Program Specialist

If you answered these questions with YES, consider applying to be our next Program Specialist for Youth Program or Special Events!

The Youth Activity Center (YAC) is looking for one highly motivated individual with strong leadership skills to coordinate lunchtime and after-school activities, supervise participants, staff, and contract workers, and interact with City and School officials.  They will also create flyers for events, and plan monthly calendars and weekly schedules.  Other duties include making purchases for daily programs and snack bars, administrative support, and coordinating special events for the YAC.  Hours of work vary Monday – Friday 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM.  The YAC is open Monday - Friday 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm.

 
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Special Events team plans and implements the following annual events; Spring Celebration, Memorial Day, Fourth of July Celebration, Monday Night Concert Series, Movies in the Park Series, Halloween Spooktacular, Veterans Day, and the Holiday Promenade and Tree Lighting Ceremony.  The Special Events team is also responsible for the overseeing the Hero Banner Program, the Making Change Contest, and assisting with a number of community events throughout the year.  Duties will include setting up and breaking down events, preparing and distributing marketing materials, purchasing supplies and equipment, and organizing event supplies.  The Program Specialist will also be moving tables and chairs, and setting up audio visual equipment for events.  Hours of work vary Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  

The Program Specialist is part-time and requires 25 hours per week of work.  This position is not eligible for benefits.  The Program Specialist will work special events and some weekends for Youth Programs. The mandatory special events all staff are required to work include: Village Venture – in October; Halloween Spooktacular – Saturday before Halloween; Holiday Promenade – First Friday in December; Spring Celebration – Saturday before Easter; 4th of July Celebration – July 4. In addition, Recreation and Human Service staff may be called upon to work for other special events throughout the year.

Located 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on the lower slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, Claremont is best known for its tree-lined streets, historic buildings, world-renowned colleges, and award-winning school system.
 
Claremont provides the charm of a New England town within comfortable driving distance of major Southern California attractions, sports stadiums, and the Ontario International Airport. Sunset magazine described Claremont in this manner, "College towns like this one may be commonplace on the East Coast, but Claremont, 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, stands out as a singular example in Southern California." Metrolink Rail Authority also named Claremont a Preferred Destination Point.
 
The City has a population of 36,000 people calling Claremont their home. Within the City's 14.14 square miles, Claremont has 24 City-owned parks and sports fields, with 2,555 acres of public parkland, of which 1,769 is wilderness. Claremont has over 25,000 City trees and has been a winner of the National Arbor Day Association's TREE CITY USA award for 38 years.
 
Claremont's success is not accidental, but the result of a long tradition of creating and encouraging community cooperatives and involvement in civic affairs, which has also worked successfully in the areas of business and economic retention and development. The City of Claremont exemplifies the quality of a model city and is viewed and respected as a leader in local government.
 

HOW TO APPLY
  
Interested candidates can apply for this position online and obtain additional information at the City of Claremont website www.ci.claremont.ca.us.  Recruitment may close after a sufficient number of qualified applicants is received.