Parks Specialist (Part-Time)

Location: Hudson, Glenwood City
Position Type: Part-Time (Temporary-Seasonal)
Schedule: Employees can be expected to work varying nights, weekends, and two summer holidays.

Are you looking for a fun, active, and rewarding summer job? Do you love spending time outdoors and want to earn extra money while making a difference?

Join our team as a Park Specialist! This is a great opportunity for college students, teachers, or anyone who has summers off and enjoys working in nature. Gain hands-on experience in park operations, customer service, and facility maintenance while spending your summer in a beautiful outdoor setting!

Why You’ll Love This Job:

✔ Spend your summer outdoors in a beautiful park setting.
✔ Flexible hours – great for students or those with summer availability.
✔ Gain valuable experience in customer service, maintenance, and park operations.
✔ Work with a fun, supportive team while making a difference in your community.

POSITION SUMMARY: 
This position reports directly to the Park Manager and is expected to perform routine park tasks to include park sales and service, visitor safety, compliance, and campground operations. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 
The following duties are normal or primary responsibilities for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be required and assigned. 

• Conduct the sale of admission passes, camping registrations, and collection of revenue for other permits/merchandise when needed.
• Reconcile daily revenues.
• Provide information to park visitors.
• Empty trash and recycling containers and pick up litter. 
• Enforce all park rules, County policies, regulations and the County Park Ordinance.
• Participate in county-required safety training.
• Cleaning of restroom/shower facilities, day-use areas, campsites, and beaches when needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES 
This section details the essential competencies required to perform the job effectively, including a mix of technical knowledge, practical skills, and personal attributes. 

• Familiarity with state and federal laws, regulations, and policies that pertain to the job, including Wisconsin Statutes and administrative codes.
• Knowledge of effective customer service practices and the ability to apply them in a public sector environment.
• Ability to interact professionally, respectfully, and tactfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• General knowledge of standard office procedures, practices, and equipment.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities, policies, and work demands.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues across departments to achieve common goals.
• Ability to apply ethical judgment and maintain confidentiality regarding business-related files, reports, and conversations, within the provision of open records law and other applicable State and Federal Statutes and Regulations.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 
This section outlines the communication abilities necessary for effective performance.  These skills reflect the need to interact with the public, colleagues, and other stakeholders in a clear, professional, and effective manner.   

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with a wide range of individuals, including the public, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply information from complex documents such as laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and reports.
• Ability to engage with the public, handle inquiries, resolve conflicts, and build positive relationships with a diverse population.

REASONING ABILITY 
This section outlines the cognitive skills required to perform the job effectively.  This includes the ability to apply logic, make decisions, solve problems, and understand complex information.  

• Ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to make decisions that are sound, well-informed, and timely, even in stressful situations.
• Ability to analyze situations, consider various perspectives, anticipate potential issues, and make recommendations or decisions based on logical reasoning.
• Ability to interpret complex information, recognize patterns, and understand the implications of actions or decisions.
• Ability to think conceptually and understand the relationships between ideas that are not immediately obvious.

PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: 
The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law.  Employees needing reasonable accommodation should discuss the request with the employee's supervisor.  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• This work requires occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, frequently requires standing, using hands to handle, feel, and perform fine motor skills and repetitive motions, and frequently requires walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and reaching with hands and arms overhead or below the waist.
• Sufficient vision to perform tasks such as reading documents, operating vehicles, or working with detailed data.
• Verbal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels for tasks such as communicating with the public, colleagues, or over the phone.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic). 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

• Work is primarily conducted in an outdoor park setting. Employees may be exposed to seasonal temperatures and varying weather conditions.
• Employees can be expected to work varying nights, weekends, and two summer holidays.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• This position requires a valid driver's license.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Previous customer service experience preferred.