Sports Instructor - Dale Rec Center

Overview

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Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 10am – 2pm

Location: Hylton Performing Arts, 10960 George Mason Circle, on the PW George Mason University Campus

Do you love sports? Prince William County Parks and Recreation is looking for instructors who can coach Soccer, Volleyball and/or Basketball at the Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center.

If you want to help kids dream and achieve their dreams, we want you to become one of the instructors who are passionate and want to inspire others. We provide a safe and fun environment that will help children grow and embrace sportsmanship. Proficiency comes next, along with skills, drills and playing strategies. Classes will be structured by predetermined guidelines.

This position will assist and lead classes of all levels from beginner to advanced. Candidates must be able to work night and weekend hours. Classes may be inside or outside and could be in a variety of weather conditions. This position requires a minimum of 1 year playing or coaching. Employee hours are based upon class enrollments and cannot be guaranteed.

Starting Payrate: $17.99/hr

Typical schedules are Monday through Friday evenings and all day on weekends. Weekday shifts average 2 hours per day and weekend shifts average 4 hours per day.

The Department of Parks and Recreation conducts DMV record checks on all licensed employees and criminal background checks on all hires age 18 years and older. Fingerprinting may be required.

Note: The information that follows is a County-wide Classification Specification that may include details not specifically applicable to this position.

This class is part of the Recreation Job Family. Incumbents perform routine work in connection with various recreation programs or activities. Instructors in this classification teach beginner level sports classes (e.g., t-ball, basketball, soccer and sports/outdoors camps). May provide daily upkeep and light maintenance of equipment and facility.

This position is responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable code of conduct rules and providing customer services. Work is performed in accordance with set procedures and guidelines, and deviation from those guidelines requires approval.

Knowledge

• Requires special training in specified activity
• Knowledge and experience in specified activity
• Customer service principles
• Basic exercise science principles and theories
• Recordkeeping principles
• Applicable federal, state and local laws, codes, regulations
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment
• Modern office technology
• Computers and related software applications

Skills

• Providing customer service
• Monitoring the use of equipment
• Maintaining basic operational records and reports
• Using a computer and related software applications
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards
• Utilizing computers and relevant software applications
• Communication and interpersonal skills for interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc.

Discipline specific responsibilities do not apply to this classification.

Responsibilities are typically procedure based with defined goals and processes or methods, but incumbents have the latitude to determine the speed or order of steps used to complete assignments.

Incumbents perform tasks following defined procedures and standards, and deviation from procedures typically requires prior approval.

Incumbents are typically not responsible for…