Recreation Specialist

Salary: $17.82 - $25.47 Hourly
Location : Grand Prairie, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2023-00449
Department: Parks, Arts & Recreation
Division: Tony Shotwell Life Center
Opening Date: 12/11/2023
Closing Date: 12/29/2023 5:00 PM Central
Job Summary
Are you passionate about creating vibrant and inclusive community spaces? Do you thrive on organizing dynamic activities that bring people together? If so, we want you on our team as a Recreation Specialist at Tony Shotwell Recreation Center!
Bring your creativity to life by developing and implementing a diverse range of specialized activities that cater to the interests and needs of our community. The purpose of this position is to assist in the operation of the City's recreation centers. This is accomplished by developing and implementing specialized activities; performing a variety of office-related functions, registration fees, activity reports and related records and organizing and scheduling activities in assigned areas of responsibility. Other duties include creating event publicity through flyers and news releases; assisting in opening, closing and operating the center; implementing programs and interacting with other City employees and the general public.
Essential Job Functions

• Plans, organizes and implements programs and athletic activities by teaching arts and craft classes; teaching toddler classes; monitoring a creative jewelry class and constructing men, women and youth basketball teams.
  
• Assists in supervision of the facility by maintaining a safe environment for the public; supervising part-time and seasonal instructors in programs, leagues, or classes and communicating with youth participants' parents.
  
• Performs office duties by maintaining report program worksheets daily; developing flyers, profit and loss reports; scheduling work hours for part-time employees; assisting in overseeing programs and reservation scheduling; inputting data into the computer; stuffing and preparing envelopes for mailing and filing.
  
• Leads exercise classes by setting up the room; ensuring that all necessary equipment is provided (tape player, weights, mats, etc) and leading the classes in the exercises.
  
• Organizes field trips by creating itineraries; contacting vendors for transportation, restaurants and tickets for events; coordinating the field trip dates to ensure that they don't overlap with recreational center activities; hosting the seniors' trips; working with the bus driver to assure that the seniors will have an enjoyable trip; helping with luggage; assisting seniors on and off the bus and in and out of buildings.
  
• Promotes public relations by speaking to schools, groups, organizations, parents, members and participants about programs and the needs of the community.

Minimum Qualifications

• Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  
• One year of related experience
  
• CPR - First Aid, Valid Texas Class C Driver's License
  
• Ability to recognize meaning of common two- or three-syllable words. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  
• Ability to perform the four basic arithmetic operations. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  
• Ability to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  
• The employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results with some discretion when making selections among a few, easily identifiable choices. Assignment is reviewed upon completion.
  
• Work requires the occasional direction of helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, volunteers or temporary employees.
  
• Work involves choices of action within limits set by standard practices and procedures. Professional judgment is required to apply the proper course of action.
  
• Discussion Very Frequent: More than 51% of work time.

The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide.
01
What is the highest level of Education obtained?

• Some high school, no diploma or GED
• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College, no degree
• Technical or Trade School (Did not complete)
• Technical or Trade School (Completed)
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate Degree

02
Do you have experience working in a recreation environment?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year
• 1 year less than 2 years
• 2 years less than 3 years
• 3 years to less than 4 years
• 4 years to less than 5 years
• Over 5 years

03
Do you possess a CPR/AED certification?

• Yes
• No
• In the process

04
Do you possess a First Aid certification?

• Yes
• No
• In the process

Required Question