Information & Building Assistant

Assistant Position in Parks, Recreations, and Communications Department This is a responsible, part-time position in the Parks, Recreations, and Communications Department that directly interacts with the public. The Assistant provides customer service at the Radcliff Recreation Center, manages the Information Desk, runs senior, adult, and youth programming, and assists with building and event duties. Work includes welcoming visitors, processing registrations, handling payments, assisting with communications postings, and ensuring that the building is open, safe, and prepared for scheduled activities. The position also supports the city's communications tools and public service reporting systems. The Radcliff Center is opened and staff Monday-Thursday 8:30am until 8:30pm. Friday-Saturday 9:00am until 1:00pm. Extra hours offered for after-hour rentals at the Center and for events and programs. Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to apply principles of rational systems (example: bookkeeping) to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Minimum Math ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to accurately add, subtract, multiply, divide and use practical application of fractions, percentages, and measurement. Ability to perform arithmetic operations involving all American monetary units. Minimum Language ability is usually associated with this classification. Read: Ability to read a variety of publications, atlases, and encyclopedias; to read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of tools and equipment. Write: Ability to write reports and essays with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Speak: Speak before audience with poise, voice control, and confidence, using correct English. Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above: Previous customer service or clerical experience required. Possession of a high school diploma with some college experience preferred or any combination of education and experience that provides the following knowledge, abilities, and skills: Basic knowledge of a variety of computer software such as: Chrome, Word, Excel, Outlook, and publishing programs. Ability to prioritize multiple tasks. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Degree of Physical Demands (Strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification: Light Work: Exerting up to thirty pounds of force occasionally, or up to ten pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Ability to lift a 62lb table with another person. Type of Physical Demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification: Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and ramps and the like, using feet and legs or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands. Fingers are involved only to the extent that they are an extension of the hand, such as to turn a switch or shift automobile gears. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Fingering: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Described in terms of duration. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Described in terms of duration. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or to the public and to convey detailed spoken instruction to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds by ear. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Color Vision: Ability to identify and distinguish colors. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Near Acuity: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Far Acuity: Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Frequency: Occasionally - Activity exists up to 1/3 of the time. Field of Vision: Observing an area that can be seen up to and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on given point. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to see objects where, and as, they are. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Accommodations: Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This factor is important when doing near point work at varying distances from the eye. Frequency: Frequently - Activity exists up to 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Environmental Conditions usually associated with this classification: Noise: The noise intensity level to which the worker is exposed in the job environment. Level: Moderate. Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids that may be representative but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work. Computers, Charts, Diagrams, Entry Books, File Cabinets, Pens and Pencils, Adding Machine, Calculator, Moisture Meter, Watering Machine, Forms, Ledgers, Schedules, Reference Books, Blueprints, Contracts, Directives, Documents, Manuals, Electronic Equipment, Federal and State Statute Books, and Publications.