Sports Official (Soccer Referee)

GENERAL PURPOSE: Responsible for enforcing rules/regulations firmly, tactfully, and impartially; analyzing situations quickly and objectively and determine proper courses of action to be taken. Provide a safe environment for all participants; enforce all general building policies if applicable; complete any necessary reports and forms, i.e., incident reports.

Wheat Ridge was founded during the 1859 Gold Rush as a rest stop for miners and later named for its golden wheat fields. As unsuccessful miners turned to farming, the area thrived with orchards, vegetable fields, and later, greenhouses, earning the title “Carnation City.” Incorporated in 1969, Wheat Ridge now offers a central location with easy access to Denver and the Rocky Mountains. It operates as a home-rule city with a council-manager government, where the elected council sets policy, and the manager oversees daily operations and budgeting. 

CORE VALUES: The City of Wheat Ridge is committed to excellence and ACTION!:

• Accountability: Employees take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and recommendations and are accountable to each other and the community
• Change: Adapts to changing organizational needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Teamwork: Employees value teamwork as a collaborative effort, with each person contributing unique skills, knowledge, and training to achieve common goals.
• Integrity: Employees uphold the highest ethical standards, recognize the importance of public and customer trust and adhere to the values of the organization.
• Opportunity: Employees are empowered to grow professionally, develop best practices, and seek challenges to advance the City.
• NOW!: Employees are proactive, timely, and efficient in responding to the needs of the organization and the community – NOW!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for officiating youth sport games.
• Enforce rules/regulations firmly, tactfully, and impartially.
• Analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine proper courses of action to be taken.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working knowledge of the sport in which the position is officiating.
• Comfortable enforcing the the rules and interpretation of rules of the relative sport being officiated.
• Successfully pass criminal background check and basic sports test.
• Minimum of one (1) year previous sports officiating experience in relative sport

HOURS OF WORK, LOCATION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This is part time position and For outdoor instruction, work will include exposure to all types of weather; to dust, dirt, heat, cold, wetness and humidity. For indoor officiating, if in pool area, environment is hot, humid, noisy and distracting. Work requires extended periods of hearing and speaking in a loud voice for up to an hour or longer at a time; standing, running, walking, reaching; requires a high degree of manual skill and ability to see to observe plays, ability to push, pull, bend, crouch, stoop and carry light objects weighing less than 24 lbs. Work entails working closely with others and working with little to no supervision; requires considerable muscular exertion and/or physical strain and continuous mental and/or visual demand where the flow of work is repetitive or duties are diverse and/or hazardous and require continuous alertness and/or activity. Must be able to work in environment with poor acoustics and an array of distractions; requires excellent organizational and time management skills, public relation skills in handling patrons

The City of Wheat Ridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusivity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, marital status or any other applicable characteristics protected by law, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification. The City of Wheat Ridge will consider reasonable accommodations for employment to qualified applicants upon request to the Human Resources Office.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.