Jobs at recreation facilities and community centres
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Follow the City of Vancouver on LinkedInThe Vancouver Park Board offers a wide variety of summer employment positions:
- Cashiers and building workers at golf courses and gardens
- Lifeguards, swim instructor attendants, and pool attendants at indoor pools
- Lifeguards at beaches and outdoor pools
- Playground leaders
- Day camp workers
Apply for a recreation position
Find out how to apply for one of the following recreation positions.
Cashiers and building workers: golf courses, pitch and putts, and gardens
Opportunities for these positions will be posted on the short term/on-call opportunities page.
Lifeguards, swim instructor attendants, and pool attendants for indoor pools
You will work at any of our nine indoor pools.
You:
- Must be physically fit, with normal hearing and good vision
- Need to have current Canadian qualifications, and be cleared by a reference and police check
If you currently live out of town, but are planning to move to Vancouver, your application will not be considered until you have relocated.
Lifeguards must have:
- National Lifeguard Pool certification
- C.P.R Basic Rescuer certification
- First Aid certificate (Aquatic Emergency Care, Standard First Aid, Occupational First Aid Level 2 or 3)
- Water Safety Instructors (WSI)
All certification must be Canadian
Lifeguard school candidates get priority consideration when we hire new employees.
We regularly recruit auxiliary lifeguard instructors at our indoor pools. Check our short-term/on-call job postings for opportunities with our Aquatics Team. The positions will be posted as vacancies become available.
Lifeguards for beaches and outdoor pools
We hire full-time lifeguards for our outdoor locations each season, beginning on Victoria Day, with more starting in July and August.
The balance of the lifeguards we hire each season - more than 150 - work part time on an on-call basis, depending on how busy our pools and beaches are.
Lifeguards must have:
- National Lifeguard Pool and Waterfront certification
- C.P.R Basic Rescuer certification
- First Aid certificate (Aquatic Emergency Care, Standard First Aid, Occupational First Aid Level 2 or 3)
All certification must be Canadian
Lifeguards are hired according to their knowledge, skills, ability, past performance, exam results, and attendance at Lifeguard School.
Apply to be a lifeguard for beaches and outdoor pools
You are encouraged to join Lifeguard School, which runs from January to April at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
If you did not attend Lifeguard School (lifeguard training) but have the above qualifications, please watch for the posting of jobs in early April and again in late May/early June on our job application system or join our Talent Community 
to be notified of any positions.
However if you are a potential new employee with no National Lifeguard Waterfront option you can apply during the above times, but you will be expected to complete the course offered in late May or offered again in mid June before being hired.
Lifeguard School (lifeguard training) candidates will get priority consideration for beach and outdoor pool positions.
Playground leaders
Contact the recreational programmers at individual community centres throughout Vancouver for information on available positions, and to apply.
Day camp inclusion facilitators
Up to four inclusion facilitators are hired each summer to work from June to August. Resumes are accepted starting in late February. To learn more about summer inclusion support worker positions, contact:
Program Assistant, Access Services
604-718-5853
access.services@vancouver.ca
Summer day camp positions
Contact the recreational programmers at individual community centres throughout Vancouver for information on available positions, and to apply.
Instructors and performers
Vancouver's community centres welcome proposals from artists who want to teach creative and performing art courses.
Start by checking the art and cultural activities guide, to find out what is currently being offered at each centre.
Most courses are designed for recreational-, beginner-, and intermediate students. They range from one day workshops, to weekly classes running for 8-12 weeks.
Typically, centres publish a program brochure three or four times a year, with deadlines for new instructor proposals falling approximately at the beginning of October, mid-January, mid-April, and mid-June.
Register to be on the online instructor and performance database
You can submit contact information and course proposals to individual centres, or use the online instructor and performer database.
Information submitted online is available to all Vancouver Park Board programmers at centres, rinks, and pools.
Other recreational programs
Contact the recreational programmers at individual community centres throughout Vancouver for information on available positions, and to apply.
