Park Attendant, Pt

The Position

The City of Oakland is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity, inclusion, and equity. Oakland has a long history of activism around issues of justice and equity. Both oppression and this resistance to oppression have shaped the city’s historical roots and the lives of its residents to this day. As public servants in one of the most diverse cities in the nation, we strive to develop employees who understand the harm and impacts of systemic inequity to create lasting, meaningful outcomes for everyone. Oakland strives to establish an environment that embraces the richness of culture, community, and individualism of employees.
Why join the City of Oakland Public Works Department?
The Park and Tree Division hires PT Park Attendants for seasonal work, with the opportunity to work 960 hours annually on an as needed basis.
The City of Oakland is currently recruiting to fill multiple PT Park Attendant, vacancies within the Public Works Department. Incumbents perform a variety of landscape and maintenance duties in assigned parks and medians. Incumbents perform routine removal of debris, trim, prune, weed, and plant landscape in city parks and medians. The PT Park Attendant receives general supervision from a Park Supervisor I & Park Supervisor II.
This is an at-will position, exempt from the provisions of the City of Oakland Civil Service Rules, per Charter Section 902. All applications received will be forwarded to the (insert department name) for further consideration.
Meeting the minimum qualification requirements may not result in further consideration, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.
We are looking for someone who is:

• Safety focused
• Willing to learn new skills and put them into practice
• Handy with a variety of hand and battery operated tools
• Good at establishing working relations with their colleagues
• Positive with a can-do attitude

• Driving and unloading vehicles
• Weeding and planting lawns
• Assisting with pruning, trimming and mowing of parks and medians
• Performing manual labor to excavate and level land with a variety of tools
• Preparing and watering ballfields for events

• Oakland's parks are beautiful and your work will directly impact resident's ability to enjoy our natural spaces
• You will work with great colleagues from diverse cultural and work backgrounds and learn a lot from each other
• You will have opportunities for personal and professional growth with on-the-job training and certification

• You will be performing physically demanding work in challenging work conditions
• You will have to pivot work activities based on changing priorities throughout each work day
• You may be completing your work assignments with distractions from unhoused citizens in the park

Examples of Duties

Minimum Requirements for Application

Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following minimum qualifications is acceptable.

Supplemental Information

The Recruitment Process: