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Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races

<h3>COME JOIN THE FUN AT</h3> <span style="font-size: 40px;">HOLLYWOOD CASINO AT CHARLES TOWN RACES</span> <h5>A PENN ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTY</h5>

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Regular Part-Time

Overview: <p>We&rsquo;re always looking for talent that believes in having fun. At PENN Entertainment, you&rsquo;ll get to be a part of an exciting industry, where the days and nights are fast paced. You&rsquo;ll work with an incredibly diverse set of coworkers driven by their enthusiasm for helping people find and have more fun. You&rsquo;ll also get to work at a company that cares about your career growth and will help you get the support you need to expand your possibilities.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Initial placement within the salary range is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is just one component of our competitive Total Rewards package, which includes wellness programs designed to support our team members' financial, physical, and mental well-being.&nbsp;Specific benefits&mdash;such as day-one medical coverage, 401(k) matching, and annual performance bonus&mdash;may&nbsp;vary&nbsp;by position.&nbsp;Paid time off is earned according to the local policy and increases with the length of employment.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pennentertainment.com/corp/careers/life-at-penn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>&nbsp;to discover how we empower team members to grow, thrive, and advance in their careers.</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Must assist with all morning work in Racing Secretary&rsquo;s office. This work includes rider changes, producing the next day&rsquo;s program, getting entries filled, and getting the overnight completed and distributed for the following race day.</li> <li>Must act, at times, as Placing Judge. These duties include observing races from start to finish and determining the final outcome using a Viper computer system and photo finish systems as tools.</li> <li>Must act, at times, as Paddock Judge. These duties include observing the horses in the paddock prior to the running of a race, to ensure the horses are wearing the proper equipment for racing; also ensures a responsible trainer or groom is in the paddock to saddle the horse and prepare it for the race. The Paddock Judge is also involved in seeing that a published workout is in the program, or announced, if not available by press time.</li> <li>Must act, at times, as identifier. These duties include being responsible for foal papers, Coggins test results, and tattoos, ensuring the correct horse is running in any given race. The identifier goes to the paddock at race time and checks each horse&rsquo;s tattoo.</li> <li>Must act, at times, as Claims Clerk. These duties include verifying the person making the claim is in good standing with the License Clerk and Bookkeeping offices. Once the claim is verified, the Claims Clerk ensures the appropriate person receives the claim slip. in the event there is more than one claim, the Claims Clerk makes sure each party has a fair chance at the claim.</li> <li>Must have thorough knowledge and understanding of the West Virginia Rules of Racing.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>High School Diploma or equivalent.</li> <li>Must have held a Thoroughbred Racing License for a minimum of three years. Must know how to read a Condition Book. Must be capable of working with Windows-based computer systems.</li> <li>Must have outstanding customer services skills.</li> <li>Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.</li> <li>Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.</li> <li>Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.</li> <li>Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.</li> <li>Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram from. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.</li> <li>Must qualify for licensing with the West Virginia Racing Commission.</li> </ul> <br /><br />The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. <br /><br /> <ul> <li>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to; stand, walk, use hand to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.</li> <li>The employee frequently is required to sit.</li> <li>The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.</li> <li>The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.</li> <li>Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.</li> </ul> <br /><br />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. <br /> <ul> <li>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.</li> <li>The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.</li> <li>This noise level in the work environment is usually loud.</li> </ul>