Recreation Associate - Adaptive Programs; Part-Time

Interested in part-time work where costume parties, BBQs, and game days are a regular occurrence? Join the team behind Napa’s Adaptive Recreation program! Each month, we host lively events for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities, packed with laughter, friendship, teamwork, and plenty of good energy.

As a Recreation Associate, you’ll help run the fun: leading activities, cheering participants on, and making sure everyone gets in on the action. Our participants are the heart of this program, and the friendships and connections they build are what make every event worth showing up for.

• A warm, welcoming attitude that makes everyone feel like part of the group.
• A reliable and organized team player who is eager to make a difference!
• Must be available to work at least 20 hours per month, which may include early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

• Building Trust: Gaining others' confidence by acting with integrity and following through on commitments; treating others and their ideas with respect and supporting them in the face of challenge.
• Collaborating: Working cooperatively with others to help a team or workgroup achieve its goals.
• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer's perspective drives the priorities and decisions; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Optimizing Diversity: Establishing and supporting organizational systems, policies, and practices that reduce barriers and leverage the capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse backgrounds, cultures, styles, abilities, and motivation.

Identifying and improving conditions that affect own and others' safety; upholding safety standards.

Part-Time Extra Help positions are not to exceed 1,000 hours in a fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Temporary and part-time employees are at-will and not covered by the Civil Service System. Some benefits for temporary employees include sick leave, temporary employee retirement plan, and 3.5% bilingual pay if applicable.

• Acts as a leader and instructs others in recreational activities at Parksand Recreation centers and community sites.
• Leads various recreational activities.
• Participates enthusiastically with program participants and other Recreation staff.
• Provides guidance to participants in conducting recreation activities.
• Assists professional staff in planning, organizing, and conducting recreation activities and events.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Principles of basic math and statistics;
• Effective customer service techniques;
• Computer applications related to the work;
• Proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure.

• Prepare clear, concise and complete written materials, such as educational and informational materials, reports and correspondence;
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing;
• Represent the City with the general public;
• Respond to customer questions or problems;
• Provide courteous and positive customer service;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties;
• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy;
• Make sound independent decisions within procedural guidelines.

• Any combination of education, experience, and training that would provide the best qualified candidates.
• Some related work experience is desirable, such as working in recreation, sports, or a classroom environment; working with the public of all ages; or performing customer service, and record…