American Red Cross Instructor

Student Intermediate Level

Requisition IDreq38265 Working TitleAmerican Red Cross Instructor Pay$16.50 Hourly CampusMain - Albuquerque, NM DepartmentRecreational Services (823A) Employment TypeStudent Employment Student TypeStudent Employment StatusNon-Exempt Background Check RequiredNo For Best Consideration Date11/2/2026 Position SummaryThe University of New Mexico Recreational Services is seeking motivated American Red Cross Instructors to join our campus recreation aquatics and safety education teams. Under the guidance of the Aquatics Manager and Aquatics Coordinator, instructors plan, schedule, and deliver official Red Cross safety certification courses to the UNM community. This position handles the instruction of professional and community certification classes, including Lifeguarding, Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers, CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers, and First Aid. This role offers flexible scheduling designed to accommodate a student's academic commitments.

Key Responsibilities

Course Delivery & Instruction: Teach American Red Cross certification courses, including Lifeguarding, BLS, CPR/AED, and First Aid, following standard safety guidelines.

Curriculum Compliance: Plan, organize, and conduct training sessions strictly utilizing the official American Red Cross Training Provider Curriculum.

Skill Assessment: Competently evaluate participants'' physical skills, cognitive knowledge, and emergency scenario responses to verify certification readiness.

Course Administration: Maintain precise attendance logs, complete and submit digital course records via the Red Cross Learning Center, and prepare all necessary physical equipment (manikins, AED trainers, pocket masks, bag-valve-mask resuscitators).

Facility & Safety Supervision: Actively monitor training environments (classroom and pool deck) to eliminate hazards and strictly enforce all aquatic facility policies.

Operational Flexibility: Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisory staff to support safety education and facility operations. Minimum Qualifications

Equivalencies not found for this position

Preferred Qualifications Candidates must meet and be able to demonstrate the standardized American Red Cross Lifeguarding physical baselines:

Swim-Tread-Swim Sequence: Complete a continuous aquatic sequence: swim 150 yards (using front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination), tread water for 2 minutes using legs only, and swim an additional 50 yards.

Timed Brick Event: Within 1 minute and 40 seconds, swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of 14 feet, retrieve a 10-lb object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards on the back to the starting point holding the object with both hands, and exit the pool without using a ladder or steps.

Required Certifications:

Must possess at least one of the following instructing credentials:

Current American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor certification

Current American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor certification

Current American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor (LGI) certification

(Note: Candidates holding only the First Aid/CPR/AED or BLS Instructor certifications are exempt from the Lifeguarding swimming prerequisites and deep-water certification requirements.)

Additional Required Certifications (For LGIs only): Current American Red Cross Lifeguarding (Deep Water) certification.

Base Certifications: Current basic-level CPR/AED and First Aid certifications. Application Instructions

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

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