Lifeguard

Help protect our locals. Be the calm presence when it matters most.

👉 From busy summer days at the pools to quiet community swims, lifeguards play a vital role in ensuring everyone can enjoy the water safely.

From families and kids to lap swimmers and visitors, your vigilance helps create safe, welcoming spaces across our aquatic centres.

Be part of a team that keeps our community safe, confident and supported in and around the water — helping everyone enjoy all that coastal living has to offer.

The Y NSW has been supporting safe aquatic participation for Port Macquarie families since 2022… and we’re growing.

We are building our Lifeguard talent pool across the Port Macquarie Aquatics cluster (4 pools):

• Port Macquarie Aquatic Centre
• Wauchope Memorial Olympic Pool
• Laurieton War Memorial Baths
• Kendall Community Pool

👉 Explore our centers: Discover Y NSW Aquatics

💡 What’s on offer

✅ Permanent, seasonal and casual opportunities

✅ Work across multiple aquatic centres

✅ Flexible shifts to suit study, lifestyle or career change

✅ Supportive, safety-first team environment

🛟 Already qualified? Step straight in.

Play a key role in supervising aquatic environments and responding when it counts. We’re looking for lifeguards with:

• Current CPR & First Aid
• Pool Lifeguard Qualification (Royal Life Saving or equivalent)
• Strong awareness, communication and response skills
• Current Working with Children Check

🎓 Not qualified yet? Start here.

Interested in becoming a lifeguard? We can support you with:

✅ On-the-job learning opportunities

✅ Guidance to obtain required certifications

✅ Pathways into aquatics, recreation and community safety careers

Upcoming Pool Lifeguard Training at Port Macquarie Olympic Pool 15th & 16th August

🛟 Why the Y?

Make a real impact in your community

Help keep families and children safe

Be part of a team that supports each other

Work in an environment focused on wellbeing, development and purpose

👀 Expressions of Interest now open

Whether you're experienced or just starting out — we want to connect.

Apply now and join our Port Macquarie – Hastings Lifeguard Team

Commitment to Safeguarding

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. We embed Safeguarding into everything that we do to make sure Children and Young People are kept safe at all times. 

Safeguarding Children | The Y