School Crossing Guard Part-Time

City-of-Miami-Beach; Miami Beach (FL, WA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Miami Beach is seeking a part-time seasonal crossing guard to direct traffic and assist in safely moving children to and from school.

The role requires placing and removing sentinel signs, controlling traffic at crossings, and enforcing crossing rules. It includes six months of public contact experience and duties during a Miami-Dade calendar-based schedule. Emergency availability is required.

Qualifications

• Six months full-time paid public contact experience.
• Ability to react quickly to moving vehicles and ensure children's safety.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with officials, coworkers and the public.
• Willingness to report to work during emergencies as an essential city employee.

Responsibilities

• Place school sentinel signs in roadway at designated points near crossing and remove them when off duty.
• Control vehicular traffic at crossing to allow children to cross safely.
• Ensure children cross in accordance with traffic regulations.
• Take appropriate action with children who do not cooperate and report to supervisor.
• Perform related work as required.

Skills

Public interaction

Traffic control

Safety signaling

Job description

This is responsible, routine support services work directing traffic in conjunction with the moving of children to and from school.

This is a part-time seasonal position. The days worked will be based on the Miami-Dade County Public School System calendar.

• Places school sentinel signs in the roadway at designated points near crossing and removes them before going off duty
• Controls vehicular traffic at designated crossing to allow children to cross safely
• Controls children using the crossing to assure that they conform to traffic regulations
• Takes appropriate action with children who fail to cooperate and reports such action to the immediate supervisor
• Performs related work as required

• Six (6) months full-time paid public contact experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Must have ability to react quickly to moving vehicles and situations involving the safety of school children, to give clear hand signals, and ability to roll traffic signs into position and remove them negotiating curbs when necessary
• Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through the use of the telephone and personal contact
• No significant moving, climbing, carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, reaching, handling, or sitting
• Significant standing and walking

For all positions:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, coworkers, the press the general public and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability, political affiliation, gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Ability to serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of all city ethics and conflicts of interest policies. Strong understanding of ethical behavior is required.
• Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Performs related work as required
• Reports to work as directed during an emergency as an essential employee of the City of Miami Beach

For all technical, professional, supervisory and managerial positions:

• Ability to develop innovative and creative solutions to issues consistent with the City's strategic plan.

Applicants must detail any related work experience on the application or risk disqualification. It is the applicant's responsibility to update their NEOGOV profile with work experience, education, certifications and personal contact information when submitting each application, failure to do so will result in ineligibility. City of Miami Beach employees must reflect their current position and detail their work experience on the application to avoid being disqualified.

Veterans Preference: Veterans Preference is awarded in accordance with Florida State Statute 295.07. If veteran's preference is being claimed, it must be indicated on the application form and proper documentation, including all forms DD-214 (either Member 2 or Member 4), as well as the final Department of Defense Disability Letter (dated within one year) must be submitted with the application.