

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here!

• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $18.00 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist and Psychology, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026

Remuneration: Casual hourly rate of $45.19 (includes 25% casual loading) + 12% Superannuation

Contact: Melissa Thurlow – Aquatics Services Coordinator – 02 4974 2099 or [email protected]

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.

The NSW Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 makes it an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence, or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 to apply for these positions. Relevant criminal, Working With Children and prior employment checks, including relevant disciplinary proceedings may be conducted on recommended candidates.