Umpire​/Adult Softball​/Kickball

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Location: Kaukauna, WI

Job : 228

# of Openings: 1

Stay in the Game! The City of Kaukauna Recreation Department is looking for Umpires for our adult softball and kickball leagues for spring and summer 2025.

• Ensure playing fields are prepared and suitable for participants (equipment, lights, lines, secure storage facility, etc.).
• Manage game start and play times in accordance with schedules and weather cancellation policies.
• Interpret and enforce rules of the game, including making decisions for items not specifically covered in the rules.
• Supervise and manage the general conduct of participants.
• Invoke and impose penalties for violations.
• Assist in cleaning up and securing fields at the end of game play.
• Attend training and meetings for the program.

• Must be at least 18 yrs old
• Demonstrated independence and leadership
• Conscience of safety behaviors
• Ability to handle decision making and potential conflicts with professionalism

• Previous experience officiating softball/baseball/kickball games
• Knowledge of ASA Legal and Illegal Bat lists
• Knowledge of Kaukauna Recreation Department Adult Softball Rules
• Previous experience as a baseball/softball athlete (JV or higher)

• Must be able to stoop, kneel, climb, bend, lift up to 50 pounds, reach, push, and pull
• Ability to sustain prolonged visual concentration
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to ensure a variety of weather and temperature conditions for prolonged periods of time

Adult softball leagues run from May through August. Kickball will run from September into October.

Uniforms are provided by Kaukauna Recreation Department.

The City of Kaukauna is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to ensuring that our organization recruits, hires, trains and promotes into all levels, the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran’s status or any other protected class that exists now or in the future.