Salary: $16.00 Hourly
Location : Brighton, CO
Job Type: Seasonal
Job Number: 23-00919
Department: Parks and Recreation
Division: Recreation Center
Opening Date: 07/07/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Job Description
Position: Youth Sport Official – Flag Football
Dates: Seasonal employment from September to mid-March Saturday varying shifts 8:00am-2:00pm
Salary: $16.00/hour
Location: Brighton Recreation Center/Brighton Sport Complex/Brighton School Sites
Nature of Work
The Sports Department provides Sport Officials to officiate and manage games on Saturdays for a variety of youth sports. Sport Officials greet coaches, obtain team line-ups, start and end games on time, record information throughout games, and help teach youth participants while officiating. Various training days prior to the start of each sport are also required to attend.
Essential Duties
- Monitors play to oversee the safety of players and ensure the particular sport’s rules are followed.
- Listens to concerns, answers questions and addresses coaches, players and parents in a calm, fair and professional manner.
- Immediately reports problems, inappropriate situations or behaviors to Site Supervisor.
- Receives and carries out instructions.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance. Secures a substitute if unable to cover scheduled shift and notifies Sport Coordinator of schedule substitutions prior to the change.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
The Sport Official is accountable for attending referee/scorekeeping trainings where techniques and specific rules are taught for each sport. The Sports Official also assures that the site is kept neat and clean throughout the day, maintains supplies/equipment and attends staff meetings.
Required Education, Experience and Formal Training
The candidate must be at least 15 years of age. Candidate must also pass background check.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of multiple sports such as softball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Understanding of basic rules for each sport. Experience working with children ages 6 years to 12 years old.
Physical Requirements
The candidate must have sufficient strength, agility, stamina and flexibility to move or carry up to 50 pounds, stand, crouch, kneel, bend and stoop while assisting children and adults for extended periods of time. The candidate must have adequate hearing and vision in order to discriminate between different sounds, objects, people and colors at near and far distances.
Instructions to Applicants
Applications can be picked-up and returned to the Brighton Recreation Center, City Hall or online at
Mail completed form to:
Brighton Recreation Center
555 North 11th Ave Brighton, CO 80601