CAMP COUNSELOR (TEMPORARY/PART-TIME) PARKS 2025

Salary : $11.00 - $13.00 Hourly

Location : Fayetteville, AR

Job Type : Part Time

Job Number : 02737

Department : PARKS & RECREATION (520)

Opening Date : 01 / 29 / 2025

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

Essential Job Duties

Safety / Security Sensitive Designation :

This is a safety / security sensitive position for purposes of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment.

• Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of his or her own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
• Responsible for supervising and instructing participants in the Parks & Recreation Summer Camps in a safe and friendly environment.
• Report to work promptly as scheduled with proper attire, and be ready to supervise camp participants thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of camp.
• Assist in organizing and implementing activities for camp participants.
• Monitor camp participants at all times.
• Assist with the set-up and tear-down of all camp related activities.
• Instruct and lead participants through daily activities
• Be alert, professional, courteous and always tactful.
• Respond to any injured participant with proper first aid care and complete paperwork regarding accidents.
• Interact with and supervise campers in a manner which protects their health and well-being.
• Attend staff and training sessions as required.

Secondary Job Duties

Minimum Qualifications

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Temporary Part Time Employee as defined by City's Work Status policy. Not eligible for any benefits or accruals of paid leave.

This position requires competency in one or all of the following activities : : Tennis, Pickleball, Soccer, Theatre, Swimming, Archery, Kayaking, Fishing, Disc Golf, and Mountain Biking. Do you meet this requirement?

Please describe your experience and competency levels in the above activities :

This position requires the applicant to have extensive experience in working with children.Do you meet this requirement?

Please describe any experience you have in working with children.

This position requires the applicant to have exceptional problem solving skills.Please describe examples of your problem solving skills, in work related or other environments :

This position requires the applicant to have the ability and interest in learning new teaching techniques and child management skills.Do you meet this requirement?

Please describe any experience you have in teaching or training others, especially children :

This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a criminal background check including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses, offenses against children, and any offense that would qualify to prevent a person from obtain an Arkansas teaching certificate (A.C.A. 6-17-410).Would you be able to meet this requirement?

This position requires the applicant to possess or be able to obtain CPR and First Aid Certification prior to beginning of camps. (If necessary, Parks Department will provide training for certification upon hire.)Do you meet this requirement?

Please explain whether you currently possess any valid CPR and / or First Aid Certifications :

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Do you meet these requirements?

Have you read and understood the job duties and minimum requirements for this position?

Please describe any special skills, talents, experience, or other attributes which qualify you for this particular position :

Required Question

Salary : $11 - $13