The purpose of this position is to oversee operations of the playground site and provide a safe environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees operations by communicating with parents, campers, and staff, completing weekly activity sheets, and communicating and documenting infractions of campers. Provides leadership for staff by communicating rules, policies, and procedures, attending weekly staff meetings and reporting discussions to Playground Leaders, and coordinating staff time off requests.
• Maintains safety by attending safety training, providing constant supervision of campers, working with lifeguard to ensure pool safety, reporting any hazards to supervisors, and completing accident/injury report as needed.
• Provides programs by planning activities, submitting weekly activity sheets and requests, and coordinating with vendors as needed.

Supplemental Functions: Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Basic safety and medical principles; Leadership principles and practices
• Developmentally appropriate activities for children
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations. Skills in Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating activities
• Working with children
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Preferred Licensing and Certifications:

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification; First Aid Certification
• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License.
  

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class typically require: Balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Incumbents may be subjected to inside and outside environmental conditions.

The ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Please be sure to complete the application in full. Resumes may be uploaded with your application but will not be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application and will not be considered for qualifying credit.  "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted.

If multiple applications are submitted to an individual position, only the most recent application received prior to the posting closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on the closing date.

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.