What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recreation Leader Generalist - Summer Free For All Free Lunch + Play - Temporary position at City of Portland, OR?
The Position
Job Appointment: Full-Time Temporary: June 9 - September 12, 2025
Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, Daytime Hours typically 40 hours but if inclement weather/mayor directive hours might be lower for that week. Mandatory weekend and evening hours for staff training in mid/late June. Occasional weekend or evening hours for programs at Gateway Discovery Park
Work Location: Supporting Free Lunch Play in parks across the City of Portland
Benefit: Please check our benefits tab for an overview of benefits for this position
Language Pay Premium Eligible: This position is eligible for Language Pay Differential for qualifying employees.
Union Representation: This position is represented by LiUNA Laborers' Local 483 - Recreation. To view this labor agreement, please click here.
Application Material: Please click APPLY to submit your application via the City of Portland’s online portal. You will need to respond to the supplemental questions and attach a resume.
Position Summary:
The Recreation Leader will carry out responsibilities with initiative while exercising sound judgment and problem-solving skills in the daily performance of their work utilizing diplomacy and cultural awareness. This position requires experience working with youth, group management techniques, strong customer service skills, cultural sensitivity, communication, problem-solving, flexibility, and the ability to multi-task in an ever-changing environment. Must be able to regularly lift and move 50 lbs. regularly and work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
Position Overview:
Seeking five (5) summer temporary Recreation Leader – Generalists. This position will work closely with the Free Lunch Play Coordinator and Supervisor and the Gateway Discovery Park Recreation Coordinator in the program implementation of twenty (20 ) park sites in a variety of multicultural and multilingual communities and two (2) Mobile Lunch Play sites located in East Portland.
Responsibilities include pre-season site prep and post-season site tear-down, in-season supporting and mentoring (90) Counselors, following Federal Lunch and Multnomah County Health guidelines, working with youth, and providing group management.
The position is very hands-on and involves driving a city van to multiple parks daily, responding to frequent texts and phone calls from counselors, delivering supplies and food donation deliveries, adapting to frequent daily schedule and program changes, working as a Counselor and/or Lead Counselor when needed, and providing excellent customer service to staff and the community. The position will be directed by the Recreation Coordinator and Coordinator II positions and supervised by the Free Lunch Play Supervisor.
What you'll get to do:
- Collaborate closely with the Free Lunch Play Coordinator and Supervisor in the execution of programs at twenty (20 ) park sites and two (2) Mobile Lunch Play sites.
- Conduct pre-season site preparation and post-season tear-down activities.
- Provide hands-on support and mentorship to over (90) Counselors during the season.
- Ensure compliance with Federal Lunch and Multnomah County Health guidelines.
- Engage with youth, deliver group management, and contribute to a positive program environment.
- Drive a city van to multiple parks daily, responding to texts and calls, delivering supplies, and adapting to daily schedule changes.
- Act as a Counselor/Lead Counselor when needed, delivering excellent customer service to both staff and the community.
- Work outside in all types of weather.
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is committed to the overall Citywide vision that race will have no detrimental effect on people of color, refugee and immigrant communities in accessing our parks and natural areas, or from the benefit of our services. We recognize, understand, and encourage celebration of the differences that surround us. Diversity and equity are vital to PP&R’s ideals and values. The City of Portland, Oregon is a growing and diverse city of 650,000 residents, nearly 20% of whom speak languages other than English at home. PP&R values a diverse workforce and seeks ways to promote equity and inclusion within the organization and with the public. PP&R encourages applications from candidates with knowledge, ability and experience working with a broad range of individuals and communities with diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds. Although not required, PP&R encourages candidates that can fluently speak another language to include that information in their application materials. Multilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Virtual Zoom Meet & Greet Opportunity
Come meet the hiring manager and the senior recruiter! We'll be talking about the position duties and responsibilities, day to day life in the role, review the announcement, discuss how to apply, and answer questions you may have about the position.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
6:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85456673168
Zoom Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85456673168
Meeting ID: 854 5667 3168
Have a question?
Contact Information:
Loan Tran Polanco, Senior Recruiter
Loan.Tran@portlandoregon.gov
To Qualify
The following minimum qualifications are required for this position:
- Ability to support seasonal/casual staff and enforce rules, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships, and communicate, orally with diverse internal and external audiences, such as staff, city employees, program participants, youth, and the public.
- Experience instructing and leading activities to youth ages 1-18.
- Experience applying the principles of customer service.
Applicants must also:
- Have a valid state driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
- Possess or obtain a Food handler card (https://www.orfoodhandlers.com/eMain.aspx), within two weeks of hire.
- Obtain a CPR/AED certification within two weeks of hire.
- Have the ability to lift and move equipment daily, with the assistance of hand trucks and carts, that weigh up to 50 pounds.
The Recruitment Process
STEP 1: Apply online between February 24 to March 24, 2025
Required Application Materials:
- Resume
- Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)
- If you would like to request Veteran's Preference, please submit your Veteran documents (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc) by the closing date of the recruitment.
- Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
- Your résumé should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
- Salary Range/Equity Pay Analysis: Please note per the Oregon State Pay Equity Law your salary is determined based on the experience and education listed in your resume/application. It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all directly related and equivalent experience.
- Do not attach any additional documents.
- Please note, all completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment.
- An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
- Your résumé and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
- You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you would like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
- Additional evaluation may be required prior to establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.
- Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.
- Please note, the selection process may take up to 90 days from the notification of being placed on the eligible list.
- Hiring bureau will review and select candidates for an interview.
- Please note, the selection process may take up to 90 days from the notification of being placed on the eligible list.
Step 6: Start Date: June 9, 2025
- Timeline is approximate and subject to change.
Additional Information
Click here for additional information regarding the following:
- City of Portland Core Values
- Recruitment Process - Work Status
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Veteran Preference
- ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations
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