Recreation Site Coordinator (After School Part-Time Up To 19 Hours Per Week)

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 Program

Recreation Site Coordinators must be available Monday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pmand 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 job description.

• 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.

CORECOMPETENCIES

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 PROCESS

The selection process may consist of any combination of training and experience evaluation, an interview panel, and department-level interviews.

VACANCY INFORMATION

There 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