Assistant Office Manager - Summer

Position Type

Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal

11/17/2025

Dempster St. Beach Office

Assistant Beach Office Manager - Summer 2026

$18.50/hour, Hours varies, under 1,000/year

Parks and Recreation

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be available May 23-September 7, 2026
• Basic knowledge of standard money handling procedures and customer service skills
• Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks
• Pass drug and alcohol screen
• Basic math skills exam and interview

Varying weekdays and weekends up to 40 hrs/week from May 23-August 31, 2026. Must be able to work at least 4 days a week.

Responsible for the sales and daily operations of the Dempster St. Beach Office. Hires, trains, schedules, and manages gate attendants and office staff.

Under the direct supervision of the Outdoor Program Coordinator and Recreation Manager

• Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the Evanston Lakefront
• Conducts recruitment and assists in hiring seasonal employees
• Supports operations by maintaining office systems and supervising staff
• Maintains office services by organizing office operations and procedures, controlling correspondence, designing filing systems, reviewing and approving supply requisitions, and assigning and monitoring clerical functions
• Maintains office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, layouts, and equipment procurement
• Designs and implements office policies by establishing standards and procedures, measuring results against standards, and making necessary adjustments
• Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results
• Keeps management informed by reviewing and analyzing special reports; summarizing information; identifying trends
• Maintains office staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
• Maintains office staff and gate attendant’s job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, and planning, monitoring, and appraising job results
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Inspects vessels and enforces rules at sailing beach and power boat launch
• Manages Amila waiting lists, rentals, beach passes and daily admissions
• Communicate and coordinate with Sailing and Aquatic Camp staff regarding rentals and lessons
• Know current beach programs and events and be able to communicate details to patrons
• Attend staff training sessions
• Collect all due monies and check beach tokens at the beach office
• Balance all collected monies at the end of each shift
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons
• Attend staff meetings as scheduled by office manager and outdoor program coordinator
• Maintain a clean and safe office environment
• Responsible for care and maintenance of equipment and storage areas
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident, batch and the like on a timely basis
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by supervisor
• Assumes responsibilities of Beach Office Manager in his/her absence
• Assists with pre and post-season maintenance-related tasks as assigned

• Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification:
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification:
  • Read
    :
    Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
  • Write
    :
    Ability to complete daily log sheets, accident reports, incident reports, jump reports, first-aid reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
  • Speak
    :
    Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co‑workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
• Amount of training, either…