Recreation Assistant

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. 

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This position is located in our office in Cleveland, Ohio.

Assists in providing leadership and guidance to students in a group living environment and provides practical guidance to students in compliance with government, corporate, and management directives. Organizes, conducts, and supervises recreation and leisure time activities

Essential Job Duties:

• Assists students in understanding the relevance of, and promotes the development of, positive social skills among students through modeling appropriate behavior, positive intervention, and positively intervening and teaching appropriate healthy habits for stress relief, employability, and skills for workplace success.
• Participates in the BMS and/or the SCC program as necessary to ensure proper workplace/community conduct, appearance, and behavior.
• Sets a positive example as a role model to students by displaying appropriate etiquette, timeliness, professionalism, and dress.
• Provides on-site supervision of recreational activities to students with various skill levels and backgrounds. Ensures a safe, healthy atmosphere for all students performing recreational and physical fitness activities.
• Ensures that self-directed activities are carried out in accordance with the recreational plans.
• Identifies and makes changes in processes and/or procedures in order to have full participation by students.
• Schedules, coordinates, and supervises recurring group activities; such as, basketball, volleyball, softball, including making reservations, arranging transportation, and other related arrangements and providing information concerning these activities based on overall recreation program plans.
• Identifies and recommends changes or modification to the recreation and physical fitness program.
• Performs special assignments in facility-wide programs or volunteer sponsored activities.
• Meets individually with students to discuss day-to-day problems encountered in recreational and physical fitness activities.
• Gives practical advice and guidance to students and proposes solutions to routine problems without imposing personal values.
• Ensures that facilities are properly prepared, including need equipment and supplies are on-hand for schedules activities.
• Operates government vehicles to transport student to and from off-site activities.
• Makes reservations, collects payments, and distributes information concerning games and activities. Responsible for ensuring students are aware of safety requirements concerning the activities, facilities, and equipment.
• Ensures compliance with and enforcement of all safety rules and regulations.
• Submits monthly recreation and other reports as required.
• Communicates effectively with students and address/answers questions to provide information, inspections, and counsel.
• Maintains order and recognizes social, behavioral or disciplinary problems to be able to promote harmony among students, and obtain help for complicated problems from center staff.
• Instructs students on good sportsmanship, team cooperation, and group activities for healthy student interaction skills.
• Carries out recurring assignments independently without specific instruction from center staff.
• Interacts with students that require a high-degree of interpersonal skill and the ability to navigate possible hostile exchanges with professionalism and a calm demeanor.
• Encourages participation and responsiveness to the program with students who may be resistant to
• leadership or direction.
• May require extreme physical exertion when participating in group sports, or instructing students on proper activity engagement techniques.
• Driving may be required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Compliance with company standard operating procedures and personnel policies and procedures.
• Completing all mandated training requirements per government and management directives.
• Timely and cost effective performance of duties.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing with all levels of Center staff and students.
• Ability to develop rapport and positive working relationships with all departments.
• Timely completion and accuracy of all departmental work.
• Dealing with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Adherence to established company safety policies and ability to work in a safe manner, using any required personal protective equipment (PPE) as may be required.

Mandatory:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• One (1) year related experience working with youth.
• Must obtain Water Safety training within 90-days of hire.
• Must be able to obtain commercial driver’s license (CDL) within ninety (90) days of employment (if applicable for the position).
• Obtain and maintain mandatory DOT/CDL medical certification (if applicable for the position).
• Successfully pass and participate in the mandatory DOT/CDL drug and alcohol testing program (if applicable)
• Successfully pass any background check and/drug test required on the contract.
• Ability to obtain & maintain valid Driver’s License and an acceptable driving record.

Preferred:

• Associates Degree in counseling, social work, rehabilitation, education, recreation, or related field.
• Previous experience within a recreation program in a school or park system.
• Commercial Driver’s License.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in various locations, both on and off Center. The noise level in the work environment will vary considerably depending on location.  They work closely with site personnel and students. Communicate with people daily by telephone, e-mail, in person etc. Are occasionally placed in conflict situations in which others may become rude or unpleasant. Work as part of a team.

Physical Requirements:

This position requires the employee to be able to stand and be active for long periods of time especially when participating in activities with students.  The position also requires the ability to stand, walk, run, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, equipment, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move 30 pounds and occasionally more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [email protected].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.