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Part Time Recreation Leader
Part-Time Year Round | $17.15/hour
This position work at the Police Athletic League and will guide, instruct and oversee participant, primarily school-age children, in playground or recreation center activities including games, sports, tournaments, arts and crafts, singing, dancing, entertainment, and homework assistance.
Examples of Work
- Organizes, coaches, officiates and keeps score of team sports, tournaments, and games.
- Demonstrates and observes the use of equipment and materials needed for activities and maintains assigned equipment.
- Explains and enforces safety procedures and rules.
- Administers emergency first aid. Plans free-play activities and provides input to supervisor for planning activities to be offered in the assigned area of responsibility.
- Identifies supply needs for administrative tasks and scheduled programs.
- Attends on-site and neighborhood meetings to provide information for promotion of activities, recruitment of volunteers and participants and to consult with individuals to identify recreational needs in the assigned area of responsibility.
- Maintains required records on activities and participants for preparation of reports.
- Maintains and organizes supplies and assists in daily maintenance of facilities.
- Collects cash receipts for fee-based programs.
- Schedules rentals of community centers, collects fees, issues permits and coordinates staff coverage for rentals.
- May operate a vehicle to collect and deliver supplies.
- May operate a van or bus to transport youth to and from the afterschool program and to athletic events.
- Some athletic events are held out of town and can be up to a hundred or more miles away.
- Department of Transportation (DOT) requires a commercial Driver's License to operate vehicles that transport over sixteen (16) passengers to include the driver.
- Also requires the individual to obtain a medical certificate from a DOT certified physician.
- May be required to operate a concessions stand, to include ordering and purchasing goods, setting up of concession area, preparation, cooking, and selling items.
- May be required to conduct athletic field maintenance, including managing maintenance schedule, filling in holes, fertilizing, dragging field, and mowing, managing hydration/sprinkler system, using basic tools, and contacting City officials for additional applications.
- May have to lift and move equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, and be able to endure heat, sun, and humidity associated with an outdoor recreational facility, including inclement weather.
- Requires frequent public contact and frequent travel for athletic events/field trips.
- Schedule may vary.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville's competencies.
- Performs related work as required.