Date Posted: 09/23/2024
Req ID: 39756
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Dept of Recreation, Athl & Wellness
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00047134

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

The Department of Recreation, Athletics & Wellness believes that healthy students are successful students. We believe that by contributing to a student’s wellbeing we contribute to a student’s academic success. Exciting opportunities are found throughout this department, whether developing community engagement through sport, awareness of wellness and recreation, or creating an accessible environment for all students to engage in physical activity. Come and join us in our goal of building a healthy & engaged campus.

Reporting to the Facility Manager, the Aquatics & Facilities Coordinator plays an integral role in ensuring the facilities and equipment is properly maintained, including pool water chemistry. The incumbent conducts routine inspections, follows procedures for opening/closing work areas, ensures compliance with legislated regulations and occupational safety, trains casual facility and aquatics staff. Regular evenings and weekends required (Sundays 9:15am-5:30pm and Monday-Thursday 2:15-10:30pm).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting routine building inspections
• Identifying and reporting facility and swimming pool repair and/or maintenance needs
• Directing the activities of casual staff
• Resolving minor complaints within the scope of the role and referring larger issues when appropriate
• Checking that certifications and training are current for staff and/or rental groups
• Ensuring adherence to legislated regulations for swimming pools
• Following rules and procedural instructions when opening and/or closing work area and as prescribed for the swimming pool operations
• Providing safety training and ensuring compliance to occupational safety precautions

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Facility Management or related field, or acceptable combination of equivalent experience. Standard First Aid, CPR-C, AED, and ORFA Certified Aquatic Technician or LSS Certified Pool Operator, required.
• Minimum two years experience in a recreation and swimming facility.
• Experience with recreation staff scheduling programs (e.g. RecStaff), Microsoft Office, or similar.
• Experience supervising facility and pool staff, including hiring and training.
• Experience in applying policies, procedures and regulations (e.g staff certifications, pool/spa chemicals).
• Experience troubleshooting facility, pool and equipment repair and maintenance.
• Experience overseeing operational systems, parts, chemicalsto ensure proper functioning and overseeing health department inspections.
• Experience ordering supplies and coordinating service for the facility, swimming pool and equipment.
• Experience maintaining and documenting incident reports, maintenance schedules or other actions.
• Able to assemble fitness equipment, use hand tools, assess pool/spa water chemistry.
• Strong customer service orientation; highly organized with attention to detail; strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work independently & in a team environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safe work practices, procedures and related regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and responsibilities, work well under pressure, meet strict deadlines and make sound judgments.
• Demonstrated superior organizational and analytical/diagnostic skills.
• Must be self-motivated, results oriented, a quick learner.
• Must be creative and have the ability to communicate technical concepts to persons with limited technical background.

Assets (Nonessential):

• National Lifeguard Certification, Lifesaving Society Examiner; National Lifeguard Instructor and Examiner; First Aid Instructor and Examiner; Aquatic Supervisor Instructor; Supervision, Evaluation and Enhancement (SEE) Auditor; ORFA Certified Building Technician designation; AODA, an asset.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Responsible
• Self-directed
• Team player

Closing Date: 10/11/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.