Basketball Referee II

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.

$14.80-$21.50/hourly

Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Basketball Referee to join the dynamic team at Harris Park Community Center. This position will be working days and/or evenings and is responsible for officiating basketball games, including oversight of event, facility, and spectators.Job Scope

No supervisory or budgetary responsibilities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Officiate basketball games in accordance with established standards and practices, including, but not limited to: making official calls regarding game, including fouls, maintaining score and time of each period on the scoreboard, keeping track of ball possession, and ensuring control of game and compliance of patrons.

Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of LSPR owned equipment utilized for Basketball league; responsible for reporting equipment and maintenance needs to Recreation Supervisor.

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

Responsible for continual evaluation of Basketball league and advise Recreation Supervisor of observations and recommendations.

Attends staff meetings as directed.

Ensures enforcement of rules and regulations of LSPR, including, but not limited to, rules related to Basketball league.

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 16 years of age. Experience in athletic/sports management rules and procedures preferred. 

Specific Experience and Certification Qualifications:

Minimum two years' experience as a basketball referee required.

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. 

Ability to understand, analyze and implement ideas and concepts. Skills in communications and providing exceptional patron service.

Basic understanding of athletic and sports management rules and procedures.

Principal Working Relationships

Works with Recreation Supervisor, Harris Park Community Center Manager, Assistant Superintendent of Recreation Services 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:

• Medium:  Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force 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.

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. 
• Crawling.  Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Crouching.  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• 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.
• Lifting.  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.  This occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Pulling.  Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing.  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• 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.

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