"Find a job you like, and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
See also the SPRD Annual Leadership In-Service Jan 28, 05 photos
Seward Parks & Recreation Department's ...
"Find a job you like, and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
See also the SPRD Annual Leadership In-Service
Jan 28, 05 photos
It takes a team effort to run the programs shown on our website. Crew members in navy blue font are temporary or on-call, and they come in to substitute for staff &/or for Special Events. Our seasonal employees are listed in light green font, and they work during whichever season applies to their job. The remaining staff, in black, are "regular" employees, defined as working year-round.
Below are listed quick descriptions of the job titles
listed, so you can have an idea of the specific things our
crew members may do during a regular day. Click on the job title to bounce down
to the description, or scroll through
them all. See also Employment Opportunities.
 | Maggie Wilkins, Sports & Recreation Coordinator 224.4054 |
| Josie Ronne, Teen & Youth Center Coordinator 224.5472 |
| Karin Sturdy, Director 224.4053 |
| Alisa Bishop, Teen & Youth Center Program Assistant 224.5472 |
| Mark Stauble, Parks Operations Supervisor 224.4055 |
| Melanie Hauze, Recreation Aide & Office Assistant 224.4054 |
| Mike Kinney, Park Technician 224.4055 |
| Shari Adelmann, Programs Supervisor 224.4057 |
| Tanya Brewi, Community Schools Coordinator 224.4056 |
| Rob Buck,
Campground Coordinator
224.4055 |
(Staff members who requested that we omit their names not included.)
Perhaps this listing has inspired you to consider employment or SPRD volunteer opportunities. Check us out. Our on-call program aides have very diverse jobs from: hiking with kids, painting signs, picking litter to supervising roller skating, stuffing goodie bags, providing traffic control at a race and hiding Easter eggs.
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Listed in alphabetical order
Campground
Coordinator:
... is a full-time seasonal job, from spring through fall. This person manages
all of Waterfront Park and the other municipal
camping areas, under the direct supervision of Mark Stauble, the Parks
Operations Supervisor. This person must be organized, a self-starter, confidant,
great with customers and with staff, expertise in cash-handling, etc... The
Campground Coordinator runs the park attendant crew ensuring that all campers
are registered and paid, the grounds are safe and clean and facilities are
maintained. Typical things a CC may do are: review payment envelopes; post
informational signs; direct the staff on daily duties; clean a park area and
track down a camper with an emergency phone call.
Community
Schools Coordinator:
... is a part-time seasonal job, during the school year, working in the
evenings. This person must be creative, organized and independent, but able to
function well within a team, too. The Coordinator has three jobs: A. Supervising
the drop-in programs at
Community Schools; B. Coordinating evening classes for the
community; and C. Organizing a few projects and Special Events during the year.
In addition to this, the Coordinator must work with the school official and file
appropriate paperwork. Typical things a CC may do are: contract with a dance
instructor; pour over a gym-use schedule with school staff; make marketing phone
calls; file a closing event report form; draft a budget for a program; meet with
a group of students interested in Sign Language; and fix the volleyball
standards.
Park Technician:
... is one of our most diverse jobs within the Department. This person works
the summer season for Parks Maintenance and Campgrounds Division and during the
school year assists at the Teen & Youth Center during the elementary After
School Program at the Teen & Youth Center. This person serves in a leadership
role within the Department, and provides mentoring and supervision to the Parks
Maintenance summer, seasonal crew. The job obviously requires physical and
technical skill for the outdoor requirements of park maintenance, so two diverse
spectrums are joined. During the school year, the Park Tech coordinates, leads
and supervises various recreation and sports programs for the elementary kids.
Typical things our Park Tech may do are: coach a youth football team; take
participants skating; build a landscape park; train crew on safety of lawn mower
use; instruct a small group in a craft lesson; and research campground or
vehicle maintenance issues.
