EDUCATION COORDINATOR

The Street Maintenance Division consists of Administrative Services, and various maintenance crews; Large Paving Crew, Patch/Slurry Crew, Concrete Crew. Sign/Paint Crew, and the Weed Crew.  Approximately 57 employees are assigned to the Street Maintenance Division located at the City of Riverside Corporation Yard.  Street Maintenance Services provides maintenance to all arterial and local roadways throughout the City of Riverside. These services include paving, applying slurry seal, repairing potholes, repairing fencing/walls, repairing street signs, repainting roadway signage, repairing guardrails, controlling weed growth, and removing graffiti.

Typical duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Meet, engage, and communicate with local residents and businesses targeted by recurring graffiti to provide assessment of their property; identify and determine potential techniques to minimize recurring graffiti; collaborate with the Police Department Graffiti Officers in identifying recurring graffiti hot spots.
• Develop, create, and conduct presentations at community and business meetings to provide graffiti education, reaffirm program goals, increase awareness to mitigation techniques, highlight program accomplishments, and to solicit community support.
• Attend, participate, and lead monthly Public Education Program Meetings; collaborate with various leaders and individuals from the City, local schools, residents, local businesses, and other departments.
• Coordinate, identify project sites, determine required resources and conduct volunteer graffiti eradication events throughout the year with various non-profit groups; promote volunteering and extend opportunities to educate individuals on the laws, consequences, costs, mitigation techniques, and alternatives to graffiti.
• Contact residents and businesses to gain permission for crews to remove graffiti or debris from their property; initiate special projects in cooperation with neighborhood schools and local groups or agencies to respond to identified graffiti removal or clean-up problems.
• Coordinate, schedule, and conduct anti-graffiti public education presentations and annual anti-graffiti Poster and Video Contests to after-school programs at Riverside Unified School District, Alvord Unified School District, and other schools as the opportunities become available.
• Survey City parks to identify graffiti vandalism and report this graffiti to the 311 Call Center daily; track and monitor the removal of graffiti.
• Keep accurate and daily records of time, materials, and locations serviced.
• Attend other meetings and training as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Recruitment Guidelines: 

Education: Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with related course work in public speaking, education, or similar coursework. 

Experience: One (1) year of experience conducting education-based presentations to groups of 50 or more and demonstrating knowledge of painting techniques. Must have experience organizing, scheduling, and leading volunteer groups.

Necessary Special Requirement:

Licenses and Certifications: Possession of an appropriate, valid class “C” California Motor Vehicle Operator’s License. 

Physical Demands and Working Conditions: Work is done inside and outside in the field with exposure to inclement weather, hazards, chemicals, equipment, construction materials, and fumes. Employees may interact with staff and/or public and private representatives and will provide professional customer service.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION:
 1) Completed Employment Application
 2) Completed Supplemental Questionnaire
 
PLEASE NOTE:  FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON COMPLETING YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION, CLICK HERE: (Application Guide).  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SCHEDULING ASSESSMENTS:
If you are selected to move forward in the assessment process, you may be required to self-schedule your appointment.  You will be notified via email of your status and provided with self-scheduling instructions.  Please check your email regularly following the closing date of this recruitment.

The selection process will begin with an employment application package screening, with the best qualified candidates being invited to participate further in the assessment process. This process may include any combination of written, performance, and oral assessments to evaluate job-related education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Those who successfully complete the selection process will be placed on the eligibility list for this classification.  
 
It is the responsibility of candidates with a disability requiring accommodation in the assessment process to contact the Human Resources Department in writing to request such accommodation prior to the closing date of this recruitment.  
 
Appointment may be subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation, drug screen, and/or medical/physical examination.
 
NOTE:  The City reserves the right to modify selection devices and test instruments in accordance with accepted legal, ethical, and professional standards.   Candidates may reapply when there is a posting to establish an eligibility list.  

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Proof of education listed in your application will be requested at the time of conditional offer. Acceptable documentation consists of transcripts or degree, if applicable, by the accredited U.S. college or university.
 
Education obtained outside the United States (US) require one of the following options:

1. An equivalency statement from an evaluation company certified by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) at http://www.naces.org/members.html or the Association of International Credential Evaluators Inc. (AICE) at http://aice-eval.org/members/.
2. An advanced-level degree from an accredited US college or university. 

All applicants will be notified via e-mail or telephone of their application status and the assessment dates/times/locations after the closing date of this announcement.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONTRACT. 

Salary : $65,244 - $83,280