Recreation Facility Attendant

City of Grandview Heights; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Grandview Heights seeks a motivated staff member to support park and recreation facility operations and rentals. You will greet patrons, assist with events, and ensure clean, safe spaces.

Responsibilities include opening/closing, setup and teardown, and keeping accurate incident records. The role requires flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays while maintaining high service standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required or pursued.
• Experience in customer service preferred, with friendly, professional communication.
• Basic knowledge of facility operations and safety procedures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Greet and assist rentals, special events, and community activities.
• Open, close, and secure buildings and monitor for safety and security.
• Clean, sanitize, and maintain restrooms and common areas; restock supplies.
• Set up and tear down tables and chairs for events and meetings.
• Maintain incident/accident records and report to supervisor as needed.
• Assist in minor repairs of facilities and equipment.
• Patrol facility to deter theft, vandalism, or damage and report findings.
• Work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Skills

Customer service

Facility operations

Cleaning

Event setup

Record keeping

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Maintenance tools

Job description

Under the direction of the Director of Parks and Recreation and/or Recreation Superintendent, is responsible for performing a variety of duties relating to parks and recreation facility operations, customer service needs of rentals, special events, cleaning and maintenance, while using a high degree of independent judgement.

• Greets and assists rentals, special events and community activities
• Responsible for opening, closing and security of building
• Sweeps, mops, dusts, cleans table, chairs, walls, counters, empties trash and recycling and washes windows
• Cleans and sanitizes restrooms and drinking fountains, replaces restroom supplies as necessary
• Sets up and tears down tables and chairs for meetings, rentals, programs and events
• Maintains accurate records of incident/accident and assigned reports, communicating with supervisors as necessary
• Assists in making minor repairs of facilities, fixtures and equipment
• Patrols recreational facility to detect theft, fire, vandalism or destruction and reports damage to supervisors
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Required to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays

Education and Experience:

• Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent
• Possession of a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator’s license
• CPR, AED and First Aid Certification preferred

Equipment Used:

The following are examples only and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Athletic and recreation equipment
• Standard office equipment such as laptop, Microsoft Office software, calculator
• Motor vehicle

Physical Requirements and Working Environment:

• The essential functions of this position require employee to performwork in an office and athletic/special event environment, either indoors or out
• Frequent walking, standing, sitting, talking, and hearing
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist, and turn
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Management reserves the right to modify the foregoing job parameters at any time.