Help keep students safe on their way to and from school while enjoying meaningful work outdoors. If you're dependable, responsible, and enjoy working with kids, this may be the perfect opportunity! Crossing guards are beloved by their communities and make lasting positive impacts in the neighborhoods they serve.
We routinely hire for two types of positions:
This is routine outdoor work. Major responsibilities include caring for the safety of children at designated street crossings. Work is performed under the supervision of a Crossing Guard Supervisor under the administration of the Traffic Engineering Division. We are currently recruiting for the 2026-27 school year.
CURRENT OPENINGS:
• WEST: Any permanent corner location — 10 hours per week (West corners serve elementary schools: Anana, Chavez, Crestwood, Huegel, Midvale, Muir, Orchard Ridge, Randall, Stephens, Thoreau, Van Hise)
• EAST: Any permanent corner location — 10 hours per week (East corners serve elementary schools: Emerson, Hawthorne, Henderson, Kennedy, Lapham, Lowell, Marquette, Nuestro Mundo, Sandburg, Schenk)
• NORTH: Any permanent corner location — 10 hours per week (North corners serve elementary schools: Gompers, Lake View, Lindbergh, Mendota)
• SOUTH: Any permanent corner location — 10 hours per week ( South corners serve elementary schools: Franklin, Lincoln, Leopold, Lori Mann Carey)
• On-call/substitute positions — Several needed throughout the city. Work is assigned as needed, but employees may request appointment to permanent posts as vacancies arise. Guards in this classification are not expected to cover the entire city, but are typically assigned to the West side (serving West schools) or East side (serving East, North, and South schools).
HOURS: Approximately 10 hours per week. General shift times are one hour each between 7:00 AM - 8:40 AM, and 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM with an earlier afternoon shift on Mondays. All positions assigned to a permanent post location work a morning and afternoon shift, Monday through Friday during the school year with generous time off during school breaks. On-call/substitute guard positions work on an as-needed basis.
An eligible list will be created from this recruitment to fill any future vacancies that may occur in this classification in the next four (4) months. Please be sure to indicate your interest in future openings by clicking the appropriate selection of 'NORTH': any corner location’, 'SOUTH: any corner location’, ‘EAST: any corner location’, or WEST: any corner location’, in the question section of this application.