Trainee Beach Lifeguard

City of Newcastle (CN) has a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and passionate school aged Surf Lifesavers to work within our Aquatic Services Team. This team supports the wellbeing and safety of the community at the City’s beaches and ocean baths. You will monitor and patrol these areas so that the community can enjoy our beautiful spaces.
As a member of our team, you won't just work for the city; you’ll co-create it.

The Lifeguard Summer traineeship will support valuable career experience and enhance surf lifesaving skills for the successful applicants whilst working alongside Professional Lifeguards.

Successful trainees will work three weekdays of up to 24 hours per week throughout the summer school holidays and gain valuable experience working alongside professional lifeguards.

The essentials you’ll need:

• Active patrolling member of a Hunter SLSC
• Hold a Bronze medallion
• Successful completion of a fitness assessment – 800m still water swim in sub 14 minutes
• Willingness to become first aid qualified
• Willingness to provide excellent customer service and to communicate effectively with public and staff
• NSW Working with Children Check or the ability to obtain one (if 18 years and over).

Other valuable skills you may have:

• Class C Driver's Licence

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?

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: Monday 5 October 2026

Remuneration: Casual hourly rate of $34.73 (inclusive of 25% casual loading) + 12% Superannuation

**Contact:**Melissa Thurlow – Aquatics Services Coordinator – [02 4974 2099](tel: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.