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Job Description
Introduction
Are you passionate about inclusion and making a difference through recreation? Join the dynamic team dedicated to creating meaningful experiences for individuals with disabilities. As part of Scottsdale’s Adaptive Recreation program, you’ll help deliver inclusive activities like Special Olympics sports, social events, and community outings that foster independence, connection, and fun.
This full-time Recreation Leader II position is a hands-on facilitator who supports participants during programs, leads engaging activities, and helps create a safe, respectful, and empowering environment for all. This role is perfect for someone with strong interpersonal skills, creativity, and a heart for inclusive service.
The ideal candidate will have experience in:
- Planning, implementing, and evaluatingrecreation programs for youth, teens, and adults with developmental, physical, emotional, and/or learning disabilities
- Providing physical assistance to participants as needed (excluding personal care services)
- Modifying activities to meet individual abilities and accommodate participant limitations
- Ensuring activities are age- and ability-appropriate, such as offering step-by-step instructions or using adaptive equipment for physical impairments
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating individual behavior plans
- Communicating regularly with parents/guardians to share updates on participation, accomplishments, upcoming activities, and behavior-related incidents
- Cleaning and maintaining activity areas daily, including mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, emptying trash, and organizing storage spaces
- Safely operating motor vehicles
- 12 Paid Holidays- including 1 Floating Holiday
- Vacation Accrual- starts at 10.3 hours/month
- Sick Leave Accrual- 8 hours/month
- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage- includes behavioral health benefits
- City-Paid Basic Life Insurance- equal to one times your annual salary
- Optional Supplemental Life Insurance available
- Tuition Reimbursement- up to $2,500/year
- Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)- defined benefit plan with mandatory employer and employee contributions (currently 12%), includes Long-Term Disability
- Supplemental Retirement Plans- available through Nationwide (457)
- Pet Insurance
- Bilingual Pay Compensation
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Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience- No education required for this position.
- A minimum of six months experience in a customer service position.
Licensing, Certifications, and Other Requirements- Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted driver's license with no major citations within the past 39 months prior to the start date. The Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles requires that out-of-state driver's licenses must be surrendered within 10 days of relocating to the State of Arizona.
- Graduated licenses are considered restricted and therefore not acceptable for driving positions with the City of Scottsdale.
- Successfully complete driving training, first aid, and safety classes.
- A valid food handler's license ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire or promotion is required for the Concessions Assignment.
- Every person employed by the City of Scottsdale shall reside in the State of Arizona during his or her active employment by the City, regardless of whether the employee is approved to remote work.
Essential Functions
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Work Environment/Physical Demands
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Full-Time Positions:
The City of Scottsdale offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday and medical leave as well as insurance for medical, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability insurance. For a more detailed overview of the employee benefits, click here .
Part-Time Positions:
The City of Scottsdale offers paid medical leave for part-time staff.
Commute Solutions Program
City of Scottsdale provides free Valley Metro Platinum passes to employees for the bus and light rail systems when commuting; a vanpool subsidy is also available. Employees can decrease stress, decrease wear & tear on their vehicle, and help the environment all at the same time.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
The City of Scottsdale is considered a qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). You may find more information about the PSFL program by going to the Federal Student Aid website by clicking here .
Closing Date/Time: 11/26/2025 11:59 PM Arizona -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Scottsdale
Show moreLocated in the beautiful Sonoran Desert, Scottsdale, Arizona is bordered by Phoenix to the west and the McDowell Mountains on the east.
Scottsdale is annually rated among the nation’s most desirable communities to live in, visit and do business in.
Scottsdale’s vibrant downtown is considered the finest urban center in Arizona. It is home to more than 90 restaurants, 320 retail shops and more than 80 art galleries.
Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve, in the city’s northern reaches, is the largest urban wilderness area in the United States and features more than 60 miles of trails through diverse and scenic desert terrain.
SCOTTSDALE FACTS
- County: Maricopa
- Incorporated: 1951
- Slogan: "The West's Most Western Town"
- Official Food: Chili, by 1994 Mayoral proclamation
- Population: 224,800 (July 2014 Estimate)
- Size: 184.5 square miles, stretching 31 miles from north to south
- Elevation: from 1,150 to 4,877 feet above sea level. Scottsdale Airport is at 1,510 feet
- Average sunny days: 314
- Average rainfall: 7.66 inches
To learn more sbout the City of Scottsdale and all that we have to offer, please visit us at www.scottsdaleaz.gov!
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