Career Opportunity

9910-Public Service Trainee - Greenagers (High School Interns)

Recruitment: RTF0125036-01152408

Published: November 17, 2022

Accepting applications until: November 25, 2022

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

About:

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department currently manages more than 220 parks, playgrounds and open spaces throughout San Francisco, including two outside city limits—Sharp Park in Pacifica and Camp Mather in the High Sierras. The system includes full-complex recreation centers, swimming pools, golf courses, sports fields and numerous small-to-medium-sized clubhouses that offer a variety of sports- and arts-related recreation programs for people of all ages.  Included in the Department’s responsibilities are Golden Gate Park, Coit Tower, the Marina Yacht Harbor, the San Francisco Zoo and Lake Merced.

In 2017, San Francisco became the first city in the nation where all residents have access to a park within a 10-minute walk, a direct result of the Department’s commitment to increasing and improving parkland in the city.  Learn More

Role description

These are general duties for Greenagers (High School Interns) 

• Learn proper tool usage and safety
• Learn how to steward the parks of San Francisco
• Assist with outreach during community events, included but not limited to setting up, breaking down, and tabling
• Participate in appropriate trainings, lesson plans, and team building activities
• Participate in recreational activities that involve team bonding such as overnight, kayaking, sailing, etc.
• Motivate and support each other to encourage a strong working relationship within the team
• Provide feedback for staff and peer leaders
• Be responsible of your time in & out and of make-up points for missing days
• Follow proper City and County of San Francisco  guidelines and procedures

How to qualify

The Greenager Program is a San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and Port of San Francisco Youth Stewardship and Leadership program.  The program was created and designed to offer teens a chance to play an important role in the community by improving the City’s green spaces, raising awareness, creating place-based projects and/or projects based on issues or themes participant’s values and are interested in.  The program is for rising 9th to 12th graders that live in or attend a school in the Tenderloin neighborhood.  Greenagers are trained and provided with multiple leadership opportunities.  They lead public volunteer service projects, participate in the community events, go on fun team excursions and more.

This recruitment is specifically for the future Tenderloin Crew who will start tentatively start work in February 2023 until April 2023.  The pay rate will be $18.75/hour with no City employee benefits as this is an As Needed Temporary Exempt (TEX) Civil Service Appointment.  The general work hours are Saturdays  9:30 am to 1 pm, with some weekdays.  Meeting dates, times and location will be dependent on special events, community events and excursions.

Qualifications - 4 action items

Since the activities of this particular Greenagers crew is centralized within the Tenderloin neighborhood, we are prioritizing candidates who LIVE/ATTEND a school in Districts 3, 5 or 6.   

In order to qualify 

1. You must be in 9th to 12th grade and preferably LIVE/ATTEND a school in District 3, 5, or 6.  Other students in 9th to 12th grade who either live/attend a school within San Francisco may be deemed eligible.

District 3: Chinatown

District 5: Western Addition, Fillmore

District 6: Tenderloin, Treasure Island

https://sfelections.org/tools/districts_lookup/

2.  You must be able to obtain a valid work permit from your school.  For SFUSD, this is the link 

https://www.sfusd.edu/services/student-services/transcripts-student-records-work-permits?search_api_fulltext=Hilltop

If you go to a private educational institution, please check with your administrative office.

3.  You must have a current social security number - required for City and County employment

4.  You must be vaccinated with the required dosages against  COVID-19 and provide proof via your vaccination card.

All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

Application Link

If you meet all these requirements, please apply at this link

Greenagers application 2022

https://sfrecpark.org/FormCenter/Greenager-Program-12/Greenager-Program-Application-2023-Tende-66

Tentative Schedule

In order to make that February 4, 2023 hire date

Friday November 25, 2022 - application deadline

Tuesday - Wednesday  November 29 to 30 interviews - this schedule is subject to change. 

By December 5 - job offers will be issued to the candidates

by December 10 -  those job offers must be accepted - the SF Recreation & Park Department will schedule on boarding appointments in our Annex Office at 501 Stanyan Street - Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm during the week December 15 to 29.  

What else should I know?

Specific information regarding this recruitment is listed below:

Appointment type:
This temporary-exempt position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Verification: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at http://sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=456

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. 

If you have any questions regarding this selection process, please email sfgreenagers@sfgov.org or katherine.dere@sfgov.org (sfrecpark recruitment analyst).

In line with the Official Public Health Order to slow the spread of COVID-19, “shelter-in-place” has been issued for all San Francisco residents that is expected to be in effect until further notice. As a result, the Department of Human Resources (DHR)’s office (located at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103) is currently closed to the general public.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

The City and County of San Francisco encourage women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military, and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.

Revised 11/17/22

Issued 11/10/22

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.