Community Services Specialist II - After School Programs

Community Services Specialist II - After School Programs

Salary

$21.60 Hourly

Location

Palomares Park - 499 E. Arrow Hwy, Pomona, CA

Job Type

Part-Time

Job Number

26-CSSII/2

Department

Community Services

Opening Date

09/02/2026

Closing Date

9/20/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

VACANCY

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, youll 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.

Why Pomona

The City of Pomona offers a unique career opportunity to individuals wishing to impact their community positively. This position offers participation in a deferred compensation plan designated by the city.

A Career with Financial Growth:

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

Assignment and Work Schedule Overview

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

The City of Pomona currently has one (1) vacancy in the After School Programs area. This eligibility list may be used to fill current and future vacancies within the department. Below are the Program Areas:

After School Programs:

• 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.

Sports Programs:

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

Teens:

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

Art Programs:

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

STEM Programs:

• 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO APPLY

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

• 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" drivers license and have a good driving record.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

COMPETENCIES:

The following list represents the core competencies needed for success in this position.

• 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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• 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 Citys 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.

SELECTION PROCESS

To complete your application for this position you will be prompted to respond to supplemental questions. Incomplete responses, false statements, omission, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process. Your responses should be consistent with the information provided on your application. The information will be used as part of the application screening and selection process and is designed to help you present your qualifications for this position. This may include a selection step in which your application and supplemental questions are reviewed and scored by a panel of raters familiar with this position. The selection process for this position may consist of one or more of the following: screening of qualifications, interview, and approval of driving record.

Final candidates will be required to submit authorization for the City to run a DMV report on their behalf. These reports and driving history will be reviewed by Risk Management as part of the pre-selection process.

City Mission Statement

The City of Pomona is dedicated to improving the quality of life for our diverse community.

Hourly at-will employees do not receive benefits other than Workers Compensation Insurance and sick leave benefits as provided by the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014.

FIVE-YEAR VISION STATEMENT: Pomona will be recognized as a vibrant, safe, beautiful community that is a fun and exciting destination and the home of arts and artists, students, and scholars, business and industry.

CORE VALUES: The City of Pomona values Cultural Diversity; Fiscal Responsibility; Focusing on the Future; Excellent Customer Service; Leadership; Quality of Life; and Clear and Open Communication.

01

Do you have a high school diploma or GED equivalency?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you possess a valid CA Class C drivers license?

• Yes
• No

03

How many years of paid experience do you have in the recreational field? This can include but is not limited to, paid tutoring, organizing planned group activities and/or sports, and working directly with youth or seniors.

• No experience, but willing to learn.
• Less than one year of experience.
• One year of experience, but less than two.
• Two year or more of experience

04

Please list your specific recreation experience. if none, type "N/A". (Do not refer or rely on a resume or other documentation as we will not review resumes to determine qualifications.)

05

Please list the program areas you have experience in. (Check all that apply.)

• After School Programming
• Art Programming
• STEM Programming
• Sports Programming
• Teen Programming

06

Which program areas/assignments are you interested in? (Please check all that apply.)

• After School Programs
• Art Programs
• STEM Porgrams
• Sports Programs
• Teen Programs

07

Please review typical work hours in the "ASSIGNMENT AND WORK SCHEDULE" section in the job description for the position(s) that interest you. Are you available to work Monday through Friday between the hours specified for the position(s) that interest you?

08

If you answered "no" to the previous question, please explain why. If you answered yes, please type N/A.

09

I understand this is a part-time position, which typically will include (5) 4 hour shifts, but may vary.

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer City of Pomona

Address 505 S. Garey Avenue

Pomona, California, 91766

Phone (909) 620-2291

Website https://www.pomonaca.gov/