Recreation Assistant - Seasonal

Job Title

This position provides clerical and customer service support for parks and recreation programs and services.

Major duties include:

• Collecting fees, check passes, and punching cards at Pier, Pool, and Senior Center.
• Counting monies and making daily deposit drops; completing receipt book.
• Monitoring activities at all assigned locations.
• Assisting customers with questions and program information.
• Answering telephone, providing information, and taking messages.
• Maintaining a clean and tidy work area.
• Preparing and selling concessions, assisting with tracking inventory.
• Supervising youth and adult sports league games and tournaments.
• Assisting in maintaining sports equipment inventory.
• Assisting in the selection of teams.
• Supervising special events.
• Collecting trash and cleaning restrooms.
• Assisting in maintaining sports fields.
• Turning lights on and off at sports facilities.
• Preparing buildings for rental events.
• Assisting with summer camps, programs, activities, swim lessons, etc. Working in concessions.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Must be at least 14 years of age at the time of employment. No education or experience is necessary.
• Depending upon assignment, may be required to obtain a Florida Food Handler's license within the first week of hiring.
• Depending upon assignment, current CPR, AED and/or First Aid certifications may be required at the time of employment.
• Any combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.

Knowledge required by the position includes:

• Customer service principles and practices.
• Department policies and procedures.
• Point-of-sale and cash handling principles.
• Sports field preparation principles.
• Concessions policies and procedures.
• Computers and job-related software programs.
• Problem solving.
• Interpersonal relations.
• Oral and written communication with various audiences.
• Balancing cashiering transactions, preparing cash deposits, and processing refunds.
• Providing quality customer service.
• Reading, interpreting, and applying operating policies and procedures.
• Working evenings, weekends, and holidays, and/or flexible schedules.

General expectations include:

Supervisory controls, guidelines, complexity/scope of work, contacts, physical demands/work environment, and supervisory and management responsibility.