Program Aide:
...can be an temporary on-call position or seasonal. Usually the employee receives phone
calls for Special Events or to fill-in if other staff members are away from the
job. Some Program Aide positions are seasonal and can have a fairly set schedule
each week, usually in the evenings at the
TYC (Teen & Youth
Center) or S&R (the
Sports & Recreation gym.) Some minimal requirements must be met for various
shifts. Typical things a Program Aide may do are: supervising roller skating;
working the Snack Shack at the TYC; checking out supplies at the S&R customer
service window; taking attendance at programs; stuffing envelopes, working on a
mailer or stuffing goodie bags; leading games with kids in the gym at Community
Schools; assisting with registration or traffic control at Special Events,
etc...
Program Supervisor:
... is a high-level supervisory recreational job, coordinating programs and
staff at both the TYC
and S&R. This
person must be a people-person, manage multiple projects, utilize computer
skills, motivate staff, sell many products (such as leagues, classes and
volunteer opportunities) and manage safe facilities. Typical things our PS does
are: draft a budget for a sports league or tournament; order program supplies;
coordinate training dates for volunteer coaches and speak at a school assembly
on lifetime sports.
Recreation Aide:
... is another hard-to-describe position within SPRD. This position is split
between two jobs: Recreation Aide for the Sports & Recreation Division and
Office Assistant for the Administration Division. The job requires strong
organizational, computer and phone skills, and the person must also be warm and
friendly, and helpful in customer service. Typical things our Rec Aide will do
are: sell customers passes; register students for classes or leagues; create
marketing posters; write press releases; produce the quarterly marketing
brochure and draft correspondences for the Director.
Sports & Recreation
Coordinator:
... is another fun, demanding and versatile job. This position is front-line
coordinator for our races, sports leagues, sports tournaments, classes,
volunteer coaches and officials. This person must be a people-person and also
must manage many tasks at once and have good computer skills. Typical things our
S&RC does are: measure a 5K race course; draft a program flyer and marketing
pieces; phone call marketing of youth sports programs and teach a basketball or
soccer class.
Teen & Youth Center
Coordinator:
... is both a challenging and very rewarding job working directly with youth
ages 5 to 18. This position is usually the first contact made with new
participants to our TYC program, whether in Summer Day Camps or High School
dances or programs in between. The job is very demanding and requires excellent people- (if not,
parenting-) -skills, creativity, a listening ear, a heart for the future of our
kids and the requisite computer and working skills. Typical jobs our TYC
Coordinator might do are: plan and decorate for a holiday dance; drive a van
full of kids to the water park; listen to a teenage runaway or help with
homework.
Parks Operations Supervisor:
... is a high-level supervisory park maintenance position: coordinating the
maintenance and management of acres of parks, campgrounds, trails, ballfields,
playgrounds and more. This person must be a strong leader, setting priorities,
delegating, evaluating and coordinating multiple projects with limited
resources. Typical activities are: writing staff schedules for campground crew;
researching legal language for park rules; planning turf maintenance schedules;
coordinating small construction projects and designing park or playground
renovations.
Teen & Youth Center Program Assistant:
... is a hands-on recreation job, supervising youth and teen programs at our
Teen & Youth Center. This position is another "first contact" made with new
participants during the After School Program for elementary kids, Middle School
teenagers and Teens during the drop-in or special programs for the upper age
groups. Again the RIGHT fit in this job is required for our programs to be
successful: the person must be organized, hard-working and diligent, but must
also be immediately friendly with all age groups and a great shoulder for youth
to lean on and to trust. Typical duties are: training volunteers to work in the
snack concession room; filing attendance reports; selecting games for Special
Events; decorating the TYC; purchasing supplies; playing pool with participants;
organizing daily crafts projects and driving youth on field trips.
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Park Attendant
Park Maintenance Worker
SPRD Annual Leadership In-Service Jan 28, 05
Anne in revised "pass the chicken"
Erika's team's turn
"Ride, ride, ride your bike..."
Plunger heads!
Noah, what's wrong with your eyes, man?
Parks & Rec has a bike ro-de-oooo. E - I - E - I - O!
Noah rockin' his chicken hat (His team won this round.)
Pass the chicken, version 1. Anne to Erika.
Mike's team won this round. Nice perch, Mike.
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