RPSAfterschool Skills Specialist

Brief Description

Provides recreational programs for participants of all abilities, ensuring safety and well-being. Leads program activities, supervise participants, and maintain a positive and inclusive environment.

Title: Skills Specialist – RPS
205 After school

Department: Community Recreation

Status: Seasonal

Reports To: Program Director/Recreation Coordinator

Wage: $16/hour

Position

Description:

Provides recreational programs for participants of all abilities, ensuring safety and well-being. Leads program activities, supervise participants, and maintain a positive and inclusive environment.

Agency Vision: To be the best urban parks and recreation system in North America, as measured by national standards and the citizens we serve.

Agency Mission: The Rockford Park District is in business to “help people enjoy life” by providing a quality park and recreation system.

Vision & Planning System: The District aligns itself and all its resources to achieve its purpose, vision, mission, and priorities. This successfully drives the strategic plan, operational plans, and performance goals.

Policy Management & Operations System: Every team member serves as an active contributor in the development of the team’s operational plan; develops job strategies and plans that support the team’s operational goals; identifies timetables for completion; plans daily work activities in an organized manner ensuring effective utilization of time and resources in the completion of job tasks.

Leadership by Values System: Leadership by Values can only be achieved if all team members believe in and live by these shared values: accountability, integrity, passion, agility, relationship oriented, results driven, service oriented, respectful, and innovative. While all team members share these essential values, our culture is enriched by and welcomes the diverse supporting values of its team members.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Statement: The Rockford Park District is committed and accountable to being a place where everyone is invited and belongs, as demonstrated by being an inviting, equitable, and inclusive environment, respectful of all people, embracing diversity, creating accessibility, and valuing all team members, partners and community members for their unique experiences and backgrounds.

Definition: Sustained by long‑term, positive, exceptional relationships with stakeholders and team members as our hallmark of success.

Definition: To work together to achieve the mission, vision, and shared values of the Rockford Park District.

Connectedness: Departments are truly interconnected to support the mission and vision of the Rockford Park District.

• Assist in creating and organizing specialty recreational programs at your assigned program location, for participants with and without disabilities, with the Recreation Programmer.
• Initiate and lead program activities providing direct programming and take initiative to organize activities for program, considering safety and well‑being of participants.
• Supervise, monitor, and participate with participants for maximum success and enjoyment at program site.
• Set the tone for positive behavior and discipline using positive reinforcement for a safe zone/ environment for all participants following RPD code of conduct. Inform Recreation Programmer of potential past conflicts.
• Inform Program Director of supplies needed and preserve and care for equipment of the RPD.
• Take initiative to be aware of personal care and physical needs of participants and report to director.
• Make sure business transactions occur correctly and on time including, but not limited to, time cards, accident reports, logs and program evaluations as requested by the Recreation Programmer.
• Represent the Park District in a friendly and positive manner when communicating with program participants, parents/guardians, staff, and all other program visitors.
• Help enforce program policy and procedures using positive communication with program participants, parents/guardians, and staff.
• Lead, guide, and…