Recreation Camp Director - Summer Camp Director; Part-Time

Job Overview

Maintains surveillance and enforces pool regulations to ensure and secure the safety of pool patrons. Administers First Aid and CPR as needed. Lifeguarding at municipal pool, may include organizing recreational activities and assisting site supervision.

• Helps maintain order and enforce rules at recreational facilities.
• Assists in maintaining safety and health standards, preparing activity and staff schedules.
• Selects materials and adopts suitable teaching materials for individual needs.
• Instructs participants in activities such as dancing, music, crafts, tennis, swimming, dramatics, gymnastics and boxing.
• Supervises part time personnel and volunteers when necessary.
• May prepare activity and staff schedules.
• May be responsible for maintaining program compliance and regulatory licensing requirements.
• May organize, facilitate, and/or deliver staff trainings in related subject matter area.
• May work weekends, nights and holidays.
• Performs related work as required.

• High School Diploma or a G.E.D.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Possess one (1) year experience organizing and instructing groups in a wide variety of recreation activities for different age groups and interests.
• Supervises part time personnel and volunteers when necessary.
• May be required to supervise in aquatic environment.
• Candidates must pass a fingerprinting/background screening process prior to employment.

The position involves light physical demands, such as exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 20 lbs. of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. The noise level in the work environment is moderately loud. The work entails sedentary work in an office setting. While performing duties, employee is frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, talk, hear, reach above and below shoulders, and use hand and fingers dexterity keyboarding.

Sometimes work is stressful when working under stringent time constraints. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound;

visual acuity is required for depth perception, color perception. May require working in adverse weather conditions such as heat and humidity.

This posting is for part-time Summer Camp Directors (Recreation Camp Director). Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Applicants who qualify will be subject to an extensive selection process and screening program.

The City of Fort Lauderdale is an Equal Opportunity, affirmative action, inclusive employer and a drug free workplace. The City of Fort Lauderdale does not discriminate based on age, citizenship status, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.