Sports Official (PT)- Flag Football

About the Role

Under general supervision, this position officiates various sports leagues, including but not limited to baseball, basketball, flag football, kickball, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

Responsibilities

• Officiates assigned sporting events, games, or competitions with fairness and respect to all players and spectators to maintain standards of play and enforce all game rules.
• Maintains a safe and fun environment for all involved during league play; promotes positive sportsmanship.
• Judges performances in sporting competitions to award points, impose scoring penalties, and determine results.
• Arrives before the start of the scheduled event; starts games on time.
• Conducts inspections of sporting equipment, participants, and field conditions to ensure compliance with event and safety regulations.
• Verifies game scores with the onsite Sports Supervisor.
• Resolves claims of rule infractions or complaints by participants and assesses any necessary penalties; reports complaints and actions taken or needed to the Sports Coordinator(s).
• Performs disciplinary actions such as ejections for participants who violate the Town’s Behavioral Policies; assists in writing incident reports for injuries and player behavior.

Requirements

• Must be at least sixteen (16) years of age.
• Requires prior experience as a player, coach, instructor, and/or official.
• Concussion recognition training is required within ninety (90) days of hire and must be renewed annually.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background process.

Skills

• Knowledge of relevant town, state, and federal laws, regulations, and policies.
• Knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques used in recreational sporting events.
• Knowledge of the Town of Parker’s adapted rules and regulations for each specific sport.
• Skill in verbal and written communication.
• Ability to execute and explain proper calls and rule judgment on command.
• Ability to accept and respond to criticism.
• Ability to manage conflict regularly and effectively, including participants, team captains, volunteer coaches, and spectators under difficult game situations.
• Ability to issue clear, concise, verbal and/or written instructions and reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, team participants, community organizations, and the public.
• Ability to work irregular hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Working Conditions

• Work is frequently performed outside in varying temperatures and conditions, including wet, humid, hot, and cold environments.
• Exposure to moderate to extreme noise levels, occasional fumes, odors, dusts, or mists.
• Requires regular sitting, standing, walking, running, talking, handling, or operating objects, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Requires occasional reaching with hands and arms, climbing, balancing, and skating.
• Moderate physical activity with moderate lifting, up to twenty (20) pounds.
• Requires close and distance vision acuity and the ability to adjust focus for a broad field of vision.
• Must communicate clearly and effectively; must understand and be understood.

Tools & Equipment

• Various sports equipment, scoreboards, whistles, scheduling software, personal automobile, and telephones.

Pay

Hiring range: $22.81–$24.93 per hour. Full pay range: $22.81–$28.90 per hour.