Recreation Specialist- Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House

The Yorba Linda Parks and Recreation Department is seeking a self-motivated, energetic, and innovative individual to assist with the coordinating Youth Sports Programs, Fields Allocations, Field Ambassadors and facility oversight. This is a permanent part-time position under the supervision of the Recreation Supervisor and Recreation Coordinator that performs a variety of job duties at the Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House. A majority of the responsibilities will pertain to the coordination of Youth Sports Programming (Mini Sports for Mighty Tykes, Rec Soccer, and Spike Time Youth Volleyball), monitoring athletic field use, scheduling Field Ambassadors and facility oversight. Other duties will include planning, developing and coordinating seasonal special events (Flashlight Egg Hunt, Kids Community Swap Meet, Daddy Daughter Dance) scheduling and supervising part-time staff and performing other job related duties. Other responsibilities will be clerical in nature and will include providing customer service support in a front office setting and assisting clients with facility reservations and program registrations. Field Ambassador duties will include monitoring athletic fields and documenting field usage. This is a thirty (30) hour a week position, working mainly Tuesday - Friday afternoon/evenings ranging from 2:00-9:30pm, Saturday mornings ranging from 8:00am-2:30pm and July 4. This position is scheduled to receive a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) effective July 2026.

1. Provide general customer service, process class registrations, facility rental contracts, and other financial transactions.
2. Oversee facility rentals, enforce facility and City policies, provide assistance, and supervise staff.
3. Plan, develop, and supervise youth sports programs.
4. Promote the publicity of assigned programs and events through the preparation of printed and electronic materials (e.g. informational brochures, flyers, and news releases); and perform other outreach activities to effectively solicit program and event participants.
5. Asist with researching current trends, planning and developing curriculum and activities.
6. Assist with trainings, orientations, meetings for staff, coaches, and parents.
7. Monitor athletic fields, prepare written reports and document field usage.
8. Respond to inquiries from athletic field users and resolve usage related matters.
9. Prepare additional correspondence using Canva, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, including written and oral reports, memorandums, forms, surveys, and evaluations.
10. Assist the Recreation Coordinator in recommending, developing, and monitoring program budget revenues and expenditures.
11. Attend necessary staff meetings, training, and in-service programs.
12. Issue, receive and supervise the use of City equipment and materials. Maintain and care for equipment and recommend the purchase or disposal of equipment and supplies for recreation programs.
13. Assist in selecting, training, supervising, scheduling and evaluating part-time staff.
14. Make and implement operational decisions in accordance with City policies and procedures, and promote effective communication and positive working relationships with other department city staff, members of the public, community groups and school district personnel.
15. Assist with emergency operations assignments under the direction of Recreation Supervisor or Recreation Coordinator.
16. Perform other related duties as requested.

1. A self-motivated individual possessing the ability to think creatively, exercise independent judgment, and identify community recreation needs.
2. Considerable knowledge of adult sports rules, regulations, scheduling, and current sports trends.
3. Considerable knowledge of municipal recreation practices, procedures, and methods related to a variety of community-wide special events and programs.
4. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
5. Ability to coordinate, organize, and implement a wide variety of community-wide special events and recreation programs.
6. Ability to communicate and maintain effective interpersonal and public relations with staff members, public officials, program participants, rental clients, contract instructors, volunteers, and the general public.
7. Possession of a valid first aid and CPR card or the ability to obtain one within the first three months of employment.
8. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher is highly desirable. The Parks and Recreation Department utilizes the Active Network for facility reservation and program registration, so knowledge of this software is desirable but not required.