TITLE: Beach Office Staff - 2026

PAY RATE: $16.50/Hour
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation

PREREQUISITES FOR APPLYING:
Preferred 17 years of age
Available to work May 23-September 7, 2026
Basic knowledge of standard money handling procedures and customer service experience preferred.

PERQUISITES FOR EMPLOYMENT:
Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks
Drug and Alcohol screening
Oral Interview
Up to 6 hours of staff training

HOURS: Varies, combination of weekdays and weekends up to 40 hrs/week. Must be able to work a minimum of 3 days a week.

General Task Statement:
Responsible for the sales and operations of the Dempster St. Beach Office, Clark St Beach Office, and Dempster St Beach entrances.

Supervision: Under the direct supervision of the Office Manager and Lakefront Program Coordinator

Essential Function(s) – Task Statements:

• Know and enforce all rules and regulations pertaining to the Evanston Lakefront.
• Process applications for picnic permits, equipment rentals and lessons, beach passes and launch passes.
• Accept payments from customers, such as cash, checks, credit cards, or debit cards in person or over the phone.
• Balance all collected monies at the end of each shift ensuring accuracy.
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to patrons.
• Know current program offerings and events and be able to communicate them to patrons.
• Attend staff meetings & training as scheduled by office manager and outdoor program coordinator.
• Maintain a clean and safe office environment.
• Responsible for care and maintenance of office equipment and storage areas.
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident, batch reports and the like on a timely basis.
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.
• Communicate with Sailing and Aquatic Camp staff regarding rentals, lessons, and camper info.
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Must have the ability to work Memorial Day through Labor Day, including weekends and afternoon/evening shifts once school begins or up until you leave for school.
• Assists with pre- and post-season maintenance-related tasks as assigned.

Specifications: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
Write: Ability to complete daily log sheets, accident reports, incident reports, jump reports, first-aid reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly in order to move objects.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are: Ability to lift, kneel, bend, stand for long periods of time, identify or distinguish colors, and work outdoors at night with limited lighting
Ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions such as rain, high temperatures, and humidity. Work environment includes beaches, recreation centers, multipurpose rooms, swimming pools, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, and office space.
The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions approximately 5% of
the time and outside work 95% of the time with no effective protection from
weather conditions or temperature changes.

Application Procedure:
To apply for this position, please apply online at www.cityofevanston.org on or before the closing date. Chosen candidates will be required to provide proof of licenses, certifications, and education required for this position. Candidates will also be subject to qualifying pre-employment processes drug/alcohol screen, employment verification, and criminal background check.

The City of Evanston is an equal opportunity employer and ensures against discrimination in employment on the basis of a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, source of income, housing status, or gender identity. The City of Evanston is also committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any person needing mobility or communications access assistance should contact Human Resources at 847-448-8204 (voice) or 847-866-5095 (TTY)