Recreation Official - Adult Softball Umpire; Temporary​/Part-Time

Description Summary

Join the Eureka Community Services team as a softball umpire this season! Games start in early June and run through mid-September. Games are played Monday-Thursday nights at 6:30PM, 7:45PM, and 9:00PM. Games take place at Kennedy & Hartman Fields in Eureka. Men’s and Coed leagues are available. Staff work 3 games per night.

Paper applications may also be obtained in-person from the Adorni Center at 1011 Waterfront Drive in Eureka.

Under general supervision, assists in the planning and coordination of various sports programs including but not limited to Hoopsters Youth Basketball and adult Basketball and Softball; provides responsible customer service to program participants and members. Recreation Officials are responsible for officiating and supervising sports games. These duties include directing players and coaches, enforcing all game rules, checking on field conditions and assisting in completing accident/incident reports and other necessary forms.

Receives general supervision from assigned management and/or supervisory Community Services personnel. May exercise technical and functional direction over assigned part-time temporary staff.

This is the temporary part-time class in the Recreation Division responsible for officiating assigned sports activities at the Adorni Center and/or Municipal Auditorium, Kennedy/Hartman ball fields or Cooper Gulch fields and other Recreation center/sites; duties include site sweeps (both indoors and outdoors), changing of equipment when needed, set up and breakdown of equipment, ongoing cleanliness of bathrooms. Recreation Official I:
This is the entry-level position for officials new to the sport and require more training. Recreation Official II:
This is the intermediate level position for officials who have some experience. Recreation Official III:
This is the experienced level position for officials that have several years of experience at differentiating levels of play.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only)

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Direct players and coaches, enforce all game rules and assist in completing accident/incident reports and other necessary forms.
• Communicate with participants concerning rules and sportsmanship.
• Ensure participants are registered for respective teams, keeps official score of games, if applicable.
• Open and close assigned recreational facility; secure, maintain and clean facility; prepare program sites for various programs and activities, including setting up and taking down equipment.
• Complete ongoing maintenance tasks such as maintaining equipment in good working order and stocking bathrooms as necessary.
• Assist in compliance with relevant health and safety laws and guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge Of

• Sports assigned to officiate; including scorekeeping and rules.
• Safety principles and practices, including basic First Aid and CPR.
• Basic principles of record keeping for sports programs.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing a high level of in-person customer service

Ability To

• Maintain recreational facilities and equipment in a clean, safe and secure manner.
• Maintain composure in stressful environments.
• Respond to medical emergencies and injuries in a calm and effective manner, including providing basic First Aid and/or CPR.
• Maintain and update record keeping as it applies to games.
• Compose correspondence and reports from brief instructions.
• Understand and carry out both oral and written instructions independently and in a timely manner.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Meet physical demands of prolonged standing, running,…