Office Staff

Position: Beach Office Staff - 2026
TITLE:

Beach Office Staff - 2026

PAY RATE: $16.50/Hour

DEPARTMENT:
Parks and Recreation

PREREQUISITES FOR APPLYING:

Preferred 17+ years of age

Available to work May 23-September 7, 2026

Basic knowledge of standard money handling procedures and customer service experience preferred.

PERQUISITES FOR EMPLOYMENT:

Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks

Drug and Alcohol screening

Oral Interview

Up to 6 hours of staff training

HOURS:

Varies, combination of weekdays and weekends up to 40 hrs/week. Must be able to work a minimum of 3 days a week.

General Task Statement:

Responsible for the sales and operations of the Dempster St. Beach Office, Clark St Beach Office, and Dempster St Beach entrances.

Supervision:
Under the direct supervision of the Office Manager and Lakefront Program Coordinator

Essential Function(s) - Task Statements:

* Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the Evanston Lakefront.

* Process applications for picnic permits, equipment rentals and lessons, beach passes and launch passes.

* Accept payments from customers, such as cash, checks, credit cards, or debit cards in person or over the phone.

* Balance all collected monies at the end of each shift ensuring accuracy.

* Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons.

* Know current program offerings and events and be able to communicate them to patrons.

* Attend staff meetings & training as scheduled by office manager and outdoor program coordinator.

* Maintain a clean and safe office environment.

* Responsible for care and maintenance of office equipment and storage areas.

* Complete written reports such as accident, incident, batch reports and the like on a timely basis.

* Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.

* Communicate with Sailing and Aquatic Camp staff regarding rentals, lessons, and camper info.

* Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by supervisor.

* Must have the ability to work Memorial Day through Labor Day, including weekends and afternoon/evening shifts once school begins or up until you leave for school.

* Assists with pre- and post-season maintenance-related tasks as assigned.

Specifications:

* 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:
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

Handling:
Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.

Talking:
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

Hearing:
Perceiving the nature of sounds.

Feeling:
Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.

Tasting/Smelling:
Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.

Climbing:
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

Balancing:
Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

Stooping:
Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.

Kneeling:
Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)

Crouching:
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.

Crawling:
Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet

Seeing:
The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:

* acuity-far: clarity of vision at 20 feet or more

* acuity-near: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less

* depth perception: ability to judge distance and space…