Part Time Recreation Aide

Tulsa County • Glenpool, OK

17d • Onsite

About The Position

The Recreation Aide assists with recreational activities for assigned groups at the recreation center under general direction. The role also supports center operations by answering calls, helping with reservations and class enrollment, maintaining cleanliness and supplies, and providing courteous assistance to center staff, instructors, and the public. This is a part-time, safety-sensitive position at the South County Recreation Center. Candidates conditionally offered a transfer, promotion, or initial hire into a safety-sensitive position must pass required drug and alcohol testing before performing safety-sensitive duties. External applicants with a confirmed positive test result will be denied employment and must wait one year before applying for another Tulsa County position.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED equivalent and that the employee be at least 18 years old. No computer skills or certificates, licenses, or registrations are required. The role has no supervisory responsibilities. Physical demands include regular talking or hearing; frequent walking, handling objects, reaching, and tasting or smelling; and occasional standing, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting or moving up to 50 pounds. The work environment involves frequent exposure to outside weather and extreme heat, with occasional exposure to wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and electrical-shock risk. Noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

• Knowledge of center programs.
• Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public.
• Ability to work independently after receiving instructions.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and number series.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts including discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, and apply basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to use common-sense understanding to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to meet the described physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting recreational activities with assigned groups at the recreation center.
• Answer incoming phone calls and assist with reservations and participant enrollment in classes.
• Maintain center cleanliness, including sweeping, mopping, dusting, and cleaning restrooms.
• Stock restrooms and other areas.
• Maintain good working relationships with center staff and outside instructors by being courteous, helpful, and available when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED