Recreation Specialist

Human Learning Systems•Shreveport, LA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Recreation Specialist supports a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps contractor at the Shreveport Job Corps Center. Job Corps is a federally funded residential training program serving eligible youth ages 16–24 with career-ready technical and academic training and job-placement assistance. The Recreation Specialist monitors and directs students participating in center-sponsored recreational activities in accordance with Department of Labor, company, and center directives. The role plans, implements, and coordinates recreational programming, supports students’ adjustment to center life, and promotes safety, positive social skills, independent living, continuing education, teamwork, and Career Success Standards. The specialist supervises and participates in sports, fitness, games, special events, and other leisure activities; provides training and student progress evaluations; and maintains recreation facilities, equipment, and records.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or two to four years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid state driver’s license.
CPR and First Aid certifications.
Use specified personal protective equipment when participating in sports and fitness activities.

Responsibilities

Supervise, mentor, and support students as they adjust to center life, including through behavior modification.
Plan, implement, coordinate, and promote a diverse recreation program in accordance with Department of Labor, corporate, and center guidelines.
Organize, lead, instruct, referee, and participate in recreational activities, sports, fitness programs, games, and special events.
Facilitate activities and training that promote independent living, continuing education, good sportsmanship, teamwork, continuous learning, and Career Success Standards.
Chaperone students to recreation functions and conduct and track water safety training as assigned.
Promote safety, model appropriate workplace and leisure-time behavior, intervene in inappropriate behavior, and maintain accountability for students and property.
Maintain a clean, attractive, safe, and well-repaired recreation center; conduct assigned-area inspections, complete work orders in a timely manner, and document information in logs and forms.
Provide Independent Living Program and Career Success Standards training, including individual and group lessons or projects after the training day and on weekends.
Oversee work-based learning and leisure-time students.
Evaluate student progress at least every 60 days and when special evaluations are requested; help students establish SMART goals and plans to meet expectations.
Plan physical education programming and adapt recreation activities to students’ physical capabilities and needs.
Instruct individuals or groups in calisthenics and corrective exercises, determining exercise type, difficulty, corrections, and movements.
Confer with students, staff, and counselors to resolve student problems.
Select, store, order, issue, and inventory physical education and recreation equipment, materials, and supplies.
Assist the supervisor in developing recreation programs and schedules.
Arrange rooms and equipment for scheduled group activities and notify patrons of schedules and registration requirements.
Monitor participants and spectators at sporting events to promote orderly conduct.
Keep attendance records or scores, operate audiovisual equipment, and monitor children during recreational trips or tours.