Recreation and Park Intern - Winter

The Town of Ocean City, Maryland, is hiring a Recreation and Park Intern to assist Recreation Program staff with the day-to-day operation of recreational programs for all ages. The intern will help plan, run, evaluate, and support programs and events, provide customer service, and supervise part-time staff.

What you'll do:

• Assists with preparation, implementation and evaluation of youth and adult sports leagues
• Assistance with preparation, implementation and evaluation of tournaments
• Provides facility coverage, covering the facility during irregular business hours
• Assists with the supervision, registration, paperwork related to programs, camps, leagues, movies and other programs as assigned
• Customer service including answering phones, taking registration, fielding questions, etc
• Proposal of new recreation program, including planning, budget preparation, implementing and evaluation
• Supervises 1 to 4 part time scorekeepers, officials, activity assistants. Ensuring that duties are carried out in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws

What they're looking for:

• Must be able to think and act quickly and remain calm under emergency situations
• Must be able to make decisions promptly and work unsupervised
• Must have working knowledge of computers and be comfortable learning new software applications
• Experience with computer programs including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Rec-Trac
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, proportions, and percentages
• Ability to add; subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form