Community Coordinator (BeautifySJ)- Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services

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About the Department

Are you ready to join a team that is “Building Community Through Fun?” Are you ready to make a difference??

The City of San José’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services (PRNS) is looking for people who want to make San José a better place to live and work. Our mission is to connect people through parks, recreation and neighborhood services for an active San José. ActivateSJ , PRNS’s 20-year strategic plan identifies the approach and projects to support healthy communities that inspire belonging by following the guiding principles of Stewardship, Nature, Equity & Access, Identity and Public Life.

The Department creates and activates thriving places near where people live and work. These places are destinations for play and learning with 48 community centers, 10 regional parks, 209 neighborhood parks, Happy Hollow Park & Zoo , and over 60 miles of trails. Our programs and services touch the lives of individuals and families in our community. We take public service seriously by working hard to earn the public’s trust by delivering fun and high-value spaces and programs. Our team is collaborative, supportive, and innovative. We are a fast-paced organization that takes decisive action after thoughtful planning.

For more information, please visit activatesj.org .

BeautifySJ

The BeautifySJ is a blight reduction, neighborhood beautification, and encampment management program within the Community Services Division of the Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services Department. BeautifySJ Programs include the Graffiti Removal Program, Illegal Dumping Program, Neighborhood Dumpster Day Program, Neighborhood Litter Program, Recreational Vehicle Pollution Prevention Program, Encampment Trash Removal Program, Encampment Abatement Program, Clean Gateways, and Cash for Trash Program.

Encampment Management

The Encampment Management teams assist with activities including noticing encampments, referrals to partner departments for outreach, providing education on encampment setback areas. The position will include daily engagement with those residing in homeless encampments.

Neighborhood Engagement

The Neighborhood Engagement team supports neighborhood associations and fosters collaboration on improving quality of life within San Jose communities. The position will connect residents with City services and resources, promoting the creation of neighborhood associations, and encouraging community engagement and include daily engagement with community members .

Blight Reduction Strategy

The BeautifySJ program has integrated graffiti abatement, illegal dumping response (RAPID), neighborhood engagement, and litter removal efforts to enhance public spaces and empower community involvement. This position will focus on blight reduction and neighborhood engagement through these integrated efforts.

RISE Engagement

The Reintegrating Individuals for Success and Empowerment (RISE) aims to reach gang-affiliated unhoused people that want help to change their situation and connect them to relevant resources. The program focuses on gang-affiliated residents of encampments that are impacted by gang activity. This position will receive referrals from in-house programs and word-of-mouth from participants and refer them to programs to address those needs .

Position Duties

The Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services Department is currently seeking to fill one (1 ) full-time Community Coordinator vacanc y in the Community Services Division.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Identifies , evaluates, and analyzes the needs of a targeted community/program area.
- Working in homeless encampments to provide encampment management services to vulnerable populations.

-Working with communities through outreach methods such as door knocking, tabling, and other outreach efforts
- Supervises employees through training, assigning, and monitoring work.
- Recommends employment, retention, promotion, and demotion, and completes performance evaluations.
- Coordinates agencies and service provider program activities, keeping them informed and actively involved in program formulation.
- Monitors project budgets and assumes responsibility for setting priorities to meet the needs of the intended area.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Two (2) years of course work at an accredited college or university, including courses in social science

Experience: Three (3) years of experience in work concerned with the improvement of inter-group relations, delinquency or homeless prevention, public health, youth or social development, or involvement in blight reduction or community safety programs.

Acceptable Substitutions: Additional related experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Certifications: Possession of a valid driver's license authorizing operation of a motor vehicle in the State of California.

Other Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies, as demonstrated in past and current employment history.

• Job Expertise - Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.
  

• Communication Skills - Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills and displays openness to other people's ideas and thoughts.
  

• Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills - Develops effective relationships with co-workers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
  

• Social Awareness - Demonstrates the ability to read or sense other people’s emotions and how they influence the situation of interest or concern; demonstrates empathy and organizational awareness.
  

• Problem Solving - Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.
  

Other Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

Knowledge of the availability of social services from State, local and Federal agencies as they pertain to working in neighborhoods, homeless encampments, or school settings

The current Community Coordinator position is with the BeautifySJ Program and will include delivering services to homeless populations in homeless encampments. The ideal candidate will have experience working with vulnerable populations to better communities (both housed and unhoused) and improve quality of life. Candidates should expect to work in the field ninety percent of their time supervising the delivery of services. This is not a work from home or hybrid position.

Selection Process:

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all questions to be considered or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.

If you have questions about the duties of these positions, the selection or hiring processes, please contact Taylor Pawlik at Taylor.Pawlik@sanjoseca.gov.

Additional Information:

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application.

The City of San Jose offers a wide range of core health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Disability, and Savings Plans. Please visit the City's benefits pagefor detailed information on coverage, cost, and dependent coverage.

For information on the City’s Retirement Plan(pension for full-time employees), please visit the Office of Retirement Services website. You will be able to view information based on different Sworn/Federated job classification.

In additional to the benefits above, there is an additional perks siteto explore further benefits of working for the City of San Jose like paid leave, educational reimbursements, and holiday pay are specific to the job classification and union membership.

Closing Date/Time: 8/5/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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