RECREATION ATTENDANT - Cape Hatteras/Outer Banks KOA 2027
About The Position
The Recreation Attendant assists the Recreation Lead in planning, organizing, executing, and leading campground recreation activities, including arts and crafts, games, sports, dramatics, music, social activities, hobbies, and themed weekends. This highly visible, customer-centric role requires strong interpersonal and customer service skills. The attendant helps prepare and deliver events, supports guest participation across age ranges and skill levels, maintains recreation equipment and facilities, and helps ensure activities are safe, clean, and enjoyable. The role may involve work indoors and outdoors in varying weather, and may include driving a motorized vehicle.
Requirements
- Hear and converse in English.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to manage conflict.
- Basic working knowledge of recreational activities.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Motivated, goal-oriented, and results-driven.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Valid driver's license.
- Able to regularly lift and carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or carry 25 pounds or more with assistance.
- Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb, push, pull, reach overhead, and move safely over uneven terrain.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions and to stand, bend, sit, lift, and walk.
- Ability to use required personal protective equipment where necessary.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate event preparations from start to finish.
- Assist in creating a detailed events calendar that supports the campground and guests of all age ranges.
- Create supply lists and provide them to the Recreation Lead as needed.
- Take pictures of activities and obtain required photo-release documentation for people in the photos.
- Prepare engaging social media posts in coordination with the marketing department.
- Coordinate and prepare food and beverage items, equipment, awards, and entertainment for events as needed.
- Maintain and clean recreation equipment and facilities.
- Welcome new arrivals to activities, introduce them to other participants, explain rules, and encourage participation.
- Explain activity rules and instruct participants with varying skill levels.
- Enforce safety rules to prevent injury.
- Modify activities to suit the needs of specific groups.
- Administer basic first aid when needed and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.
- Clean, set up, and break down equipment used in daily recreational activities.
- Maintain professionalism, customer service, quality, and cleanliness while promoting a fun atmosphere.
- Maintain health standards and help ensure a safe and secure environment for guests and team members.
- Perform other duties, responsibilities, or activities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
