Job Title: BASE Instructors Department: Recreation/BASE
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Pay Range: $15.00 - $16.00/hour DOQ
Part-Time Benefit List
Supervisor: Reports directly to the BASE & Camp Supervisor (Indirectly reports to Site Leader)
Job Requirements: Must be of legal age to work, with good organizational skills, excellent customer service skills and enjoy working with school age children.
Experience: Related experience or course work working with children preferred
Position Summary: BASE Instructors are responsible for interacting with participants, following the lesson plans provided by the Site Leader, direct, lead and oversee activities, and help assist with any participant needs.
General Duties of the Position:
* Help plan, implement, and lead a variety of age appropriate recreational and enrichment activities for children.
* Provide safety and wellbeing of the BASE program participants.
* Supervise children during all activities to ensure safety, while adhering to staff to student ratio.
* Be aware of and enforce Park District and school district rules and expectations.
* Must communicate effectively with adults and children.
* Must have basic understanding of Microsoft Office programs.
* Direct all activities in a positive and professional manner.
* Must attend all required meetings and complete required trainings.
* Ability to react quickly, calmly and professionally during emergency situations or when accidents arise.
* Must display ability to work well with others.
* Must be flexible and adaptable to new situations.
* Must be punctual and dependable.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
* Perform basic first aid
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and effects of working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job when circumstances change, e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, technological developments.
