Temp El Centro Staff

City of Pueblo - Police Department; Pueblo County (CO); On-site; USD 1,477,000 - 2,104,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PERA pension

Paid sick leave

Benefits package

Job summary

The City of Pueblo is seeking a part-time recreation staff member to support El Centro program activities, engage participants, and ensure a fun, structured environment. The role involves enforcing rules, maintaining attendance records, and providing information on facilities and programs.

Flexibility is required to cover mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Prior youth-focused experience is preferred; First Aid/CPR certification must be obtained within six months of employment.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 16 years of age by the date of hire.
• Previous experience working with teens/youth is preferred.
• First Aid and CPR certification must be obtained within six months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitation of activities, events, and programs for all attendees.
• Provides information concerning the facility and programs to the public.
• Ensure accurate attendance records are kept current.
• Enforces facility and departmental rules and regulations.
• Establish a positive rapport with all participants.
• Attend all staff meetings and training sessions, including any state-mandated courses.

Skills

Program coordination

Youth programming

Customer service

Flexible scheduling

Communication

Tools

POS system

Office equipment

Job description

Descriptive Statement

This is a non-exempt, part-time position, limited to 1300 hours annually, under supervision of the Recreation Supervisor and/or Coordinator. El Centro staff is responsible for participants in the program area and the preparation/planning and implementation at the site as assigned to include, but not limited to enforcing rules and regulations while engaging and interacting with the participants and public and creating a fun structured environment.

Descriptive Statement

This is a non-exempt, part-time position, limited to 1300 hours annually, under supervision of the Recreation Supervisor and/or Coordinator. El Centro staff is responsible for participants in the program area and the preparation/planning and implementation at the site as assigned to include, but not limited to enforcing rules and regulations while engaging and interacting with the participants and public and creating a fun structured environment. This job description is an overview and is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It’s not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the functions and tasks required of the position.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitation of activities, events, and programs for all attendees.
• Provides information concerning the facility and programs to the public.
• Ensure accurate attendance records are kept current.
• Enforces facility and departmental rules and regulations.
• Establish a positive rapport with all participants.
• Attend all staff meetings and training sessions, including any state-mandated courses.

Important Functions

• Operates Point of Sale system (POS) to collect fees for onsite concessions.
• Responsible for maintaining equipment and supplies.
• Maintains cleanliness of equipment and facilities.
• May perform the duties of similar classifications of an equal or lower pay grade.

Physical Requirements

The physical standards an employee must meet in order to perform the essential job duties with or without a reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to:

• Must have the ability to lift and move files and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without accommodation.
• The incumbent must be able to hear all communication from customers and employees by telephone or in person, and use vision to work with written documents, forms, and to respond to employees and customers.
• Frequently performs activities requiring a full range of body movements including sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, crawling, twisting, and balancing.
• Frequently stands and walks for prolonged periods of time to observe for safety hazards and perform daily functions.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of operations, services and activities of an assigned program area.
• Knowledge of recreation and youth/teen programming.
• Possess basic math skills.
• Must be willing and able to work a flexible schedule which may include mornings, nights, weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to oversee, coordinate, and implement programs in assigned area.
• Ability to implement goals and objectives for providing services.
• Ability to provide directions to program participants.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend programs that meet community needs.
• Ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations in assigned program areas.
• Ability to ensure program compliance with mandated City policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and written.
• Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment including computers.
• Ability to work successfully with and provide good customer service to supervisors, other City employees, the public and other agencies and organizations.
• Ability to perform all the job duties in a safe manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be at least 16 years of age by the date of hire.
• Previous experience working with teens/youth is preferred.

Special Conditions Of Employment

First Aid and CPR certification must be obtained within six months of employment. All required licenses and certifications must be maintained throughout the term of employment. Failure to obtain and maintain the licenses and certifications may result in demotion or termination. Work is mostly performed in an indoor environment with some outdoor activities. This position may be exposed to noise, moving parts, dangerous chemicals, extreme temperatures. Work involves frequent interruptions and a high volume of work, and a sometimes noisy setting. Due to Federal and State Criminal Justice System access requirements, classifications that access and maintain criminal justice information may also be required, as a condition of employment, to not have been convicted of and/or have pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor crime that would deny or otherwise restrict access to criminal justice information. This requirement applies to all existing City employees as well as external candidates seeking to fill positions that meet the given criteria.

Benefits

The City of Pueblo offers a very rich benefits packet! Click on the “Benefits” hyperlink at the top of this (online) job posting to view a summary of the benefits associated with this position. For a more comprehensive view on the lush benefits offered by the City, please go to www.pueblo.us/benefits.

Benefits Package For Temporary/Seasonal Positions

Because of its reduced schedule, temporary and seasonal employment with the City gives you the time to maintain a quality work/life balance and offers the following benefits:

As a PERA member you contribute a percentage of every check to PERA in exchange for a lifetime defined benefit, or pension.

City of Pueblo Temporary and Seasonal Employee Sick Leave Benefits

Beginning January 1, 2021, all employers in Colorado are required to provide paid sick leave to employees under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act ("HFWA"). Said leave is accrued at one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 48 hours. Per the Act, leave may be used for any of the following reasons:

• The employee has a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; needs a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment related to such illness, injury, or condition; or needs to obtain preventive medical care.
• The employee needs to care for a family member who has a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; needs a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment related to such illness, injury, or condition; or needs to obtain preventive medical care.
• The employee or family member has been the victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or harassment and needs to be absent from work for purposes related to such crime; or
• A public official has ordered the closure of the school or place of care of the employee's child or of the employee's place of business due to a public health emergency, necessitating the employee's absence from work.

Consistent with the HWFA, part-time temporary and seasonal employees of the City shall not carry forward more than forty-eight (48) hours of unused sick leave from one year to the next. Pueblo Municipal Code 6-6-5.5, 6-6-5 and 6-6-6. City employment as a temporary or seasonal employee means that the most you can expect to work is 1300 hours in a calendar year. Depending on the work schedule required by the hiring department, this means more time to spend with your family and/or doing other activities.