Facility Attendant

Spotsylvania County, VA; Virginia; On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotsylvania County Parks and Recreation seeks an entry-level facilities attendant to keep athletic fields clean and ready for games, under general supervision. Responsibilities include assembling game balls and equipment, reporting missing officials, patrolling fields to manage spectator areas, maintaining first aid kits, and cleaning bleachers after games.

Candidates must be at least 16, able to work evenings and weekends, and may need a Virginia driver's license if County vehicles are used.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the game required.
• Must be 16 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends.
• Ability to use common office machines and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assembles game balls, flags, scorecards, bases, umpire’s gear scorecards and scorebooks.
• Notifies proper Parks and Recreation staff member if the officials do not show up.
• Patrols fields periodically making sure spectators stay only in authorized areas.
• Makes sure first aid kit is available.
• Distributes makeup schedules or other correspondence to coaches.
• Cleans bleacher areas and collects balls and score books after final game.

Skills

Attention to detail

Evening/weekend work

Communication skills

Tools

Office machines

Tractors and mowers

Job description

Under general supervision position is responsible for seeing that the facilities are kept clean and rules are obeyed. Responsible for recording scores.

• Assembles game balls, flags, scorecards, bases, umpire’s gear scorecards and scorebooks.
• Notifies proper Parks and Recreation staff member if the officials do not show up.
• Patrols fields periodically making sure spectators stay only in authorized areas.
• Makes sure first aid kit is available.
• Distributes makeup schedules or other correspondence to coaches.
• Cleans bleacher areas, taking flags down, removing bases, and collecting balls and score books after final game.
• Candidates may be required to hold a valid Virginia driver’s license if the operation of County vehicles will be part of their required duties.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Knowledge of the game required.

Must be 16 years of age or older.

Must be able to work evenings and weekends.

• Knowledge of the methods and techniques used for this position.
• Knowledge of the available resources of the County.
• Knowledge of general management and business organization principles and practices.
• Knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization and administration.
• Ability to use common office machines machines/tools, including tractors, mowers, snow blowers, popular computer-driven word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs.
• Ability to exercise considerable independent judgment and discretion in establishing, applying and interpreting policies and procedures.
• Ability to gather, analyze and interpret industrial and economic data and to make sound recommendations from the information.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the governmental officials, business industrial representatives, staff and the general public.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
• Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to read a variety of informational documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures.
• Ability to write reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech.
• Ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control, and confidence using correct English and well-modulated voice.
• Ability to learn and understand relatively basic principles and techniques, to make independent judgments in absence of supervision, and to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.
• Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures and policies, and to follow verbal and written instructions, guidelines and objectives.
• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas, add and subtract totals, multiply and divide, determine percentages, and determine time and weight.
• Ability to communicate respectfully and professionally. Must be adaptable to performing under minimal stress when confronted with an emergency.