Recreation Specialist

The City of Murphy redefines the local government experience for its employees, citizens, and businesses; disrupting the perception of what municipal government is. We do this under the banner of being “One City, One Team” of public servants committed to exceptional service delivery by honoring our core values of being C.O.O.L.

• Respectful – by providing considerate and thoughtful service to a diverse City with the goal of maintaining an inclusive atmosphere that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Professional – by being knowledgeable, competent, and efficient in service to all with the goal of maintaining high standards of behavior and work ethic while elevating each other as a Murphy team in efforts to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Trustworthy – by delivering service in an open, honest, and timely manner with the goal of fostering trust in all our relationships by maintaining integrity and high levels of accountability.
• Friendly – by committing to a harmonious, engaging, and positive work environment with the goal of providing exceptional service to our internal and external customers.

Are you a COOL individual looking for a COOL place to work? This might be the place for you and the COOLest job you’ve ever had!

The City of Murphy Parks & Rec Department seeks to add a Recreation Specialist to its dynamic team! As our Recreation Specialist, you will facilitate the provision of recreational activities for City citizens, accomplished by providing numerous forms of customer service at the Murphy Community Center and Murphy Activity Center. Duties include registering citizens for classes, camps and activities; registering citizens for memberships, reservations and rentals;

assisting in opening and closing duties; maintaining the facilities; providing various administrative services and interfacing with other City employees and citizens.

This is a full-time non-exempt position that works a schedule of Tuesday-Friday 12pm-9pm and requires open Saturday availability.

The City of Murphy may modify, withdraw, or close any job posting at any time without prior notice. This includes removing a position from consideration once a sufficient number of qualified applicants have been received or if business needs change. We encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible to ensure consideration.

This opportunity is non-exempt and budgeted on Pay Grade #23. The pay plan range below is shown to represent opportunities for growth and development within this opportunity. We are seeking to hire between the Min to Mid-range of the pay grade shown dependent upon qualifications.

• Min $18.19/hour
• Mid $21.83/hour
• Max $25.47/hour

For application support, or to check the status of your application, contact Human Resources by e‑mailing hr.

• Provides customer service by greeting members, answering and directing phone calls, providing facility information, including class schedules, hours of operation and policies, distributing equipment, supervising member activities within facilities and by answering member questions and concerns.
• Registers citizens for memberships, classes, camps and activities by operating CIVICREC software, entering data, taking payments, filing records and providing members with pertinent information regarding the facility reservations and registration programs and memberships.
• Processes reservations for residents and non-residents for indoor and outdoor recreation facilities by operating CIVICREC software, ensuring necessary paperwork is completed and filed, entering information into computer system and accepting any necessary payments.
• Oversees the setup and teardown of all indoor reservations as well as assists with all AV needs for each reservation.
• Assists with informing the community of recreational opportunities through advertising and promotions.
• Prepares for opening of facilities by organizing front desk work area, front desk computers, checks facilities to make sure all rooms are set up for all reservations and classes for the day, review all emails and voicemails and respond accordingly and unlocking the front entrance and…