Position Type:
Parks and Recreation Line Employees
Date Posted:
8/30/2023
Location:
Parks and Recreation Offices
Town of Vernon
Department: Parks & Recreation
Title: Program Specialist – Basketball
Pay rate: $17.00-$17.25
Job Summary
Primary responsibility is to provide on court basketball instruction to children three years old through fourth grade. Anticipated schedule is Saturdays, December through February.
Essential Job Functions
- Knowledgeable about basketball skills and movements.
- Provide a safe and education experience for children.
- Demonstrate basketball related skills such as dribbling, running, passing and shooting.
- Able to provided positive and constructive feedback to participants.
- Follows all standard safety rules and procedures.
- Able to communicate with participants, parents, co-workers and supervisors.
Physical and mental effort and Work Conditions
- Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.
- Able to perform tasks which require hand-eye coordination.
- Able to use hands and fingers and reach with arms.
- Able to walk, bend, sit, squat, climb, balance and stand for extended periods of time.
- Able to remember multiple tasks/assignments given during the course of the day.
- Able to work in an environment with moderate noises.
Job Qualifications
- Must be 16 years of age or older.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- CPR/First Aid certification preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of working with children & providing basketball instruction preferred.