Part Time Recreation Aide

Summary/Class Characteristics

Part Time Recreation Aide

The City of Petaluma is hiring multiple Recreation Aides to support programs and facilities across several Recreation divisions, including (but not limited to) the Petaluma Swim Center, Cavanagh Pool, Community Center, Senior Center, and various sports locations such as gymnasiums and athletic fields. This is a part-time, at-will, non-benefited position, and schedules vary by season and assignment, including weekends and holidays. Depending on the role, shifts may start as early as 5:00 a.m. and end as late as 9:00 p.m. Recreation Aides provide a wide range of support services such as customer service, cashiering, assisting with programs and special events, serving as a field or gym attendant, supporting sports operations and game scoring, and helping staff deliver successful activities across the community. Positions may also support youth programming, including assisting with summer camps and supervising children to help ensure a safe, fun, and positive experience for all participants.

This recruitment will remain open until filled and may close at any time. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply early for first consideration. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.

Summary
Recreation Aides play a key role in delivering City of Petaluma summer camps, after school programs, special events, aquatics, senior programs, and other recreation services. All Recreation Aides will be trained and certified in CPR and First Aid.

Class Characteristics
Under direction of higher-level recreation staff, Recreation Aides assist in the delivery of recreation services. Additionally, they provide customer service and support community center and/or aquatic center operations.

Duties

Duties:

Assist in the delivery of recreation activities such as games, sports, crafts, field trips, swimming, aquatics classes, and special events.

Assist in maintaining order and ensuring participant safety; rendering first aid, when necessary.

Tutor participants.

Interact with participants and their families.

Provide information to the public, communicating department policies, and following-up regarding questions/concerns received.

Monitor activity locations and report any security concerns.

Process activity sales/cash register operation.

Collect and entering participant data.

Assist in organizing supplies and equipment.

Prepare materials (e.g.: copies, craft supplies, etc.) for activities.

Assist with activity set-up/clean-up.

Assist with light custodial work.

Perform similar duties in support of recreation programs and/or community center operations.

Qualifications

Knowledge of:

Principles and practices of customer service.

Education and Experience
Any combination equivalent to the education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to gain such knowledge and abilities would be:

Education:

N/A

Experience:

Customer service experience is desirable.

Certifications/Licenses :

Must be certified in First Aid and CPR (this will be provided by the City).

Physical Demands and Working Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, squatting, and stooping in the performance of daily activities. The position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, and fine coordination. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds, dependent upon the specific task. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the employee to be exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level is moderate to loud.

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• City of Petaluma

• 707-778-4534

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