Recreational Specialist
Location: Bronx, NY, United States
Job Type: part-time
Date Posted:
Salary Range: 18.00 - 20.00 USD Hourly
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Description
Summary:
The Recreation Specialist is responsible for helping participants grow athletically and maintain healthy lifestyles through recreational activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining the sports and recreation components of the Cornerstone program.
- Creating an intra-mural sports curriculum for the Teen and Afterschool program.
- Collecting participants’ report cards and monitoring educational progress.
- Organizing activities related to sports and recreation.
- Organizing annual tournaments and sports clinics and participating in local and citywide tournaments.
- Recruitment of participants
- Organize all sports and recreational activities.
- Escort participants to sports-related events.
- Supervise all sports and recreational-related activities.
- Participate in all staff meetings.
- Assist in maintaining participant files in order.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
This is a part-time position. Work hours are 6 pm to 10 pm Monday through Friday and 10 am to 5 pm on Saturdays.
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 hourly
Qualifications
Education and/or experience required:
- High School Diploma or GED; working towards or possessing an AA or BA degree a plus.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Submit background checks in compliance with DOE, DYCD, DOH, and SACC regulations.
- Strong knowledge of sports and recreation, with a minimum of one year of experience in organizing tournaments and working with youth.
Skills, Licenses, and/or competencies required:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Working conditions and physical demands required:
The demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Ability and patience to work with children and young people, recognizing their exuberance and juvenile behavior, particularly in group settings.
- Ability to physically demonstrate athletic moves and techniques to participants
- Move for long periods, providing instruction.
- Travel when taking field trips, using public transportation, traversing city streets, ascending/descending stairs, and being exposed to outside weather conditions while escorting youth.
Catholic Charities and Catholic Charities Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
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