Center Activities Specialist - City of Jacksonville

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance?  Do you want to earn four weeks off during your first year of employment?  Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now.  Work for the city you love!!!
 
The Senior Services Division is actively seeking one (1) Center Activities Specialist.
 
Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have 12 paid holidays and a personal leave day as well?   In addition, to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available.   City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after 10 years of public service and on-time payments.

This is technical work at the working supervisor level in developing, implementing, overseeing, and promoting activities and programs at a senior center, including oversight of building maintenance and security. The work requires a knowledge of the objectives, practices, and procedures of social, educational, and recreational activities and programs, as well as knowledge of facilities maintenance, which is acquired through a combination of training and considerable on the job experience. Plans, organizes, assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work activities of assigned staff and volunteers. Contacts require skills in understanding, influencing, and communicating with others and are important in providing services to participants and in supervising employees and volunteers. The work is subject to somewhat diversified procedures and precedents with latitude permitted in considering the most appropriate practice or procedure to follow and involve differing situations requiring the use of judgment in searching for solutions or new applications. The physical demands require lifting, carrying and rearranging furnishings, displays, supplies and equipment for activities, programs and special events which includes lifting and carrying objects weighing less than 50 pounds.  Employees in this class may be required to work on weekends and holidays and outside normal working hours. Operates vehicles and standard office equipment such as personal computers using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and other related software, peripheral and electronic devices, copiers, calculators, and scanners. The work is performed under general supervision where the work assignments are varied and, although they are subject to standardized practices and procedures, the worker is permitted to set priorities with the superior's approval.

Job Type: Civil Service

Agency: PARKS, RECREATION & COMM SVCS