Recreation Attendant - Senior Center

City of High Point; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of High Point is seeking a Recreation Staff member to provide engaging recreational programs for seniors. This role involves planning activities, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring excellent customer service. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to enhancing the community's quality of life.

Benefits

Guaranteed monthly pension upon retirement

Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans

401K and 457B Retirement Plans

PTO earned within first year

12 Paid Holidays per year

Tuition Reimbursement Plan

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• On-the-job training approximately 4 weeks.
• Some education or previous experience working with youth, adults, and seniors.

Responsibilities

• Provide stimulating recreational programs for older adults.
• Maintain daily attendance records for all registered program participants.
• Enforce center policies and safety rules.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

Who We Are:

At the City of High Point, we celebrate the creator in everyone. Building on our rich cultural history steeped in industrialism and innovation, our employees seek not only to transform themselves, but the world around us. We are collaborators, we are makers, we are visionaries.

The High Point Parks & Recreation Department enhances quality of life by providing innovative programs, parks and facilities for present and future generations. We offer 41 parks, two golf courses, five recreation centers, an environmental education center, tennis and pickleballs courts, a campground, marinas, playgrounds, ballfields, greenways and natural trails and more. Our vision is to enhance the City by providing recreation programming and community events that promote strong bonds, improve health and wellness and celebrate the City’s history and character. We are committed to providing opportunities for all ages and abilities.

We invite you to explore the many opportunities to serve our community, by sharing your talents, skills, and expertise. You’ll be joining a nationally accredited Parks & Recreation department, as well as a dynamic team of over 1,300 individuals dedicated not just to making a career, but a difference; because what we create in High Point, changes the world!

Our Core Values:

• Integrity:Saying what we mean and consistently doing what we say with no desire other than the good of the citizens we serve. It means standing up for beliefs.
• Responsibility:A continual process that emphasizes a high level of personal accountability by each member of the organization.
• Partnership:Adding competitive value and quality to the services provided to our residents, businesses, and visitors through responsible fiscal stewardship, increased innovation, greater use of technology, and expanded civic, neighborhood and regional partnerships.

What We Offer:

The City of High Point offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed monthly pension upon retirement, vested after 5 years of service
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective day one
• 401K and 457B Retirement Plans
• PTO earned within first year
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement Plan

Your Purpose:

Performs responsible clerical and technical work for people ages 50 years and up within the senior center; does related work as required. Work schedule may include nights, weekends and holidays.

Work is performed under regular supervision of Recreation Center Supervisor.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide stimulating recreational programs for older adults, creating a safe environment, and encourage participation;
• Aids in the process of planning activities by making suggestions or bringing knowledge of community resources to the attention of the Director;
• Maintains daily attendance records for all registered program participants;
• Greets and provide all participants with excellent customer service;
• Arranges chairs, tables, and sporting or exercise equipment in specified areas for scheduled group or one-on-one activities;
• Drives the community van as needed;
• Enforces center polices and safety rules and regulations;
• Inspects equipment daily;
• Cleans work and program areas as needed during the day and upon conclusion of activity;
• Prepares lists of materials and equipment needed for activities and makes requests for same;
• Maintains First Aid supplies, orders additional supplies as needed;
• Register participants via recreation software;
• Assists regular staff as needed;
• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City Safety Standards and Policies.

What You'll Bring:

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Formal Education:
• Requires a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• On-the-job training approximately 4 weeks. Formal education which includes basic arithmetic and report making. Some education or previous experience working with youth, adults and seniors.
• Must be 18 years of years or older.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with other employees and the public.

• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

• English and Spanish Language skills

Physical/Mental Requirements:

Physical Requirements

Talking and/or Hearing: (Talking - Expressing or exchanging information by means of spoken word). (Hearing - Perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Both necessary to converse with employees, program participants and the general public in person and by telephone.

Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. Recommended guidelines for vision are:

1. Acuity, far - Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Must be able to see the children across an open space and give instructions to them regarding the program activity. Both eyes 20/25 - R 20/30 - L 20/30 corrected

2. Acuity, near - Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Must be able to see program materials, telephone, documents and other paper work near at hand. Both eyes 20/22 corrected

3. Depth Perception - Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are. Must be able to judge distances so as to use both hands in performing different tasks at the same time. Depth Perception - 4

4. Field of Vision - Area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point. Must be able to see wide span to cover surrounding area in order to observe children who are located in the area while attending to one or more children nearby.

5. Accommodation - Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work while glancing away to check another project or see what a child is doing. Must be able to adjust the lens of eye to glance quickly to ensure all is safe and program participants are all right.

Light to Medium Work: Exerting negligible amount of force constantly to move objects and papers, to make reports, answer telephone and file. Additional strength required to lift tables, chairs and equipment. Physical demand requirements usually require walking, standing, stooping, bending, stretching and sitting on the ground or floor, however, worker may sit in a chair at times. There is significant use of arms, hands, feet and legs.

Reaching, Handling, and Fingering: (Reaching - Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction). Necessary in reaching for documents, answering telephone, filing and doing activities with the children. (Handling - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingers not involved). Necessary to hold and/or carry equipment, telephone, program materials and children. (Fingering -Picking, pinching, punching or otherwise working with fingers primarily (rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling). Necessary for writing, picking up documents, dialing telephone, etc.

Mental Activity/Requirements

Reasoning

Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to practical situations and requests made by employees or members of the general public; to understand and communicate with youth, adults and seniors; comprehend and respond to a variety of situations in an expedient manner. Good judgment is essential.

Math

Using Arithmetic: Ability to use arithmetic to add and figure number of program participants and attendants and make reports.

Language

The ability to speak, read and write the English Language are required for this position.

Environmental Conditions

Physical Surroundings

The worker is subject to Inside and Outside Environmental Conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes while inside and generally hot weather when outside. Work includes a variety of activities requiring the employee to be flexible in his/her surroundings.

Hazards

Worker may be subject to poison oak, poison ivy, insects and unlevel terrains. Work is subject to final standards of OSHA on bloodborne pathogens.

Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids

Calculator, stapler, telephone, telephone directory, note pads, pens, pencils, calendar, records, Personnel Resolution, various crafts, games, tables, chairs, video equipment, activity planning books, screw drivers and other assorted hand tools.

Our Commitments:

The City of High Point is dedicated to fostering a work environment that values individuals from all backgrounds and seeks to attract and retain the most qualified partners in service to the citizens of High Point. As an at-will employer, the City allows employees to terminate their employment, or be terminated, at any time, with or without cause, as long as it is not prohibited by law.

The City of High Point is committed to classifying and compensating its employees fairly for the work they do, weighing both the internal capabilities and the external market. While the job description is not intended to and does not create a contract of employment, we are excited to use this “living document” as a guide for managing performance and positions to ensure job descriptions are reflective of the current work required by the incumbent or expected by any candidate to whom an offer of employment is extended.

The City of High Point is committed to providing a safe, comfortable working environment for all employees. To that end, we are proud to comply with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, as well as make reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as we are able in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates selected for employment must undergo (a.) a drug screening, in accordance with the City’s drug and alcohol policy and (b.) a background screening to determine whether there is any current, pending, or previous charge, conviction or other infraction deemed incompatible with service in the capacity for which the candidate is being hired. Certain positions are considered so critical to the health and safety of others that a candidate cannot be placed in any of those positions without passing a pre-placement physical exam. Successful results from these conditions will result in an offer of employment.