Senior Community Services Leader - Senior Center - Part time, Non-Benefited

Senior Community Services Leader

Applications will be accepted on a CONTINUOUS BASIS with a first review date of Monday, October 26, 2026. Interested individuals are strongly encouraged to apply early! This recruitment is open until filled and may close at any time without notice once sufficient qualified applications have been reviewed. The City of Buena Park Community Services Department is looking for a Senior Community Services Leader who is kind, friendly, proactive, patient, responsible, and a hardworking problem-solver who enjoys working with a variety of people, especially the community's older adults.

The Ehlers Event Center/Senior Center consist of several banquet/event facilities including Heritage Hall, Ruth Walp Hall, Veteran's Hall, and the City's newest outdoor event space, The Plaza. The Center is also home to one of the largest and busiest senior centers in the region. From facilitating events and contracting classes and senior programs, to coordinating various recreation activities, the Center's staff is kept busy serving the needs of the public.

The Senior Community Services Leader is responsible for ensuring that the public receives high quality customer service, overseeing facility rentals, resolving resident concerns as well as training, supervising, and managing other part-time staff. The ideal candidate will represent the City's core values of Excellence, Communication, Teamwork, Commitment, Respect, and Integrity when serving the public with facility rentals and recreation programs.

The ideal candidate for this position has the ability of working a flexible schedule of 20-25 hours per week including days, nights, holidays, weekend work assignments, and on Saturdays, as assigned and as required.

GENERAL PURPOSE Under direction of a Community Services Supervisor or Community Services Coordinator, the Senior Community Services Leader plans, organizes, and conducts a diverse recreation program, which includes games, sports, crafts, special events, and other related activities; attends staff meetings; performs public speaking at programs and events; coordinates the issuance, use, care and maintenance of equipment and supplies; serves in a leadership capacity, training and coordinating the work of part-time and volunteer staff;

may perform maintenance work, and does related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS This is a part-time, non–benefited, position working 10-20 hours per week. The Senior Community Services Leader is differentiated from the Community Services Leader I/II in that it can perform more tasks independently. This position provides an opportunity for incumbents with an interest in pursuing a career in municipal government, learn about municipal government functions and gain experience by completing tasks and special assignments related to the program area.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this class.