Job Details
Salary: $21.18 - $26.45 Hourly
Location : City of Pasadena, CA
Job Type: PT-20
Job Number: 24-229
Department: Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Opening Date: 05/09/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
The City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department is seeking creative and dedicated Recreation Site Coordinators who can establish positive and collaborative relationships with school administration, faculty, cafeteria, and custodial staff as well as parents and students in the program. Current vacancies exist in the Afterschool Adventures Programs. These are part-time positions working up to 19 hours per week.
The ideal candidate for the Afterschool Adventures Programs will possess recent experience supervising recreation programs for school-age children and be comfortable providing direction and motivation to a team of Recreation Leaders, Instructors, volunteers, interns, and coaches. Both positions are responsible for ensuring that students are well supervised, as well as planning and implementing recreational activities, special events, upholding behavior expectations, maintaining organized documentation (i.e. accurate attendance records, incident and accident reports).
Afterschool Adventures ProgramRecreation Site Coordinators must be available Monday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Tuesday through Friday, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Essential Functions
The major responsibilities of this position are listed below. For more detailed information, please review the
- Promotes, organizes, and supervises the delivery of recreation programs and services at an assigned park or school playground.
- Plans, schedules, and conducts a variety of exciting and age-appropriate programs and activities for youth.
- Develops innovative, creative, and enriching programs and activities for youth.
- Provides daily inspection of school grounds and reports problems accordingly; coordinates the maintenance, safety, and/or program needs of the site with the corresponding City department.
- Regularly mentors, coaches, trains, delegates, and holds staff accountable for their work.
- Manages the program supplies inventory and orders recreation and instructional equipment as needed.
- Organizes and conducts special activities or events as assigned.
- Engage in creative methods of learning, such as project-based learning, active learning, and storytelling.
- Uses a variety of teaching methods, including artistic expression, educational play, and storytelling to introduce participants to the next stage of their development.
- Maintains records and submits reports in a timely manner (attendance reports, progress reports, weekly summary reports, timecards, incident reports, accident reports, program planning proposals, and staff evaluations).
- Takes necessary precautions to ensure the safety of participants and spectators and renders first-aid as needed.
- Reviews and ensures that participants have all proper forms and documents completed.
CORE COMPETENCIES The following list represents the core competencies needed for success in this position.
- Customer Focus attends to the needs and expectations of customers.
- Handling Conflict manages interpersonally strained situations.
- Leadership guides and encourages others to accomplish a common goal.
- Managing Performance ensures superior individual and group performance.
- Oral Communication engages effectively in dialogue.
- Safety Focus shows vigilance and care in identifying and addressing health risks and safety hazards.
- Self-Management shows personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability.
Qualification Guidelines EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE- Two or more years of recent experience supervising recreation activities.
- Individuals with four or more years of recent experience in supervising recreation activities/programs for youth will be deemed most qualified.
SELECTION PROCESSThe selection process may consist of any combination of training and experience evaluation, an interview panel, and department-level interviews.
VACANCY INFORMATIONThere are currently various vacancies in the Afterschool Adventures Program of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. The resulting eligibility list from this recruitment may be used to fill this vacancy and similar vacancies in the future.
These positions are part-time up to 19 hours per week.PROBATIONARY WORK TEST PERIOD = 12 months
FLSA = Non-exempt
EEO = Para-professional
UNIT = NON-REP
Special Requirements NONE
Effective January 1, 2013, new members to CalPERS or an agency with CALPERS' reciprocity or who have more than a six month break in service between employment in a CalPER (or reciprocal) agency will be subject to the provisions of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) and will receive the 2% @ 62 benefit formula.
Employees who are current members of CalPERS or an agency with CalPERS' reciprocity, or who have less than a six month break in service between employment in a CalPERS (or reciprocal) agency and employment with the City will be enrolled in the 2.5% @ 55 benefit formula.
All employees are required to pay the full employee contribution to CalPERS.
01
What best describes your years of experience supervising recreation activities and programs, including staff supervision?
- None but willing to learn
- Less than 2 years
- 2-4 years
- 4 or more years
02
In 200 words or less, briefly describe the recreation activities/programs you have led and/or supervised. If none, type "N/A".
03
Based on your response to question #2. Please select what participant age groups do you have experience planning lessons for? Select all that apply. If none, select "N/A".
- 0-2 years of age
- 3-5 years of age
- 5-12 years of age
- 13+ years of age
- N/A
04
I am interested in working the following program based on my availability and can meet the required work hours. Afterschool Adventures Program Monday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Tuesday through Friday 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
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