Beach & Natural Pool Lifeguard

Responsibilities

• Monitor Tulum Caribbean beachfront and eco-property pool areas — beach sections between reef and shore, natural pool or cenote-fed pool surveillance
• Assess and communicate daily Caribbean beach conditions — Tulum's beach road properties have varying reef protection levels affecting wave and current exposure
• Apply cenote pool safety protocols where relevant — depth awareness, natural edge hazards, low-light cave sections
• Enforce eco-property safety rules without disrupting the property's unhurried atmosphere — rule communication must be calm and unhurried
• Respond to aquatic emergencies in both open water and natural pool environments
• Brief guests on Caribbean snorkeling safety — reef entry and exit technique, marine life awareness, sunscreen restriction compliance in reef zones
• Conduct equipment checks and water quality monitoring

Requirements

• Cruz Roja or RLSS lifeguard certification
• Open water and natural pool competency — cenote and reef environments require specific hazard awareness
• Caribbean reef and snorkeling safety knowledge
• Strong swimming ability across varied aquatic environments
• Basic English
• Eco-values alignment — Tulum properties expect environmental responsibility from all staff
• Current CPR and first aid

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Organic staff meals
• Rescue equipment and uniform provided
• Property wellness programming access

Work environment

Eco-boutique hotel beach and pool areas in Tulum. The lifeguard's working environment includes Caribbean beach, reef-adjacent snorkeling zones, and potentially cenote or natural pool surfaces — the most environmentally varied lifeguarding context in Mexican resort hospitality.

About the role

The safety anchor of the eco-adventure environment. Tulum's guests come specifically to interact with the natural environment — to snorkel the reef, swim the cenote, explore the Caribbean shore. That active aquatic engagement is precisely what makes the destination extraordinary, and precisely what creates the safety responsibility. The Tulum lifeguard who enables that interaction safely — who allows the adventurous engagement while maintaining the alert awareness that catches the moment when it goes wrong — is performing a genuinely enabling role, not a restricting one.