Senior Recreation Aide

Position Overview

NON-CAREER PART-TIME/SEASONAL – This posting is used to fill vacancies in multiple programs. Refer to supplemental questions for more information. On a seasonal and/or part-time basis, supervise and participate in the leadership and/or monitoring of a variety of recreation activities, special events, civic engagement programs, human service programs, and/or neighborhood activities.

Employees in this classification are non-career. Incumbents can work up to 1040 hours per year. This classification differs from a Recreation Aide in that the Senior Recreation Aide also has the responsibility for supervising Recreation Aides.

General supervision is provided by a higher-level position. Responsibilities include the direct supervision of Recreation Aides and/or other lower-level City positions.

• Supervise and train Recreation Aides or other lower-level City staff.
• Provide leadership in various City leagues, contests, tournaments, events, and other activities.
• Lead and/or monitor various activities in arts and crafts, sports, games, simple dramatics, workshops, meetings, and/or community events.
• Promote neighborhood, community recreation events, and programs.
• Request, issue, and monitor the return of playground and athletic equipment; check equipment for proper care and use.
• Inspect playground equipment and apparatus; recommend replacement or repair as needed.
• Compile simple written records related to assigned programs or facility.
• Open and close recreational facilities; monitor facility use; prepare and set up facilities for recreational or community use.
• Monitor various program operations, assist with program planning, accurately log data.
• Perform typing, filing, and other clerical tasks; provide assistance to staff.
• Operate a cash register and electronic registration and cash drawer system; quickly and accurately process payments; issue receipts.
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions.

• Knowledge of supervisory techniques and practices.
• Basic first aid and safety practices.
• Basic arithmetic.

• Use of computers, computer applications, and other common office machines.

• Supervise, train, and assign staff.
• Read, write, and speak the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance.
• Lead a variety of recreation and group activities.
• Handle and count money.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education:

None required.

Experience:

Six months of full-time experience comparable to a Recreation Aide with the City of Sacramento.

• Must be at least 16 years old at time of appointment.
• Employees assigned to Aquatics must be 18 years old by time of appointment.

• Pass a criminal background check.
• Pass a tuberculosis screening test.

Employees must complete "Mandated Reporter" training within two weeks of appointment.

• Ability to walk frequently; work may include frequent running, starts, and stops; perform simple and power grasping; verbal and hearing skills to effectively communicate with participants and staff; visual acuity to read and record documents and make observations. Intermittently, lift, carry or move sports equipment of 20 pounds or less.
• Work may be performed outdoors with exposure to heat, often over 100 degrees, sun, noise, dust, and pollens. Depending on assignment, may be exposed to pool chemicals.
• Some assignments may require working evenings and weekends.

The City of Sacramento is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. The City of Sacramento is covered by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, and as such, must adhere to the California Public Employee’s Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013.

Please note that the provisions within this act may affect or impact an applicant’s eligibility and/or selection for open vacancies at the City of Sacramento.