Scorekeeper

Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation is an accredited, gold medal award-winning agency with over 45 full-time professionals and over 300 seasonal and part-time staff who provide the Lee's Summit community with dozens of quality recreational opportunities. EOE

Employment at LSPR guarantees the opportunity to learn communication and organizational skills, professionalism, and civic responsibility while building outstanding personal and work relationships.

Job Scope

No supervisory or budgetary responsibilities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Maintaining records of game related to score, time, fouls, ball possession and periods on the scoreboard and in the game book.

Maintains safety by following LSPR guidelines, policies and procedures; responsible for reporting issues regarding participants to Recreation Supervisor.

Responsible for observations related to Adult Basketball league and for advising Recreation Supervisor of observations and recommendations.

Attends staff meetings as directed. Ensures enforcement of rules and regulations of LSPR. Performs all other related duties as assigned.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar or related to the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be at least 18 years of age.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Ability to communicate with patrons professionally and respectfully.

Skills in organizing, planning and preparing materials and evaluating goals and objectives. 

Ability to analyze community needs, problem solve and implement solutions, and relate to the needs of all age groups. 

Ability to establish good working relationship with public, subordinates and supervisors. 

Ability to maintain self-control and composure and set a professional example for the staff and participants. 

Skills in communications and providing exceptional patron service.

Basic understanding of athletic and sports management rules and procedures.

Principal Working Relationships

Works with Basketball Referee, Recreation Supervisor, Harris Park Community Center Manager and Superintendent of Recreation to gain overall guidance and direction in the conduct of duties. Interacts with departmental personnel to provide quality services and to satisfy operational needs. Interacts with patrons and LSPR employees to foster open communication and positive attitude.

Physical Classification:

• Sedentary: Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to raise or lower an object from one level to another, transport an object, exert force upon an object so that it moves away from or toward the force, or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves remaining in a seated position most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if moving around or remaining in an upright position is required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Physical Demands:

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

The physical activity of this position:

• Balancing.  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.  The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing.  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.  Body agility is emphasized. 
• Feeling.  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering.  Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping.  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing.  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling.  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Reaching.  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive motion.  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Standing.  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping.  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.  This occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking.  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.  Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Walking.  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision:

• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here 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.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position:

• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.  Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature change
• The worker is subject to noise.  There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Psychological Demands:

The psychological demands of this position require the following while handling psychological stress:

• Ability to remain objective and calm while speaking with emotional, traumatized, angry or distraught individuals.
• Ability to follow protocol during periods of high stress and physically demanding conditions.
• Ability to obtain the most accurate information possible while simultaneously helping someone facing a traumatic event.
• Ability to be empathetic and compassionate.