Create fun experiences and gain valuable work experience when you apply for seasonal summer positions at overnight and day camps, pools, and waterfront.
We're looking for overnight camp staff, recreation activity leaders, lifeguards, and others to join our recreation staff and work outdoors while providing fun, active, and creative programs for Berkeley youth.
You might be someone who can teach kids to help navigate the outdoors at one of our sleepaway camps in the Sierras, show them how to use tools at our innovative Adventure Playground, or lead programs for tots.
These jobs build skills for life and future careers.
You’ll join a dedicated team that’s proud of the service we provide to our diverse community. We promote an accessible, safe, culturally rich, environmentally sound, and healthy city.
To qualify for a seasonal position, you must be 16 years or older, be able to work 20-40 hours per week, and available to start in early June. You must also pass a tuberculosis test, complete a Live Scan background check, and have a signed Social Security card.
Open seasonal positions with the Recreation Department
Echo Lake Youth Camp & Tuolumne Family Camp
Camp Staff Member: Daily rate of $80.28 - $96.34
Camp Staff Leader: Daily rate of $101.16 - $115.61
Camp Staff Supervisor: Daily rate of $125.72 - $156.07
Day camps, tots, sports, adventure playground, teens, skate park, special events
Recreation Activity Leader: $22.62 per hour (starting pay)
Playground Leader Trainee: $20.90 per hour
Aquatics
Aquatic Specialist 1: $20.90 per hour
Aquatic Specialist 1: $25.59 per hour
Senior Aquatic Specialist: $27.42 per hour
Waterfront
Waterfront Monitors: $20.91 per hour
Recreation Activity Leader: $22.62 per hour (starting pay)
If you don’t have access to a computer, call or come into our office. We can assist you in completing your application online. Contact our office during business hours:
Recreation Division Parks, Recreation & Waterfront 1720 8th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 981-5140 Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm
These jobs serve the City of Berkeley's Recreation Division, which offers dozens of camps, classes, and other activities for participants of all ages. Families and individuals can learn more about programs and sign up via our registration portal and see more opportunities on our events calendar.
For youth and others looking for seasonal work over the summer, come join our recreation team and help provide fun, active, and creative programs for Berkeley youth.
As the COVID-19 State of Emergency comes to an end, you can continue to attend City Council meetings either in person or virtually while nearly all board and commission meetings will return to only being held in-person.
The hybrid format for Council meetings will also apply to all Council committees as well as the Zoning Adjustments Board.
The end of the state of emergency also means that while masking will continue to be strongly encouraged, it will not be required. If you’re sick, stay home. The best way to keep yourself safe is to stay up to date on vaccination, seek treatments when sick, and know how to effectively wear a mask.
Use a short survey to help refine a wide-ranging plan to improve how the City and community members can prepare for and respond to wildfires.
The survey, which closes March 15, will ask for your priorities and actions individually, as a neighbor, and as a community. The plan covers issues including wildfire response, community preparedness, fuel management, infrastructure, ignition reduction, and home hardening.
We will use your input to finalize our plan to protect Berkeley from wildfires. Hills neighborhoods are particularly vulnerable, where wildfires can spread quickly and uncontrollably.
The final step in the planning process will be to incorporate comments on the draft and submit it for adoption to the City of Berkeley Fire Department, CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit, and the Berkeley City Council.
Low income Berkeley residents – such as a family of four making less than $106,000 annually or an individual making less than $74,200 – can apply for a lottery to get an electric bike for long-term use as part of a city-funded program.
The 50 selected households – who can also qualify if they participate in SNAP, PG&E CARE, or Medicaid – would pay a $100 refundable deposit and get an electric bike, helmet, bicycle locks, lights, and training on safe riding.
Those households will also receive free check-ups and maintenance for at least a year from Waterside Workshops, a nonprofit partner with GRID Alternatives and the City of Berkeley as part of the Berkeley E-Bike Equity Project.
Anyone in Berkeley can use electric bikes at a lower cost through shared bike and scooter companies. These tools also allow residents to tie into the city’s bike boulevards, a network of lower-traffic, calmed roads designed to enhance safety and convenience for those on scooters and bikes.
Eligible residents can apply online by March 8 to enter the e-bike lottery.
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