Summer Sports Camp Counselor (Morehead Recreation Center)

Salary : $15.70 Hourly

Location : High Point, NC 27260

Job Type : Part-time No Benefits

Job Number : 6651

Department : Parks & Recreation Programs

Opening Date : 01 / 21 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

Job Description

Who We Are

At the City of High Point, we celebrate the creator in everyone. Building on our rich cultural history steeped in industrialism and innovation, our employees seek not only to transform themselves, but the world around us. We are collaborators, we are makers, we are visionaries.

We invite you to explore the many opportunities to serve our community, by sharing your talents, skills, and expertise. You'll join a diverse team of over 1300 individuals dedicated not just to making a career, but a difference; because what we create in High Point, changes the world!

The City of High Point is currently seeking Summer Sports Camp Counselors that performs responsible clerical and technical work in a program setting supervising school-age participants; does related work as required. Prefer individuals who have coaching experience or were a former athlete in high school or college.

Work is performed under regular supervision of Recreation Center Supervisor.

Essential Tasks

• Planning and implementing activities, drills, and games for various sports each day.
• Developing and enhancing camper's coordination, cardio, sports skills and knowledge through coaching and one on one instruction.
• Greets parents and children daily upon arrival and ensures authorized party gets children at departure time.
• Prepares camp area for daily operation, placing tables, chairs, equipment and program materials; Transports campers on field trips in a 15 - passenger van.
• Enforces center and camp polices and safety rules and regulations.
• Inspects equipment daily, makes repairs or arranges for repairs.
• Cleans work and program areas as needed during the day and upon conclusion of activity.
• Prepares lists of materials and equipment needed for camp activity and makes requests for same.
• Makes preparation for participants' lunches and snacks.
• Maintains First Aid supplies,
• Assists staff as needed.
• Maintains daily attendance records for all registered program participants.
• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City Safety Standards and Policies.

Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Talking and / or Hearing : (Talking - Expressing or exchanging information by means of spoken word). (Hearing - Perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Both necessary to converse with employees, program participants and the general public in person and by telephone.

Seeing : The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. Recommended guidelines for vision are :

1. Acuity, far - Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Must be able to see the children across an open space and give instructions to them regarding the program activity. Both eyes 20 / 25 - R 20 / 30 - L 20 / 30 corrected

2. Acuity, near - Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Must be able to see program materials, telephone, documents and other paperwork near at hand. Both eyes 20 / 22 corrected

3. Depth Perception - Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are. Must be able to judge distances so as to use both hands in performing different tasks at the same time. Depth Perception - 4

4. Field of Vision - Area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point. Must be able to see wide span to cover surrounding area in order to observe children who are located in the area while attending to one or more children nearby.

5. Accommodation - Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work while glancing away to check another project or see what a child is doing. Must be able to adjust the lens of eye to glance quickly to ensure all is safe and program participants are all right.

Physical Requirements

Light to Medium Work : Exerting negligible amount of force constantly to move objects and papers, to make reports, answer telephone and file. Additional strength required to lift tables, chairs and equipment. Physical demand requirements usually require walking, standing, stooping, bending, stretching and sitting on the ground or floor, however, worker may sit in a chair at times. There is significant use of arms, hands, feet and legs.

Reaching, Handling, and Fingering : (Reaching - Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction). Necessary in reaching for documents, answering telephone, filing and doing activities with the children. (Handling - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingers not involved). Necessary to hold and / or carry equipment, telephone, program materials and children. (Fingering -Picking, pinching, punching or otherwise working with fingers primarily (rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling). Necessary for writing, picking up documents, dialing telephone, etc.

Math

Using Arithmetic : Ability to use arithmetic to add and figure number of program participants and attendants and make reports.

Language

The ability to speak, read and write the English language are required for this position.

Environmental Conditions

Physical Surroundings

The worker is subject to Inside and Outside Environmental Conditions : Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes while inside and generally hot weather when outside. Work includes a variety of activities requiring the employee to be flexible in his / her surroundings.

Hazards

Worker may be subject to poison oak, poison ivy, insects and unlevel terrains. Work is subject to final standards of OSHA on bloodborne pathogens.

Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids

Calculator, stapler, telephone, telephone directory, note pads, pens, pencils, calendar, records, Personnel Resolution, various crafts, games, tables, chairs, video equipment, activity planning books, screw drivers and other assorted hand tools.

Our Commitments

The City of High Point is committed to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which celebrates diversity and seeks to attract and retain the best qualified partners in service to the Citizens of the City of High Point. The City of High Point is an at-will employer and employees may be terminated or may terminate their employment at any time with or without reason for any reason not prohibited by law.

The City of High Point is committed to classifying and compensating its employees fairly and equitably for the work they do, weighed with both the internal capabilities and the external market. While the job description is not intended to and does not create a contract of employment, we are excited to use this "living document" as a guide for managing performance and positions to ensure job descriptions are reflective of the current work required by the incumbent or expected by any candidate to whom an offer of employment is extended.

The City of High Point is committed to providing a safe, comfortable working environment to all employees. To that end, we are proud to comply with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, as well as make reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as we are able in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates selected for employment must undergo (a.) a drug screening, in accordance with the City's drug and alcohol policy and (b.) a background screening to determine whether there is any current, pending, or previous charge, conviction or other infraction deemed incompatible with service in the capacity for which the candidate is being hired. Certain positions are considered so critical to the health and safety of others that a candidate cannot be placed in any of those positions without passing a pre-placement physical exam. Successful results from these conditions will result in an offer of employment.

No Benefits associated with this position.

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Do you have current or previous experience in planning and / or leading basketball activities for elementary or middle school aged children?

Do you have any previous experience in coaching athletics or a sports team?

This position requires a candidate to be available 40 hours per week, with a flexible schedule, Monday through Friday. Are you able to work a flexible schedule all summer?

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