RECREATION AIDE - (SEASONAL) - DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS - City of Manchester, NH

Grade 3

Pay Range: $9.33 - $10.50/hr

General Statement of Duties:

Performs administrative duties, light to moderate manual labor duties and/or other activities at various City parks and facilities; performs directly related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Performs administrative tasks including completing attendance forms, tally forms, incident and accident forms, enforcing rules and handing out first aid supplies;
• Performs minor custodial tasks, including mopping bathhouse floors, sweeping, cleaning restrooms, emptying garbage cans, picking up paper and litter;
• Rakes leaves, pulls weeds and spreads mulch on flower beds at various park locations;
• Plants, waters, fertilizes, cultivates, and rakes grass;
• Trims fence lines and the banks of drainage ditches;
• Cleans and paints field houses and related facilities;
• Performs manual labor tasks relating to the installation of water lines, irrigation systems, fencing, flag poles, benches and picnic tables;
• Repairs worn areas of playing areas by cultivating, leveling grades and/or replacing grass;
• Cleans and maintains work area;
• Monitors aquatic area to ensure safekeeping of patrons’ belongings;
• Uses hand tools such as brooms, rakes, picks, and shovels;
• Paints park benches, bollards and similar structures;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to other employees in the same or similar class of positions;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, and in service training sessions to become or remain current on the principles, practices and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other directly related duties as required.

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Must be 14 years of age and completion of eighth grade; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• 16 years of age preferred
• CPR, First Aid or Shallow Water Lifeguard Certification preferred