Job: Leisure Services Representative
Job Description
Job Type: Seasonal, Hourly
Wage: $18/hr.
Location: Grand Junction, CO.
Job Description:
The Seasonal Leisure Services Representative provides information to City and County residents, City departments, general public and outside agencies related to Parks and Recreation services and programs.
The position will be 20-40 hours per week starting in February 2025 until May 2025. This position will work within the hours of 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday and has the flexibility to work around school schedules.
About Grand Junction Parks and Recreation:
The recreation division offers a variety of programs for all ages. We have sports leagues for youth and adults, as well as a variety of camps, recreation programs, and aquatics offerings. Come join a dynamic team that helps create life-enriching experiences for all participants in our many programs.
About Our Culture:
At the City of Grand Junction, we lead the way with continuous improvement, collaborative partnerships, and exemplary service. Our core values are demonstrated by our willingness to challenge the status quo, ability to work together using all areas of expertise to achieve a common goal, and commitment to fulfilling the needs of our community through thoughtful interactions.
Duties
What You’ll Do:
- Assist customers in person, over the telephone and via the internet.
- Process rentals and reservations of park shelters, fields, and other facilities.
- Prepare permits, contracts and supporting documents.
- Create and maintain booking calendars for various facilities.
- Collect and process a high volume of monies including registration and facility use payments and program registrations.
- Process Summer Camp paperwork including immunization records.
- Utilize various computer hardware and software packages including word processing and database applications.
- Compile, prepare, enter and update data from various sources.
- Maintain customer accounts and activity/course information.
- Prepare mass mailings, flyers and brochures.
- Perform other accounting and clerical functions as required.
Qualifications
What We're Looking For:
- Applicants must be able to successfully pass a drug screen, background check, and, if required for the specific position, a physical examination.
- Two years of increasingly responsible customer service experience, both in person and on the phone.
- Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade.
- Great customer service skills.
- Ability to accurately calculate, record and balance assigned transactions.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and learn the operations, services and activities of the Parks and Recreation Department.
Supplemental Information
Grand Junction, Colorado is the gateway to the mountains and canyonlands of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Centrally located between Denver, CO (250 miles east) and Salt Lake City, UT (270 miles west), Grand Junction is surrounded by 1.2 million acres of public land. Residents enjoy world-class whitewater rafting on the Colorado and Green Rivers, golfing, fishing, skiing and snowboarding, and exploring mountain bike and hiking trails through the Colorado National Monument and the Grand Mesa National Forest. Grand Junction has a robust downtown and hosts multiple art, music, food, and market events annually. With a population of over 150,000 in Mesa County (65,000 within the City limits) we have many of the big town amenities without the big town stresses such as traffic and trail congestion. With an average of 245 days of sunshine, Grand Junction is the perfect place to work and play.
At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
If you have any questions or need assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact our Human Resources office at 970.244.1512.
**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.