Youth Recreation 3 TEAM Leader- School Year
Bend Park & Recreation DistrictAbout the role
Description
Benefit type: Part time- non benefited
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Have previous experience in childcare or education support or youth camps? Lead a team of youth recreation staff.Bend Park and Recreation District is the largest childcare provider of school-age kids in Central Oregon. In partnership with Bend-La Pine Schools, the Kids Inc. program serves families with high-quality afterschool and no school day care.
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About the job:
Provide leadership for assigned youth recreation program while also serving in a front-line lead role, providing safe and rewarding recreation and enrichment opportunities for youth in the community.
A day in the life:
- Supervise assigned youth recreation programs and participants, staff and volunteers. Oversee the safety of participants in youth programs.
- Provides leadership, expertise and support to assigned staff which may include training, mentoring, directing and assigning work. May assist Supervisor in hiring and evaluating staff.
- Plan, organize, implement and supervise activities designed to be developmentally appropriate and build skills. Activities include SEL, STEM curriculum as well as other recreation activities.
- Communicate on a regular basis with school staff, principal, office staff, custodians, counselors and teachers.
- Identify and direct needed staff and equipment.
- Perform program specific planning and evaluation within broad goals and guidelines.
- Train, mentor, set goals with and evaluate staff.
- Address program specific risk management issues.
- Interact with the youth through crafts, games, and other planned activities.
- Facilitate inclusion of special needs participants in your program.
- Manage accidents and incidents according to procedures
- Complete required reports/paperwork.
- Monitor program expenditures to ensure spending is in line with budget.
- Oversee general upkeep and care of equipment, supplies and facilities used.
- Attend supervisory and planning meetings
- Communicate on a regular basis with patrons, participants, parent/guardians, community partners regarding questions, concerns and emerging issues.
- Report incidents of Child Abuse/Neglect observed by you or reported to you by a child.
- Perform duties of a Recreation 1 and 2, role modeling exemplary performance.
Schedule:
25 – 35 hours per week
August – June: Kids Inc afterschool program
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Wednesday 12:30 – 5:30 pm
Additional prep hours will be assigned
Requirements
What you'll need for success:
Strong Knowledge of:
- Operations, functions and standards for assignment including programming, facility operations, and risk management;
- Effective supervision and customer service best practices;
- Applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures for assignment.
- Behavior management; childhood development and age appropriate crafts, games and activities;
- Effective teaching techniques;
- Safety and sanitation guidelines; and
- General knowledge of supervision practices.
Skill and Ability to:
- Lead, motivate and direct others;
- Exercise initiative and independent decision making;
- Demonstrate a high level of competency and expertise in program area;
- Actively participate in all activities
- Demonstrate organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrate planning and problem-solving skills;
- Communicate effectively with others both verbally and in writing
- Work cooperatively with others and create a positive, constructive, and respectful relationship with staff and the general public;
- Manage emergency/crisis situations
- Operate computer programs as well as staying current with new programs and operate common office equipment;
- Work independently with minimum direction while also working as part of a team and collaborating with others.
- Exercise strong initiative and significant independent decision making;
- Demonstrate strong leadership, organizational, planning and problem-solving skills;
- Communicate effectively in both verbal and written form;
- Supervise and motivate staff; interact with
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