Facility Attendant, Senior (Walltown)

City of Durham; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team with a forward-thinking organization committed to enhancing community life through recreation. This role involves supervising diverse activities, ensuring safety, and providing exceptional customer service in various facilities. You'll engage with the community, promote health and wellness, and play a vital part in creating enjoyable experiences for all ages. If you're passionate about recreation and community service, this opportunity is perfect for you, offering a chance to make a real difference while advancing your career.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience supervising recreation activities.
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED certification required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises gymnasium and athletic fields, ensuring safety and order.
• Conducts preparations for sports activities and maintains facility condition.
• Provides customer service and performs record keeping.

Skills

Interacting positively with the public

Communicating instructions effectively

Exercising initiative and good judgment

Education

High School diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC)

Job description

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at Durham Parks and Recreation is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.

Hourly Rate: $18.19

Occasional Shifts:Monday-Friday
5:45pm-9:00pm; Saturday 8:15am-2:00pm

Position supervises a gymnasium, athletic field, or specialized facility such as a wellness center or weight room. Incumbent supervises diverse age groups in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, maintains order and discipline, issues and collects equipment, observes and enforces safety regulations, provides customer service, and performs record keeping. Instructions and preliminary orientation/training are given initially, after which incumbents are expected to follow established policies and procedures. Work schedule may include varying hours, including evenings and weekends.

• Conducts preparations for a specific sport or activity.
• Surveys and maintains facility condition, ensures that custodial and upkeep tasks are being completed, and addresses hazardous areas.
• Monitors the facility once game or activity is in progress, supervises scorekeeping and game operations.
• Maintains activity and attendance records.
• Inspects equipment for safety and cleanliness.
• Prepares rooms for variety of programs, meetings, rentals, etc. by organizing furniture and/or equipment according to program or rental plans and then restoring to original setup at the conclusion of the program.
• Disseminates program information, memos, and schedule changes to team representatives.
• Makes decisions with assistance of game officials to cancel games due to inclement weather.
• Demonstrates fitness equipment to patrons and explains how to safely mount and dismount equipment (if assigned to a facility with a weight room).
• Maintains a computer lab, enforces proper usage, keeps computers and printers in regular working order, reports maintenance needs, and regulates volume and other settings (if assigned to a facility with a computer lab).
• Completes accident reports, rules of conduct violation reports, officials’ evaluations, and league standings.
• Provides program information, orientation, and instructions to participants.
• Observes necessary precautions to secure the safety of participants and spectators.
• Renders first aid in case of minor injury.

KNOWLEDGE OF :
- Rules for a variety of sports such as softball, baseball, basketball, etc.
- When assigned to a wellness center or weight room: knowledge of weight training and cardiovascular fitness principles.

SKILL IN :
- Interacting positively with the public.
- Communicating instructions effectively to individuals and groups.
- Exercising initiative and good judgment.

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• One (1) year of experience supervising recreation activities.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Valid Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED – with Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto Injector Certification or obtain within the first six months of employment.

• Experience with supervising programs.
• Experience working with customers.
• A ble to communicate through email and text messages.

Soft Questions:

Select when you are available to work occasional shifts: (individually selectable)
- Monday-Friday 5:45pm-9:00pm
- Saturday 8:15am-2:00pm