Inspire, Create, PLAY… and get paid! 

Center Aide – Hargraves Community Center 

PAY: $15.85 per hour

What We’re Looking for

Energetic, enthusiastic, and creative individuals to join a thriving and diverse team that is committed to excellence and FUN! 

What You’ll Do At Work

Engage!Welcome the community into our spaces. Answer phone calls and respond to emails. Provide departmental and Town information. Monitor facilities and enforce policies and procedures. 

Be a Leader.Open and/or close recreation and aquatic facilities. Utilize recreation software for program and pass registrations, and reporting. Collect money and prepare deposits. 

Communicate.Develop relationships, be empathic, build trust, and display patience. Mediate and resolve conflicts. 

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.Learn, serve, and work together to build a community where people thrive by upholding the Town’s values, RESPONSIBILITY, EQUITY, SAFETY, PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS, COMMUNICATION, and TEAMWORK.

Attend to injuries.Provide first aid. Complete and submit reports. Inventory and restock supplies. Perform C.P.R. and utilize A.E.D.

Learn and Grow.Attend and participate in staff orientation, trainings, and meetings. Develop relationships with co-workers, give and receive feedback, and provide input. 

Support.Set up, break down, and maintain supplies and equipment. Clean and maintain safe and inclusive spaces. Be flexible and adapt to changes; assist and support where needed. 

Where You’ll Work

You’ll be working both indoors and outdoors, at and in recreation centers, parks, playgrounds, trails, and swimming pools. Facilities operate year-round, and you may experience hot or cold temperatures and inclement weather.

When You’ll Work

Year-Round:You’ll work anywhere between 4 and 18 hours per week, Monday-Sundays between the hours of 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. We are looking to fill early morning, late evening and weekend shifts. 

This is a program support position, working no more than 950 hours annually (approximately 18 hours per week). 

What You’ll Take Away from Your Experience Working with Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation 

1. Develop work ethic, empathy, patience, and awareness. 
2. Interpersonal and Leadership skills. 
3. Improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
4. An American Red Cross Adult & Pediatric First Aid, CPR, & AED certification. 
5. Access to Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation facilities: Chapel Hill Community Center, Nate Davis Sr. Gym, and the Homestead Aquatics Center; includes Basketball, Pickleball, Volleyball, Rock Climbing, and Swimming during drop-in hours. 

You Should Apply if You

1. Are 18 years of age or older.
2. Enjoy working with the community.
3. Want to discover new things and work to overcome challenges. 

Preference to those that apply who

1. Have experience working in a customer service role.
2. Speak well enough to effectively communicate with campers and/or their parents in Burmese, Karen, Spanish, and/or Mandarin.

Physical Demands:

Work is typically performed while, standing and sitting. Employee will occasionally lift light and heavy objects.

Work Environment:

Work is performed mostly indoors and occasionally outdoors. The employee may be exposed to noise, infectious and/or contagious diseases, and inclement weather.

Various shifts covering hours of operations from 5:00am-9:00pm 7 days a week.

Special Requirements: