Recreation Leader I (N10)
Salary
$56,084.00 - $89,842.00 Annually
Location
Annapolis
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
202600254
Department
Recreation & Parks
Division
R&P-STANTON CNTR BLDG FAC
Opening Date
07/10/2026
Closing Date
7/24/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Job Summary
This position is in the Stanton Center.
The Recreation Leader is a vital member of the community services team, responsible for support at the direction of recreation management to include facilitating recreational activities and programs for individuals of all ages. This role involves engaging with participants to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, fostering social interaction, physical activity, and personal development. The incumbent designs and implements a variety of activities, including sports, arts and crafts, games, educational workshops, and special events, catering to diverse interests and abilities. Through effective communication and relationship-building, promote participation, encourage teamwork, and ensure the safety and well-being of participants. Assists with program promotion and registration, maintains equipment and facilities, and may provide guidance to volunteers and junior staff. This role requires creativity, enthusiasm, and a passion for promoting health, wellness, and community engagement through recreational programming. Strong interpersonal skills, organization, and adaptability are essential for fostering a positive and enriching experience for program participants. Plans, supervises and instructs in a wide range of recreational activities at community recreation areas at the direction of recreation management; and performs related work as required.
Essential Job Functions
(Note: The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this job description are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications and salary level for all positions in this class. They are not intended to include all the job duties of all positions in the job classification. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described.)
Organizes and coaches team sport activities;
Assists in planning and in organizing short and long-term activities and programs;
Sets up for everyday activities and programs;
Cleans play areas, including sweeping, mopping, repairing for daily activities.
Conducts safety checks to eliminate all possible injuries;
Assists in planning and conducting special events for all age groups covering such activities as parties, tours, tournaments and field trips;
Creates graphics and artwork to promote various activities and events, including posters, flyers, signs, banners, invitations, t-shirts, etc.
Directs active games such as volleyball and table tennis;
Serves as an advisor to club groups of young adults and teenagers;
Provides core subject tutoring for youth;
Assists with the afterschool homework assistance programs and provides supervision, mentoring and guidance, as needed;
Transports children to off-site activities, programs, and events;
Assists in organizing, officiating and conducting competitions, displays and other group activities;
Maintains records and assists in the preparation of periodic and special reports;
Solicits and oversees work of volunteers; and
Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of community recreation programming for all ages;
Knowledge of the principles and practices of community recreational work;
Ability to communicate orally and in writing;
Ability to use sound judgment, tact and courtesy;
Ability to effectively communicate to participants, co-workers, and other community groups;
Ability to instruct or coach individuals and groups in a given sport or specialized activity;
Ability and willingness to interact with youth by leading recreational activities in a structured setting;
Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with co-workers and with activity participants;
Ability to develop interest and participation in community center activities with varied age groups;
Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems;
Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or recordkeeping purposes; and
Ability to create and guide implementation of capital improvement plans or programs.
Minimum Qualifications:
High School Diploma or an acceptable equivalency diploma (GED), with some college level course work in Recreation Administration; and one (1) year of related experience working leading youth recreational programs, or an equivalent combination of education and experience to provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities of the position.
This position is designated as Safety Sensitive due to the tasks or duties that the employer reasonably believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task, other individuals, and or may lead to damage to property. This position is subject to drug and alcohol testing to include pre-employment testing.
Special Qualifications:
Possession of a valid Driver's License.
Consent to chemical substance screening consistent with mandated Federal, State, and City guidelines and programs, to include random tests for the detection of drug or alcohol use.
Employment Conditions
Physical/Mental Demands:
The work is sedentary and generally the employee may be required to speak, walk, stand, bend, and/or carry light items to include paper, books or files.
This is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
Balancing ability: sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing ability: sufficient to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
Crawling ability: sufficient to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
Crouching ability: sufficient to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Feeling ability: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Dexterity ability: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.
Handling ability: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.
Hearing ability: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Kneeling ability: sufficient to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Pulling ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Pushing ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Reaching ability: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking ability: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing ability: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Stooping ability: sufficient to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Visual ability: sufficient to observe recreation activities, to effectively operate standard office equipment; ability to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, etc.
Walking ability: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.
Work Environment:
The work environment entails minimal discomforts that may be associated with an office environment.
Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.
Summary of Benefits for Civil Service
Work Hours: Minimum 35 hour work week, depending upon department operations.