What are the responsibilities and job description for the Parks Specialist position at City of Avondale, AZ?
Job Description
A career with Avondale parks means working on a team dedicated to Making Lives Better by providing dynamic services and spaces to learn, play, and connect. This position will assist in maintaining public parks and recreational areas, ensuring they remain clean, safe, and enjoyable for visitors. Assist the Parks Maintenance Lead with routine facility and park maintenance, opening/closing custodial duties, field preparations, customer service to park visitors, and completing reports. This position is an outdoor job where you will perform field work in city parks or other remote nature-based recreational settings.
This is a non-benefit, part-time position. Incumbents are expected to work over 24 hours per week for at least 20 weeks in a fiscal year to maintain membership in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Requires availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Essential Functions
Provide front-line customer service to park visitors, and event and sports participants. Assist in special events, park rentals, programs, and activities, as requested.
Provide general park clean-up of grounds and facilities including, but not limited to, picking up trash, stocking restrooms, dugouts, and parking lots utilizing various manually operated tools and equipment.
Perform routine field and park preparation and maintenance including, but not limited to, setting up fields, lining and dragging, installing bases & setting up goals. Assist Parks Maintenance Lead with sports turf maintenance and irrigation.
Perform general custodial and maintenance of park shelters, restrooms, park facilities, and buildings to ensure safe and orderly operations.
Enforce Park regulations, reservations, and ordinances; provide timely, and professional customer service, and promote park and trail safety.
Trim shrubbery and grass around walkways, sidewalks, and buildings as assigned. Sweep walkways and sidewalks with broom or blower as assigned or scheduled.
Complete and file accident and incident reports, daily reports, and report issues as required by the department.
Perform on-site inspections and evaluations to ensure compliance with department and City safety policies and procedures. Follow opening and closing procedures for parks, buildings, and facilities.
Minimum Qualifications
High School diploma or equivalency. A combination of education and experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work may qualify.
One year (1) of groundskeeping or customer service experience in a related field.
Requires valid Arizona Driver's License. Must be able to obtain First Aid/CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
Supplemental Information
Must be able to read work orders and implement repairs. Work requires the ability to read schedules, field dimension layouts, basic facility plans, and correspondence (i.e. e-mails) from the recreation office.
Work requires the ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and percentages.
Work requires the ability to write simple instructions and guides.
Must be able to work with citizens or participants in accordance with recreation policies and procedures. Within this job, the employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving detailed instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results. These detailed instructions normally allow little room for deviation. The immediate supervisor may, at times, provide close and constant review while work is underway and when the assignment is completed. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
A career with Avondale parks means working on a team dedicated to Making Lives Better by providing dynamic services and spaces to learn, play, and connect. This position will assist in maintaining public parks and recreational areas, ensuring they remain clean, safe, and enjoyable for visitors. Assist the Parks Maintenance Lead with routine facility and park maintenance, opening/closing custodial duties, field preparations, customer service to park visitors, and completing reports. This position is an outdoor job where you will perform field work in city parks or other remote nature-based recreational settings.
This is a non-benefit, part-time position. Incumbents are expected to work over 24 hours per week for at least 20 weeks in a fiscal year to maintain membership in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Requires availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Essential Functions
Provide front-line customer service to park visitors, and event and sports participants. Assist in special events, park rentals, programs, and activities, as requested.
Provide general park clean-up of grounds and facilities including, but not limited to, picking up trash, stocking restrooms, dugouts, and parking lots utilizing various manually operated tools and equipment.
Perform routine field and park preparation and maintenance including, but not limited to, setting up fields, lining and dragging, installing bases & setting up goals. Assist Parks Maintenance Lead with sports turf maintenance and irrigation.
Perform general custodial and maintenance of park shelters, restrooms, park facilities, and buildings to ensure safe and orderly operations.
Enforce Park regulations, reservations, and ordinances; provide timely, and professional customer service, and promote park and trail safety.
Trim shrubbery and grass around walkways, sidewalks, and buildings as assigned. Sweep walkways and sidewalks with broom or blower as assigned or scheduled.
Complete and file accident and incident reports, daily reports, and report issues as required by the department.
Perform on-site inspections and evaluations to ensure compliance with department and City safety policies and procedures. Follow opening and closing procedures for parks, buildings, and facilities.
Minimum Qualifications
High School diploma or equivalency. A combination of education and experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work may qualify.
One year (1) of groundskeeping or customer service experience in a related field.
Requires valid Arizona Driver's License. Must be able to obtain First Aid/CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
Supplemental Information
Must be able to read work orders and implement repairs. Work requires the ability to read schedules, field dimension layouts, basic facility plans, and correspondence (i.e. e-mails) from the recreation office.
Work requires the ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and percentages.
Work requires the ability to write simple instructions and guides.
Must be able to work with citizens or participants in accordance with recreation policies and procedures. Within this job, the employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving detailed instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results. These detailed instructions normally allow little room for deviation. The immediate supervisor may, at times, provide close and constant review while work is underway and when the assignment is completed. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
