Career Opportunity:
The City of Las Vegas is currently accepting applications for the position of Healthy Parks Aide. Under general supervision, the Health Parks Aide performs unskilled work in the routine ground and custodial care and maintenance of City parks, facilities, athletic venues, grounds, and other landscaped and recreation areas; and performs related duties as assigned.

This is an hourly level/ part-time position with scheduled hours limited to 19 hours or less per week (Shift will vary based on the needs of the programs and facility). Hourly employees are also limited to 1,560 hours of work in any 18 month period.

The purpose of this recruitment is to establish an eligible list for current/future openings.

SELECTION PROCESS: Final candidate selection may include hiring interview (if applicable). Any individual offered employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test, complete background check, and may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements of the job." Some positions may require preliminary background checks.

NOTE: Eligible applicants will be contacted via phone or e-mail only if moving forward to the interview process. If you are not contacted, your application will remain active for a period of four (4) months.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Provides custodial services for parks and facilities, including high touch surface disinfection, cleaning reservation areas, restrooms, and the control and removal of debris and trash.
2. Services, cleans, and supplies restrooms by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, disinfecting, and maintaining facilities used by the public.
3. Prepares and maintains sports fields and reservation areas for scheduled events.
4. Uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, and brooms; uses and operates trap rakes, blowers, and City vehicles.
5. Provides customer service and related activities to departmental functions and events.
6. Ensures the care, safety, and effective operation of assigned area of responsibility and reports any discrepancies to supervisor; recognizes, avoids, reports, and resolves unsafe acts, conditions, accidents and injuries, complaints, special requests, safety conditions, security issues, and illegal activities.
7. May assist in weed control, and minor repair of sprinkler systems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Training

• Graduation from high school or equivalent Note: An equivalent combination of related training and experience may be considered.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• General knowledge of materials, tools, and methods used in custodial and facility maintenance, building and landscape maintenance and repair.
• Ability to use appropriate safety procedures involved in performing maintenance and custodial work; communicate effectively with individuals from various socioeconomic, ethnic, and culturally diverse backgrounds; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted within the course of work.

• Wage Assignment: Part-time Hourly
• Supervisory classification: No
• This position may require the operation and use of a City vehicle, if a license had by the candidate
• May be required to work an alternative or flexible work schedule, outside of normal business hours, which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or extended hours
• Based on scheduled work hours, may be required to work autonomously in assigned areas to provide custodial care and maintenance to City facilities