Salary: $16.77 - $23.15 HourlyLocation : City of St. Cloud, FLJob Type: PART-TIMEDepartment: PARKS AND RECREATIONDivision: RECREATIONOpening Date: 11/22/2024Closing Date: ContinuousFLSA: Non-ExemptDescription Join Our Team as a Recreation Camp Leader!Are you passionate about creating memorable experiences for our community? The City of St. Cloud is looking for a dynamic and dedicated Recreation Camp Leader to join our team. In this part-time role, you'll play an essential part in organizing and supervising recreational events and programs across various sites while ensuring safety, security, and site maintenance.As a Recreation Camp Leader, you'll embody our city's core values:Accountability: Take pride in delivering well-organized and engaging programs that meet the needs of our community.Empowerment: Inspire participants and coworkers by fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can thrive.Innovation: Bring fresh ideas to the table and find creative solutions to enhance recreational programs and activities.Ownership: Take initiative and responsibility in ensuring our events and facilities run smoothly and leave a positive impact on all who attend.If you're ready to make a difference in your community while growing your leadership skills, we'd love to have you on our team. Work hours vary. Apply today to be part of something meaningful! Duties and Responsibilities The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.
- Performs responsible professional work in the operation and supervision of recreation programs and activities, rentals and events suited to the needs of the participants, to include arts and crafts, drama, sports, music and social recreation activities.
- Maintains indoor and outdoor recreation sites through maintenance, including equipment set-up and takedown, equipment delivery, and cleaning.
- Supervises programs by assisting instructors, providing directions and information to visitors, collecting program fees, distributing printed and verbal program information, offering guidance and instructions to program participants, and providing safety information and instructions.
- Enforces safety and maintains order and discipline. Ensures that facility use is in accordance with rules and regulations.
- Performs custodial work, such as emptying trashcans, cleaning rest rooms and picking up trash around the immediate facility.
- Monitors exterior and interior lighting and reports needed repairs for replacements following established procedures.
- Ensuring facility is open and closed.
- Communicating with Program participants about schedules, calendars of events and upcoming events and programs.
- Ensure program run smoothly and rooms are set up and broken down after each activity.
- Required to work emergency call-outs and mandatory overtime; requires evening and weekend work.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Requires High School graduation or GED equivalentMust possess and maintain a valid Florida State Driver's License with an acceptable driving history.Certification in First Aid and CPR or ability to successfully obtain within 6 months of employment. Must maintain First Aid and CPR certifications for duration of employment. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Physical Requirements:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain stationary; reach with hands and arms and communicate. The employee is occasionally required to move; remain stationary; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; ascend and descent or balance; position self to crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Mathematics:Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Language Ability:Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situation to customers, clients and other employees of the organization. Ability to conduct oneself in professional manner. Skill Requirement:Skills working with people of all ages and securing their adherence to rules, regulations and safe work practices. Reasoning:Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instruction furnished in writing, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Work Environment:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions (heat and cold). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. An Equal Opportunity EmployerThe City of St. Cloud is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in all of its employment practices based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran or family status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by applicable state or federal laws. The City participates in employment eligibility verifications through E-verify. Veteran's preference is given in accordance with Florida Law.City of St. Cloud Benefits PackageWe believe our City employees to be our most valuable asset. To attract and retain those employees, we offer a competitive wages and benefits package including on-the-job training, seminars, and performance appraisals.We invite you to look at the benefits the City of St. Cloud has to offer. We think you will find that the rewards of the job are equal to the challenge.All of our Full-time regular employees are eligible for the , which includes:
- On-Site Employee Health Care Center - free for employees and their dependents on the health insurance plan
- Paid Vacation
- Sick Leave (Ability to roll over from year to year)
- 11 Paid Holidays for General Employees and Police Officers- The Fire department employees can earn up to 156 holiday hours per fiscal year (prorated from the employee's start date).
- One (1) Floating Holiday for General Employees and two (2) for Police Officers.
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Awards Programs
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Discounted Automobile Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Account
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Holiday Bonus - subject to City Council approval
- Indianapolis Plan (Police Officers)
- Life and Accidental Death (One-time annual salary paid by City)
- Long Term Disability Coverage (paid by City)
- Management Leave
- Sick Leave Bank available for all employees - for Fire Union sick leave bank information, see
(PDF)01 Which best describes your level of education?
- No High School Equivalency
- High School Diploma or Equivalency
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
02 If you do not have the CPR/First Aid Certification, are you able to obtain within 180 days of employment?
03 Do you have a valid Florida Driver's License?
Required Question