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SalaryRecreation Leader - Seasonal Specialty Camp
Parks & Recreation
Seasonal, Non-Exempt
Pay Range: $16.22/hr -$21.11/hr DOQ
Under direct supervision of the Youth and Family Supervisor assist with the organization and direction of various City recreational activities and events. The employee is always in direct physical supervision of all activities that they are assigned which demands a certain degree of independence. Work is performed within the framework of pre-established lesson plans and activity guidelines.
Essential Duties:
- Provides assistance in the direction and development of recreational activities such as sports, games, dancing, arts and crafts, nature activities and music.
- Develops activities that are in conjunction with the scheduled activities but not posted on the pre-established lesson plans.
- Participate as well as assist with the various techniques, rules and regulations of team and individual sports, games and other activities.
- Maintains order, discipline and safety.
- Maintains self-control at the same time displaying appropriate sportsmanship behaviors to all youth.
- Ensures the health, safety, and well-being of children in the program by providing close supervision of all activities for students.
- Works cooperatively with camp staff and counselors.
- Assist in the planning and implementation of a daily program which will meet the needs of the children in attendance; set up program, project, and activity areas as needed.
- Collaborate and assist in designing and implementing activities and assignments to encourage attendee's intellectual, creative, artistic, and athletic enrichment and abilities, and activities.
- Interact with children in an effort to build self-esteem and form a comfort level with their peers; answer student questions, provide proper examples, emotional support, a friendly attitude, and general guidance.
- Form positive relationships with youth and families.
- Lead, organize and participates in cleaning and maintaining the facilities and equipment
- Maintains accurate program documentation such as incident/accident reports, attendance, and sign-in/sign-out sheets.
- Maintains self-control at the same time displaying appropriate sportsmanship behaviors to all youth.
- Attend all camp related trainings.
- Lead campers and staff on Specialty Camp field trips. Must be able to participate in all activities.
- Operations and main contact for parents/staff for the camp program.
- 35 to 40 hour work weeks (during the summer) and directly responsible for one of the summer camps.
- Assist with maintaining proper ratios of staff to children while operating programs.
- Nurture children by designing lesson plans that include purposeful programming that develops social-emotional skills, fosters achievement, supports academic growth and provides enrichment.
- Create daily schedule of instructional activities for staff to follow.
- Assist in ensuring the safety and maintenance of high quality facilities, grounds, and equipment including keeping supplies organized, maintain and clean facility and care for equipment.
- At the discretion of FT Recreation staff arranging for coordination of a range of program services and activities such as field trips, program specific activities, guest speakers, field trips, etc.
- Performs other job functions as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Two years’ experience in the development and implementation of recreation programs.
- Some college preferred with concentration in education, child development, or similar field of study.
- Must have experience working with children.
- Availability to work camp hours.
- Full Summer availability.
- Valid Florida Driver’s License required.
- Complete the required National Incident Management System (NIMS) training within 6 months of completion of probationary.
A comprehensive job description is available upon request.
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. E-Verify Works for Everyone For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS.
The City of Mount Dora is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Mount Dora will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Mount Dora is a drug-free, smoke-free, EOE.
