Recreation Leader (Hourly)

City of Modesto, CA; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Modesto is hiring a Part-Time Recreation Leader to support City programs across multiple locations. The role plans, organizes, and conducts activities for adults, youth, and special events in parks, centers, and facilities.

Responsibilities include reporting, training attendance, and customer service while maintaining safety and program integrity. Work flexible shifts; no benefits; at-will employment. Must be 15+ with required First Aid/CPR training.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write at a level necessary for job performance and to follow written instructions; perform basic arithmetic.
• Think clearly and act quickly in emergencies.
• Develop positive public relations and maintain a professional appearance.
• Coordinate and schedule activities across programs.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and the public.
• Prepare required reports and records.
• Work varied shifts including days, evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Lift and carry up to 25 pounds; participate in light custodial tasks.
• Travel between city worksites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and conduct assigned City recreation programs.
• Maintain detailed reports and records as required.
• Attend meetings and trainings as required.
• Assist with cash handling duties if requested.
• Maintain safety standards and a safe work environment.
• Foster positive customer service across city programs.
• Supervise participants and enforce program rules.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading & writing

Emergency response

Public relations

Activity scheduling

Interpersonal relations

Report preparation

Shift flexibility

Lifting up to 25 lbs

Mobility and swimming safety awareness

Job description

Looking for a fun, flexible job where you can make a real impact in your community? Join our team as a Part-Time Recreation Leader!

This is an hourly part-time position, limited to working 1,000 hours annually. This position is non-benefited and is designated as a non-classified, at-will position.

DEFINITION

The Recreation Leader is responsible to plan, organize, and conduct activities for City sponsored programs and facilities such as adult and youth recreation sports or activities, special events, and camps as directed.

Positions are at various City locations. Staff are typically used in the following programs or locations:

• Adaptive Programs
• Aquatics Programs
• Day Camp Program
• Maddux Youth Center Facility
• Mary Grogan Soccer Complex Neighborhood
• Center at Marshall Park
• Park Programs
• Rental Facilities
• Senior Center Facility
• Sports Programs
• Special Events

The City of Modesto is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of inclusion. A City application is required, including Supplemental Questionnaire. The City of Modesto does not sponsor H-1B Visas. Salary offered depends on candidate’s experience.

Essential and other important responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions

Plan, organize, and conduct assigned programs.

Maintain and submit detailed reports and records, as required.

Attend meetings and training sessions, as required.

Attend trainings and fulfill duties and responsibilities for cash handling, if requested.

Build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, other City employees, and the public using principles of good customer service.

Observe and maintain a safe working environment in compliance with established safety programs and procedures.

Marginal Functions

Exercise proper program safety practices and procedures while carrying out programs.

Supervise program participants while guiding participants in leisure and social activities.

Ensure all staff and volunteers adhere to all City and Department program rules and guidelines; provide necessary discipline and accurate records of all incidents.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Practices and techniques for favorable public relations, group cooperation and programming for participants.
• Principles and practices of recordkeeping and scheduling.
• Recreational, social, and cultural needs of the community.
• Light custodial maintenance techniques.

Ability to

• Read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance, including the ability to follow and to interpret written instructions and to perform basic arithmetic.
• Think clearly, quickly and accurately in emergencies.
• Develop favorable public relations and maintain an appearance that projects a positive image.
• Coordinate and schedule a variety of activities.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during work.
• Prepare reports and records as required.
• Work various shifts including days, evenings, weekends and holidays as assigned.
• Lift and carry heavy objects.
• Run forward, backward and laterally.
• Perform light custodial maintenance tasks.
• Travel from worksite to worksite as needed.

Experience and Training Guidelines

Experience

Volunteer or paid work experience with children, teens, seniors, and/or disabled individuals is desirable.

Training

Required to attend, participate and complete all trainings as assigned. Including, but not limited to, Mandated Reporter training.

Licenses/Certificates

• Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED Certificate
• Certifications must have an in-person, instructor-led skills session with hands and breaths training.

Additional Requirements

Must be a minimum of 15 years of age at time of application.

Mobility: frequent performance moderate manual labor; frequent sitting, walking or standing for long periods of time; occasional bending, twisting, kneeling or squatting. Lifting: frequent lifting up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds. Vision: constant use of overall vision. Dexterity: frequent grasping, holding, and reaching. Hearing/Talking: frequent hearing and talking in person. Emotional/ Psychological: frequent coworker contact; occasional working alone. Environmental: occasional exposure to loud noises and large groups of people.

NOTE

If offered a position, you will be required to be fingerprinted before final appointment, in compliance with Section 10911-5 of the Education Code and Section 5164 of the Public Resources Code. In addition, it is the City’s policy to not hire individuals convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, including, but not limited to an offense involving conduct requiring registration pursuant to Penal Code Section 290 (sex offender); an offense involving sexual misconduct with children; an offense involving prostitution (including solicitation); an offense involving conduct requiring registration pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 11590 (controlled substance offenders) or any felony offense involving drugs (including possession, sale, distribution, transporting, or conspiracy); a felony offense involving the use of force and violence upon a person or another, or a misdemeanor offense for same within the last five (5) years.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Conditions will vary depending on assignment. Work may also be performed in a typical outdoor environment on a year-round basis subject to street or field noise and year-round weather conditions. Duties may include some recreation-related field noise. Work often occurs at remote locations. Positions may require some overtime, holiday, evening, or weekend work and travel is rare.