Parks Aide - Everglades Holiday Park

This Job Announcement will remain open until a sufficient number of applications are received.

Benefits

• High Deductible Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums: Single $10.90 / Family $80.79 (includes a County Funded Health Savings Account of up to $2000 annually)
• Consumer Driven Health Plan – bi-weekly premiums: Single $82.58 / Family $286.79
• Florida Retirement System (FRS) – Pension or Investment Plan
• 457 Deferred Compensation employee match
• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year
• Vacation (Paid Time Off) = 2 weeks per year
• Up to 40 hours of Job Basis Leave for eligible positions
• Tuition Reimbursement (Up to $2K annually)
• Paid Parental Leave

About the Role

Performs a variety of park maintenance and program implementation activities at assigned facilities. Works under close to general supervision according to set procedures, but determines how or when to complete tasks.

Requirements

• Requires six (6) months in general grounds and facility maintenance, customer service, recreational activities, and/or a point of sale system based on area of assignment or closely related experience.
• Possess and maintain a valid Florida Class E Driver's License with authority to drive a county vehicle for duration of appointment.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule that may include days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• All candidates must complete an extensive ten (10) year work history verification and criminal background check which includes post-offer physical examination and clearing of DCF's Affidavit of Good Moral Character.
• Ability to maintain authorization to operate a county vehicle/equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a variety of park and landscape areas to ensure that grounds and landscape areas are presentable, clean, and safe.
• Cleans offices, break rooms, restrooms, recreation centers/halls, pavilions, tables/chairs, and related areas/facilities to provide a clean, sanitary, and safe environment for work/recreation.
• Interacts with the public and other County employees to give directions or information, explains work activities/procedures, identifies service needs, and/or resolves day-to-day operational issues.
• Inspects park facilities, including play areas, buildings, and parking areas, to ensure a safe work and recreation environment for employees and the public.
• Performs a variety of facility maintenance work to ensure a clean, safe, sanitary environment for the public and County employees.
• Sets up and takes down temporary facilities for meetings and special activities and events to provide a safe, comfortable location for special events/activities.
• Picks up and delivers a variety of items to appropriate locations to ensure supplies and materials are available where and when needed and/or delivers mail.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Work Environment

Physical Demands

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement. Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or considerable skill, adeptness, and speed in the use of the fingers, hands, or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy. Duties for this position might include heavy manual labor for extended periods, including working in hot, humid, sunny, and dusty conditions, and from heights and uneven surfaces, as required by work assignments.

Unavoidable Hazards

Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken. Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery; toxic/caustic chemicals.