Recreation Specialist- Riverside

The City of Fort Myers strives to be an employer of choice and most of our employees turn jobs into long term careers. The salary shown in the job description is the full range for this position from entry to later career.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Safety Sensitive : YES Level II Screening : YES

Under the general direction of the designated supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing clerical support for programming and activities, greeting patrons, answering multi-line phone, assisting in administration, scheduling, and operation. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to providing direction to staff, assisting with recreational program implementation and reporting, planning special events, providing instruction to participants, cash handling and daily reporting, excellent communication skills, miscellaneous daily paperwork, general clean up and custodial duties.

Directs non-supervisory employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Citys policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include planning, assigning, and directing work, addressing complaints and resolving problems

Responsibilities and Reporting During an Emergency Situation :

Essential Employees may be required to work during a declared emergency. Depending on the nature of the emergency, this may require working around the clock for several days on short notice.

Non-Essential Employees will not be required to work during a declared emergency. The employees Department Head will determine when the employee will be required to work.

• Assist with planning and managing front desk, Registration Processes and Event Rentals, including, but not limited to Afterschool Program, recreation classes, Summer Camp, private facility rentals, Special Events or community Outreach.
• Assist with program marketing material, provide reports for attendance and/or roster information.
• Provide information and instruction to clients with respect to buildings, facilities, and programs.
• Responsible for security and closing building.
• Responsible for cash handling
• Provide instruction for recreational and/or athletic activity.
• Perform custodial duties, as needed.
• Lifts, moves and arranges furniture items.
• Required to operate a motor vehicle in performance of assigned tasks.
• This position requires regular and reliable attendance and the employees physical presence at the workplace.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Skilled to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Skill to make sound judgment.
• Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Ability to operate necessary equipment including but not limited to, computer, telephone sporting equipment, and copier.
• Ability to lift and rescue swimmers who are in need of assistance.(STARS)
• Ability to work in heat, humidity, wetness, and noise, fumes and odors

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two (2) years of experience in a related field; and/or training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Mandatory Drug/Alcohol Testing required.
• Must obtain CPR, AED and First Aid Training Certification within twelve months of hire date.
• When assigned to working with Youth, must meet the Department of Children and Families (DCF) requirements and inspections.

This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed.

• Balancing maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.

• Climbing ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.

• Crawling moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.

• Crouching bending body forward by bending leg, spine.

• Feeling perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.

• Fingering picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.

• Grasping applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.

• Handling picking, holding, or working with whole hand.

• Hearing 1 perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.

• Pushing use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.

• Reaching extending hands or arms in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.

• Speaking expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.

• Standing for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word

• Talking 2 shouting to be heard above ambient noise.

• Hearing 2 receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.

• Kneeling bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.

• Lifting raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.

• Mental Acuity ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.

• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.

• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.

• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.

• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

Work performed is primarily:

• Light work : Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Frequently have exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures, wetness, humidity, toxic or caustic chemicals, noise, dust, wind, and sun.
• Contact with internal and external customers, vendors, outside agencies and the general public.
• May be required to work hours other than the regular schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description .