Community Services Specialist II - After School Programs

Join our Community Services team as a Community Services Specialist II and positively impact your community! Your role is key in creating a vibrant environment, fostering wellness, joy, and learning for everyone. Begin a rewarding career in recreation and start your journey with us today!

In this role, you'll oversee community centers or manage specific programs, ensuring their success, meeting goals, and fulfilling deadlines. Work under the guidance of the Recreation Coordinator and alongside a supportive team, including the Community Services Specialist III.

Become part of a team focused on boosting community well-being and engagement through exciting recreational programs. Enjoy mentorship from seasoned professionals, contributing to your growth. This role offers part-time hours, around 20 per week, allowing a great work-life balance. Your work will be instrumental in building a healthier, happier, and more connected community.

This is an at-will, part-time position without benefits, requiring an average commitment of 20 hours weekly, capped annually at less than 1,000 hours.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced and dependable lead worker with a customer-focused and servant leadership mindset. The ideal candidate should possess excellent organizational skills and have a personable demeanor.

• Benefit from a 5% salary bump on 10/1/2026

This part-time role offers approximately 15-20 hours per week, with schedules adapted to each program's unique needs, including occasional evenings and weekends.

• Role: Directly oversee after-school sites or program areas, ensuring goals and community needs are met.
• Typical Schedule: Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

• Role: Supervise youth sports leagues, clinics, and outdoor activities.
• Typical Schedule: Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

• Role: Supervise teen programs, including events, field trips, and youth employee management.
• Typical Schedule: Monday to Friday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.

• Role: Support the development and implementation of engaging, diverse art programs for youth.
• Typical Schedule: Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

• Role: Facilitate STEM programs that ignite youth interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.
• Typical Schedule: Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency required. Coursework in the fields of kinesiology, math, science, and language arts is highly desirable.
• One (1) year of paid experience in a recreational field. 
• Must possess and maintain a valid California Class "C" driver's license and have a good driving record.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
  

• Leadership: Guiding and encouraging others to accomplish a common goal. 
• Customer Focus: Attending to the needs and expectation of customers. 
• Group Facilitation: Enabling constructive and productive group interactions. 
• Teamwork: Collaborating with others to achieve shared goals. 
• Attention to Detail: Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products. 
• Valuing Diversity: Appreciating the benefits of varied backgrounds and cultures in the workplace. 

• Plan, supervise and implement community-based recreation and enrichment programs, monthly goals and objectives, calendar of activities, daily schedule, curriculum, and snack at designated program areas.
• Schedules and maintains centralized calendar of all activities occurring at designated program.
• Coordinate daily program operations including program planning and general upkeep of site and equipment.
• Conducts and/or attends regular meetings and training sessions that directly affect the development, planning, coordination and implementation of program area.
• Lead community outreach efforts at designated program to raise awareness and increase and retain community involvement.
• Provide direction and guidance to site staff (CSS1), volunteers and youth employees. Monitor staff schedules, arrivals and departures and absences.
• Administrative duties including, but not limited to; attendance, monthly summaries, enrollment, and timecards.
• Work collaboratively to develop and foster new programs and best practices throughout all site locations.
• Assist in the development and implementation of staff trainings.
• Meet deadlines while maintaining high quality of work.
• Support other program areas as needed.
• Ensure established emergency and safety procedures are followed at all times.
• Accurately document all incidents/accidents and ensure proper communication to all parties as appropriate.
• Communicate in a positive and effective manner with all participants, City officials, parents, community members, co-workers and volunteers.
• Maintain professional demeanor at all times to ensure the City's image and core values are upheld.
• Assist in Department events, including required support during special events such as the Haunted House, Holiday at the Plaza, and Egg Hunt.
• Ensure constant and consistent supervision of all participants, ensuring their guidance and safety.
• Maintain a program that is welcoming and conducive to youth activities.
• Assist in youth recruitment, outreach and promotion, enrollment, attendance maintenance/monitoring and tracking.
• Assist in snack or meal preparation and/or distribution.
• Support other program areas as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.