Gate Attendant; Lakefront

Overview

Position Type:
Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal

Date Posted: 11/17/2025

Location:

Dempster St. Beach Office

Responsible for the supervision of swimming beach entrances and checking for valid admission passes/tickets.

Under the direct supervision of the Beach Office Manager and Program Coordinator.

• Responsible for the supervision of the admittance guidelines for entrance to swimming beaches, boat launches, and/or dog beach.
• Collect physical or digital daily passes and check season passes at the beach entrances.
• Sell daily tickets via a Clover device or direct patrons on how to buy passes through Amilia.
• Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the admittance to the beach and general Evanston Lakefront.
• Responsible for care and maintenance of gate attendant equipment including electronic payment devices.
• Attend staff training sessions and staff meetings as scheduled by supervisors and program coordinator.
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons.
• Maintains a clean and safe beach environment.
• You must have the ability to work May 23-August 31, 2026 including weekends and afternoon/evening shifts once school begins. If you have after school commitments in the fall, this must be communicated before the start of the season.

• 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 or from 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 on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above:
  • Completed at least 1 year of high school
  • Complete all preseason training
• Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:
  • Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly in order to move objects
• Type of physical demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:
  • Reaching, Handling, Talking, Hearing, Feeling, Tasting/Smelling, Climbing, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling, Seeing
  • Specific vision: acuity-far, acuity-near, depth perception, field of vision, accommodation, color vision
• Working conditions usually associated with this classification:
  • Ability to lift, kneel, bend, stand for long periods, and work outdoors at night with limited lighting
• Environmental conditions (physical surroundings) usually associated with this classification:
  • Work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions; beaches, recreation centers, multipurpose rooms, swimming pools, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, and office space.
• Environmental conditions (hazards) usually associated with this classification:
  • Subject to inside environmental conditions part of the time and outside work for the majority of time with exposure to weather conditions or temperature changes.
• Machines, Tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work:
  • pen, pencil, ruler, blueprints, charts, contracts, diagrams, directives, documents, forms, manuals, publications, reference books, schedules, and specifications.

TITLE: Gate Attendant (Lakefront) - Summer 2026

PAY RATE: $14.00/Hour

DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation

• Prerequisites for Applying: Must be 16 years of age or older;
  Available to work from May 23 - September 7, 2026
• Perquisites for Employment: Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks;
  Pass drug and alcohol screen;
  Interview;
  Up to 6 hours of staff training
• Hours: Varies, weekdays and weekends up to 35 hrs/week from May 23-September 7, 2026. Must be able to work at least 3 days a week.

To apply for this position, please apply online yofevanston.org on or before the closing date. Chosen candidates will be required to provide proof of licenses, certifications, and education required for this position. Candidates will also be subject to qualifying pre-employment processes drug/alcohol screen, employment verification, and criminal background check.

The City of Evanston is an equal opportunity…