Job Summary: The purpose of this job is to perform a variety of duties associated with creating and providing support to the Parks and Recreation Department to include but not limited to recreational programming, camps, and special events. Applicant will be responsible for coordinating special events and programs with affiliated partners and will seek out new opportunities for partnerships and enhance the city's recreational offerings. This position is for up to 28 hours per week. The primary focus for the position is that of recreational programming, facility monitoring, and staff support. Weekends, holidays, and nights are required.

Job Duties:

• Assists with planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating all recreation activities, programs, and events as well as educational and instructional activities.
• Prioritizes job tasks and completes them within specified time frames meeting strict deadlines.
• Provides support with events with securing community involvement, handles logistical aspects of event and program setup, breakdown, and implementation.
• Provides feedback to supervisors on measures that can improve programs/events, increase participation, increase awareness, and to provide overall well-rounded activities.
• Can assist in the development of new activities, is able to provide innovative ideas to broaden program offerings and is able to foresee potential problems before they occur.
• Incumbents are available to attend meetings, event follow-ups/evaluations, brainstorm activities, and generate direction for future happenings.
• Required to monitor, attend, staff any recreation program including rentals, events, Splash Pad, and other as needed.
• Works independently and oversees activities at designated locations such as parks, school facilities, and other public facilities. Includes set up and take down at facilities and areas for special events; verifying rental permits and enforces rental regulations at facility rentals.
• Enforces city policies, procedures and park rules for non-profits, instructors, volunteers, and contracted facility renters as well as enforcement of all safety procedures.
• Maintains an effective working relationship with all city personnel, affiliated partners, state agencies, teams, league officials and instructors.
• Works with city staff members and departments to promote, market and publicize activities, events, and programs.
• Ensures adherence to all Local, State and Federal Regulations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• High school education or GED equivalent.
• Work experience in recreation programming, supervisor, customer service and special events preferred.
• Must have a valid Georgia driver's license with a good driving history.
• Must be able to work flexible hours to include evenings, weekend, and holidays.
• CPR/First Aid certified preferred.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell.
The employee must dress in compliance with City dress code and appropriately for weather conditions.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works inside and outside; the employee frequently works near noise and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee must be able to traverse the public parks.

Background screenings are conducted prior to employment.

City of Villa Rica does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, veteran status, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).

Due to a high volume of applications received, we are unable to contact each applicant individually.