Program Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for a part-time job with a purpose? An opportunity to do good things while getting paid? Look no further than SEASPAR!

We are a special recreation association, which is like a park district just for people with disabilities. We serve thirteen communities in eastern DuPage and southern Cook counties, and our home base is in Downers Grove. We offer recreational programming specifically for children and adults with special needs, and we're looking for kind and energetic people from all backgrounds to help our participants learn, grow, and most importantly have fun!

Why work at SEASPAR? We offer flexible hours during days, evenings, and weekends!

Interested? Read on for position details, then apply to become a member of Team SEASPAR today!

Summary : Responsible for program implementation, supervision, and safety of SEASPAR participants, property, equipment, and monies while working community-based recreation programs.

Position Qualifications :

• High school or college diploma preferred.
• No formal experience required; minimum one year experience working with individual with disabilities preferred; working knowledge of disabilities.
• Must be 16 years of age or older and able to perform the job functions independently of others.
• Availability to commit to assigned work times.

Key Responsibilities :

Marginal Responsibilities :

Competencies :

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the key responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or transfer up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

This is a non-exempt, part-time position. Hours vary but will not exceed 25 hours per week and 950 hours per year.

SEASPAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer which has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the agency, which bases employment upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of an individual's actual or perceived race (including but not limited to traits associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, sex, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, national origin, citizenship status, work authorization status, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, disability, association with a person with a disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service or military status, civil union partnership, order of protection status, pregnancy, childbirth or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process may contact HR at info@seaspar.org