What a way to spend the summer! Do you love Seattle’s beautiful parks and enjoy working outdoors? Are you looking for ways to help communities by providing friendly and safe recreational opportunities? Do you enjoy supporting co-workers, supervising logistics and driving? Then, this job is for you! We are hiring up to 12 new Park Ambassador Rovers for May-September!

About the Park Ambassador Program:
The Park Ambassador Rover role will support our Park Ambassadors engaging with park goers in our largest and most popular parks. This role will provide safe and healthy recreational opportunities for park goers to enjoy during their visit. Park Ambassador Rovers will drive to multiple parks each day to support Park Ambassadors, observe park usage, and make recommendations to the Program Coordinator. This role will rove between 3-4 geographically proximate park locations each day via city vehicle. Park locations will be Alki Beach Park, Discovery Park, Gas Works Park, Genesee Park and Playfield, Golden Gardens Park, Green Lake Park, Judkins Park, Lincoln Park, Magnuson Park, Myrtle Edwards Park, Seward Park, Westcrest Park, and Lower Woodland Park.

About Us 
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is a national leader and innovator in the services and programs we provide to our residents who enjoy our public spaces such as parks, community centers, specialty gardens and swimming pools. Our mission is providing welcoming and safe opportunities to play, learn, contemplate and build community and promote responsible stewardship of the land. We promote healthy people, a healthy environment and strong communities. Delivering excellent customer service to each visitor and participant is a core value.

Our commitment: SPR commits to Our City Values, Workplace Expectations, and Racial Equity and Social Justice as core principles that guide our work. We support and hold ourselves accountable by striving to eliminate barriers to access and provide employees with equitable opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

• Work with Park Ambassadors to assess risks of overcrowding and social distancing compliance. Contact Park Rangers or Park Security for violations to Parks or Seattle Municipal Code, and COVID Safety Guidelines such as large gathering, significant overcrowding, non-socially distant and unmasked behaviors.
• Observe, listen and share insights from the Park Ambassadors with Park Ambassador Program Coordinator.
• Ensure staff accountability and attendance, inform Program Coordinator if Park Ambassadors are not present and visible in parks during shift.
• Take inventory, deliver, and replenish supplies, collateral, and educational materials at each park location.
• Submit an end of day report to Park Ambassador Program Coordinator.
• Assist in developing partnerships with internal and external organizations for recreational opportunities in parks.
• Provide direct service and lead recreational activities in various parks and spaces citywide.
• Develop and implement recreational programming throughout Park Ambassador Program sites citywide.

Minimum Qualifications:

• One-year experience in a community-based recreation program and an associate degree in Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation, or related field (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work).
• Current, valid WA State Driver’s license or evidence of equivalent mobility.

You will love this job if you:

• Have customer service experience and an interest in engaging with diverse members of the public that visit our parks
• Are excited by collaboration with other coworkers working in the park
• Enjoy the outdoors, can be mobile and enjoy driving
• Are proactive and take initiative to go above and beyond in service to the community
• Have familiarity with and experience using a smartphone
• Possess organizational skills and have attention to detail

Job offers are contingent on the verification of credentials and other information required by the employment process including the completion of a background check and driving history review.