Community Ambassador

Overview

Join the City of Richmond as a Community Ambassador and make a real difference in our city! In this dynamic role, you’ll help keep Richmond beautiful, support community events, and connect directly with residents and visitors. From assisting at City celebrations to providing helpful information and maintaining safe, welcoming spaces, you’ll be a vital part of enhancing the Richmond experience. If you’re passionate about serving the community, enjoy working outdoors, and thrive on teamwork, this is your opportunity to shine.

The Community Ambassador is a part-time hourly position that supports City beautification efforts, public engagement, and event operations. This role performs basic cleaning to assist in the beautification of the City and its facilities. This position also supports City events by assisting with setup and breakdown, monitoring facilities, and ensuring public spaces are prepared for scheduled activities. In addition, the Community Ambassador serves as a City representative, providing information about City services and programs and offering referrals as needed.

This position can work collaboratively with City of Richmond partners (i.e. transit providers, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders). Work assignments frequently include evenings and weekends. Under general supervision, performs a variety of cleaning and maintenance tasks, supports City events, serves as a City representative to residents and visitors, and performs related duties as assigned.

• Assists in the beautification of the City by performing basic cleaning, maintenance and landscaping duties such as sweeping, picking up rubbish, emptying trash cans, and cleaning drain inlets and/or grates.
• Contacts the proper City department to address abatement and blight.
• Performs a variety of maintenance tasks, as required, to keep sidewalks, streets and parkways clean, including operating a power washer.
• Removes graffiti as needed.
• Serves as an ambassador by informing the public about City services and programs and providing referrals to various resources.
• Reports emergencies and hazards to the appropriate agencies and City departments.
• Monitors all indoor and outdoor areas, as assigned.
• Conducts routine patrols on foot or using various types of vehicles, including bicycles, of the City’s parks, rights‑of‑ways, public spaces, and other city‑owned facilities to help maintain a welcoming and safe environment. Observes and reports concerns related to hazards, maintenance needs, or facility use to the appropriate department.
• Supports City events by opening and closing City facilities, ensuring the spaces are properly reserved, participating with set up and break down of events, tables, and chairs, positioning barricades to open or close areas as necessary, conducting crowd control at City sponsored events, and related work.
• Opens and closes park restrooms.
• Assists in maintaining and controlling inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Informs patrons of the use regulations for facilities, programs, activities and events, and reports concerns to the appropriate personnel.
• May be required to capture photographic or video documentation of a City‑sponsored event and prepare a summary for inclusion in reports, such as the City Manager’s weekly report.
• Performs related duties as required.

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• One to three years of community outreach, security, customer service, janitorial, or other relevant experience
• Proof of completion from a related job training program, such as Richmond Build or Richmond Works, may substitute for work experience
• Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities

• Must be able to travel to various locations within and outside of Richmond to meet program needs and to fulfill the job responsibilities. When driving on City business, maintenance of a valid California driver’s license and satisfactory driving record is required.

The City’s policy is that all persons hired on or after October…