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Park Aide - Extra Help
County of Sonoma
Regional Parks Department (RPK)
Location
Santa Rosa, California, 95403
Salary
$23.15 - $28.15
per hour
Type
Closes
February 10, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This Park Aide role involves hands-on tasks like cleaning parks, collecting fees, enforcing rules, and helping with events to keep Sonoma County's parks welcoming and well-maintained.
It's a temporary position with flexible hours, including weekends and holidays, often outdoors in varying weather.
A good fit would be someone who enjoys physical work, interacting with the public, and supporting community outdoor spaces, even without prior experience since training is provided.
Key Requirements
- Experience in janitorial or physical labor duties
- Basic skills in Microsoft Office
- Ability to make independent decisions and solve problems
- Experience handling cash and using point-of-sale systems
- Strong customer service and communication skills for diverse groups
- Valid CPR and Emergency Cardiac Care card (desirable)
- Bilingual English/Spanish skills (desired)
Full Job Description
Sonoma County Regional Parks is seeking Park Aides who will provide valuable service to the community and our parklands.
If this is you, apply now!
If this is you, apply now!
Multiple positions available!
Salary starting at $23.15/hour!*
- Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms, dumping trash, and collecting litter
- Opening and closing parks
- Assisting Maintenance Workers with various tasks
- Helping the Park Operations team keep the parks safe and clean
- Interpreting and explaining park rules to park visitors
- Collecting fees such as day use passes, membership purchases, and campground fees
- Assisting with special events, park previews, and educational programs
- Experience performing janitorial and physical labor duties
- Basic Microsoft Office skills
- The ability to make independent decisions and possession of problem-solving skills
- Experience handling cash and using a point-of-sale system
- Strong communication customer service skills to assist a diverse group of people internally and externally
- Possession of a valid American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care card is desirable
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) skills are desired, but not required
Please note: These positions require working hours that may vary, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Work may be year-round, with peak season between May-October. Work is performed in various weather conditions.
About Regional Parks
At Regional Parks, we are passionate for the outdoors, public lands, and parks. We love helping people get outside, have fun and be healthy.
Sonoma County Regional Parks includes more than 50 parks and beaches from Petaluma to Gualala and Sonoma to Bodega Bay. Many parks offer wild landscapes and miles of trails.
Others feature sports fields, playgrounds, boat launches, and campgrounds. Regional Parks also manages the County's largest ocean marina.
As a Park Aide you will be enthralled with Sonoma County’s rolling hills, rugged coastline and meandering rivers while contributing to their stewardship.
Extra-Help Employment
Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Temporary, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions.
In addition, they do not receive most employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage, accrual of vacation, participation in the County retirement program, or eligibility to take promotional examinations.
Temporary, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of one calendar year.
These employees must be off of work for three months before they can be re-employed on an extra help basis.
Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.
This recruitment is being conducted to fill multiple temporary, extra-help Park Aide positions in the Regional Parks Department. This employment list may also be used to fill future extra-help positions as they occur during the active status of this list.
Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire to be completed.
Requirements
Experience and Education: Any combination of education and work experience which would provide an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed herein. Normally, this would include experience in a position involving public contact, or performing janitorial, and/or physical manual labor. Coursework or training in park management, natural resources, forestry, environmental studies, or a closely related field is desirable.Desirable Certifications: Possession of a valid American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and an Emergency Cardiac Care card is desirable.
License: Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level including special endorsements, as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.
The positions advertised on this announcement requires possession of a valid California Driver’s License.
Qualifications
Working knowledge of: basic janitorial techniques; occupational hazards and standard safety practices.Ability to: follow oral and written instructions; use hand tools and light machines; perform moderately heavy physical manual labor; detect safety hazards within a park area and report problems to supervisor; prepare a simple record of daily fees on a standardized form; deal effectively and tactfully with the public and County personnel; ensure adherence to safe work practices and procedures; tactfully explain rules, regulations, laws and ordinances; safely drive and operate light motorized vehicles.
Additional Information
- Your application information and your responses to the supplemental questions are evaluated and taken into consideration throughout the entire selection process.
- You should list all employers and positions held within the last ten years in the work history section of your application. Be as thorough as possible when responding to the supplemental questions.
- You may include history beyond ten years if related to the position for which you are applying. If you held multiple positions with one employer, list out each position separately.
- Failure to follow these instructions may impact your competitiveness in this process or may result in disqualification.
Please visit Getting a Job with the County of Sonoma to review more detailed information about the hiring process, including the application process, examination steps, and department selection process.
Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire be completed.
Responses to supplemental questions are used to evaluate your qualifications. Please provide sufficient information to allow for a thorough evaluation of your qualifications.
The selection procedure will consist of the following examination:
AnApplication and Supplemental Questionnaire Appraisal Examination(pass/not pass) will be conducted to evaluate each applicant's combination of educational coursework, training, experience, knowledge, and abilities that relate to this position to ensure satisfaction of the minimum qualifications for this position.
Candidates who possess the minimum qualifications for the position will be placed on an extra-help employment list and referred to the department.
The department may contact candidates from the employment list who possess the most appropriate job-related qualifications for further consideration.
A background investigation is required prior to employment.
Candidates referred to departments for a selection interview are typically required to sign authorization and release forms enabling such an investigation.
Failure to sign prescribed forms will result in the candidate not being considered further for that vacancy. Reference information will not be made available to applicants.
Additional requirements, such as successful completion of a physical exam, drug screen, etc., may apply, depending on the duties and responsibilities of the position.
If you receive a conditional job offer for the position, the requirements upon which the offer is contingent will be outlined in the conditional job letter.
You may also review the Job Classification Screening Schedule to determine the requirements for this position.
Applications are accepted online atwww.yourpath2sonomacounty.org.Paper applications may be submitted by person, fax (707-565-3770), email, or through the mail.
All applications and appropriate supplemental information as outlined in the job bulletin must be received by the time and date specified on the first page of this job announcement.
Applications received after the recruitment closes will not be accepted.
The County of Sonoma values diversity and is dedicated to creating a workplace environment that provides individuals with a sense of belonging.
We are committed to having a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve.
The County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where all aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance, and business need.
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