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Description
The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the City:
Final Filing Date: Before 5:00pm, Friday, April 10, 2026
Tentative Interview Date: Week of April 20, 2026
Appointment to this position is contingent upon:
*TB testing
*Department of Justice fingerprinting criminal history records check (if age 18 or over)
Resume will not be accepted in lieu of application. Application, including all work history, must be fully completed if a resume is attached. Incomplete and/or inaccurate applications may result in disqualification from the recruitment process. All communication regarding your status in this recruitment process will be conducted via email or postal mail. Be sure to include a valid e-mail address on the employment application. It is suggested that you add sancarlos@calopps.org and hr@cityofsancarlos.org to your e-mail contacts or safe senders list to help ensure that you receive our e-mails. Applicants are responsible for notifying Human Resources of any changes to contact information.
Salary Range: $27.20 - $33.07 per hour
About the Position
This temporary position will work directly with the Recreation Supervisor-Special Events, assisting with the coordination, management, and implementation of special events operated by the City of San Carlos. This position will work evenings and weekends as needed from May – September 2026.
Essential Duties
- Assist with logistical elements of each event during the event-planning process, be onsite as needed during events for set-up, tear-down, problem-solving, and post-event tasks
- Perform administrative tasks including purchase inquiries and scheduling
- Staff and maintain the City Information Booth as required at each event
- Establish and maintain relationships with vendors, suppliers, contractors and entertainment
- Be available for event meetings as required
Ideal Candidate
Job-Related and Essential Qualifications
Knowledge of basic event management, City recreation programming; techniques of working effectively with the community; City recreation programs and the pertinent policies effecting program implementation; principles and philosophies of recreation; principles and philosophies of working effectively with adults and children who have special needs as related to recreation programs.
Ability and skills to organize people and activities; energetically perform job duties; comprehend and follow brief oral and written instructions; provide leadership to subordinates. Implement program plans; ability to function effectively without direct supervision. Establish, maintain and foster cooperative working relations with others contacted in the course of work. Computer proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Education and Training
Sufficient education and experience to satisfactorily perform the duties of this classification. A typical qualifying background would be graduation from high school, and 500 hours experience as either a Recreation Leader II at the City of San Carlos or 500 hours at an equivalent classification in another municipality, or equivalent experience in a comparable setting.
Special Requirements
Speak clearly and understandably; ability and dexterity to run, jump and climb; lift and move equipment, such as tables and chairs; hear alarms, bells, voices and telephones; to reach. Willingness and ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Licenses and Certifications
Possession of an appropriate California driver's license issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Special Instructions
Copying and pasting resume or attaching a resume cannot be substituted for completing the "Work Experience" section of application. Please list each job in the "work experience" section. Failure to complete this section may be considered an incomplete application.