Parks and Recreation Aide Lead

Parks and Recreation Aide Lead Aide  duties will include, but not be limited to:

Serve as site supervisor in absence of full-time staff for facilities, part time staff and volunteers. 

Managing and maintaining grounds, structures and park amenities including but not limited to Stumpy Lake Natural Area, Pleasure House Point Natural Area, Marshview Park, West Neck Creek Natural Area and Lake Smith/Lake Lawson Natural Area.

Lead volunteer-based programs including trail maintenance, targeted cleanups & beautification projects.

Assist with data entry to including maintaining statistics for monthly/annual reports, type memos, operate office equipment such as computer, scanner, adding and copy machines

Providing customer service and enforce rules and regulations.

Provide routing maintenance and construction of park areas, amenities and equipment.

Providing landscape maintenance to trails and greenways.

Keeping records/reports, complete incident reports and losses.

Individual will work in an outdoor environment in various weather conditions.

Report incidents/accident and discrepancies.

Perform housekeeping/custodial duties such as cleaning and maintaining all parts of the public restrooms and empty all large park trash cans and dog waste stations.

Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and department needs.

High school diploma or GED, or must possess certification in a related field, or 3 months of related experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Require a current and valid Virginia or North Carolina driver’s license in accordance with Virginia or North Carolina DMV driver’s license eligibility requirements.

This pool of applicants may fill positions for multiple locations.
The individual selected for this position will be housed at a primary site but may be scheduled between other park sites/facilities. Schedules will be adjusted seasonally and will vary weekly based on events, facility coverage, and weather.
Average scheduled hours up to 27 hours per week.
Some assignments may require overtime or split shifts to cover operational needs.
All employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours or maybe be relocated to another location or job assignment in response to short- term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies including weekends, evenings and holidays.
As a condition of employment, all part-time employees must attend P&R Connection (Department Orientation). If selected for the position, you will be provided your training date at the time of hire. Training is held from 8:30am-5:00pm, every other Friday, at the Parks & Recreation Administration Building. When an exemption is permittable, a hybrid version of the training is available, but will require training attendance on a weekend.