(Seasonal, Non-Exempt)
Must be 16 years or older
Starting Wage: $12.00/hour Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Shifts/Workdays and Hours: Variable (includes weeknights and weekend mornings)
How to apply: Using the “apply” button on this page, please complete the required online application. For general questions about the position, contact Parks and Recreation at 785-587-2757.
Job Summary
Assists in teaching programs for the education of youth and/or adults in various Parks and Recreation programming, including but not limited to beginner sports, dance classes, homeschool physical education, cheerleading, tumbling, etc.
Job Duties
- Teaches a program based on the lesson plan written by MPRD Staff and/or the Instructor II for each program.
- Notifies, instructs, and corrects participant behavior that is inconsistent with program rules in a fair, timely, and polite manner.
- Communicates effectively, both written and verbally, with students, parents and coworkers.?
- Performs facility opening/closing responsibilities as directed.
- Establishes and maintains cooperative professional working relationships with others, individually and in a team environment and communicates in a courteous and tactful manner.
- Performs minor first aid for injuries that may occur when supervising.
- Possesses the characteristics of a strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail.
- Provides excellent customer service and possesses a service philosophy which reflects the mission for the Parks and Recreation Department.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Additional Qualifications
- 16 years of age or older.
Preferred Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge and experience of applicable area of responsibility, which could include sports, game rules/regulations, and/or dance styles/techniques.
- Experience or desire to teach participants ages three (3) to eighteen (18) years old.
Physical Demands / Work Environment
- Work facilities include Anthony and Eisenhower Recreation Centers, Douglass Activity Center, Eisenhower Baseball Fields, and Manhattan High School East Campus.
- Work is performed: weeknights and weekend mornings.
- Noise level and activity level will be varied.
- Stands, walks, sits, uses hands, handles, feels, speaks, hears, climbs stairs, pushes, pulls, or lifts up to 50 pounds.
Other Information
- This is a seasonal position and, as such, is not covered by KPERS.