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Job Description
Job Summary
Join our team as a Full-Time Fine Arts & Youth Activities Specialist at The Epic and play a vital role in shaping engaging recreational experiences for our community! You’ll develop and implement specialized programs, coordinate activities, handle registrations, and manage event promotions. Your creativity will drive impactful youth and arts initiatives while ensuring smooth center operations. As a leader, you'll provide guidance to staff in the supervisor’s absence, making a direct impact on our vibrant recreation center. If you're passionate about arts, youth engagement, and community enrichment, apply today and be part of something Epic!
Essential Job Functions- Coordinates recreation center programs, camps and other classes by scheduling classes and instructors; advertising classes; supervising classes, programs, camps and scheduling trips, and teaching classes; creating a monthly calendar of programs and activities.
- Assist in supervision of the facility by maintaining a safe environment for the public, supervising part-time and seasonal instructors in programs, camps, leagues or classes and communicating with your participants' parents.
- Performs office duties by maintaining report program worksheets daily; developing flyers, profit and loss reports; scheduling work hours for part-time employees; assisting in overseeing programs and reservation scheduling; inputting data into the computer;
- Assists the center supervisors in interacting with employees and the public, answering inquiries, addressing complaints and grievances, responding to emergency issues and assisting patrons.
- Provides customer service to internal and external customers by responding to requests in a timely and professional manner.
- Promotes public relations by speaking to schools, groups, organizations, parents, members and participants about programs and the needs of the community.
- Performs first aid, CPR or advanced lifesaving techniques as needed and maintains reports of incident and accidents that may occur.
- Monitors and inspects the facility; maintains inventory of equipment and supplies for the recreation center
Minimum Qualifications
Formal Education / Knowledge : Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Experience : One year of related experience
Certification and Other Requirements: CPR - First Aid, Valid Texas Class C Driver's License
The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits
Closing Date/Time: 4/30/2025 5:00 PM Central - Coordinates recreation center programs, camps and other classes by scheduling classes and instructors; advertising classes; supervising classes, programs, camps and scheduling trips, and teaching classes; creating a monthly calendar of programs and activities.
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Special Instructions
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Grand Prairie
Show moreWelcome to the City of Grand Prairie! We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing. Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values. We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to:
- Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
- The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
- PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
- Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
- Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
- The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
- Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
- IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
- Traders Village
- Lake Joe Pool
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
- Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
- Chicken N’ Pickle
- Bolder Adventure Park
- The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more
Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.
City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service. Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success. We look forward to you joining our
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