Senior Administrative Specialist

The Position

The Park District is currently recruiting for two Senior Administrative Specialist vacancies:

Community/Volunteer Services - In Volunteer Services, the Senior Administrative Specialist supports communication, coordination, and logistics to help ensure successful volunteer opportunities and events. This position also assists with volunteer database management, program advertising, and operational support for district-wide initiatives and special events. This position will report to the Volunteer Program Supervisor. The worksite for this position is the Richard C. Trudeau Conference Center in Oakland, CA

Operations Administration - This position will support the Division Lead of Interpretive and Recreation Services and reports to the Senior Executive Assistant. The worksite for this position is the East Bay Regional Park District Headquarters in Oakland, CA

The hiring pools established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and any additional vacancies that may occur during the one-year life of the hiring pools. Internal Candidates: Per the AFSCME MOU, section 20.5 "Promotional In-House List", "Permanent employees in the Applicant Classification with a minimum of one year seniority and who meet the minimum qualifications for the Promotional Classification will, upon written request, be placed in a separate hiring pool for the Promotional Classification". Per the AFSCME MOU, there are two "Applicant Classifications" that are eligible to request placement on the promotional list for Senior Administrative Specialist: Administrative Specialist and Reservations Specialist. If you wish to be placed on the promotional in-house list, you must: 1) Submit an application AND 2) Submit a written request for placement on the promotional in-house list by the closing date of this job announcement (Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM). To submit a written request for placement on the promotional in-house list, please email Christina Souza, View email address on click.appcast.io

Recruitment Timeline

Minimum Qualifications Screening: Week of June 8, 2026

Written Examination: Best qualified candidates will be invited to take a remote, written examination. The exam will be sent to candidates in mid-June. Candidates will have at least five business days to complete the exam. Results from the written exam will be sent to candidates within two weeks of the last date of exam administration.

Onsite Oral Panel Interviews: Mid-July (Likely the week of July 13 or the week of July 20)

Selection Interviews: Late July/Early August

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

About Us

The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco. The system comprises 73 parks spanning across 126,809 acres; 1,330 miles of trails; 55 miles of shoreline. We manage and preserve natural and cultural resources for all to enjoy and protect. The regional parks are ideal for healthful recreation and environmental education. Learn about our Mission and Vision, History, and our contributions to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Our Mission: EBRPD preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education. An environmental ethic guides the District in all of its activities.

Our Values:

• Respect We honor the land we steward, each other, and the park visitors we serve.
• Resilience We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.
• Relationships Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.
• Responsiveness We communicate openly, honestly, and reliably.
• Transparency We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

Why Work For EBRPD?

• Work with a purpose for a better world today and for future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties
• A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission
• Excellent benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Click here (Download PDF reader) for details regarding additional benefits
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development
• Free on-site parking
• Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)
• Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch.

What You'll Be Doing

Under general supervision, performs a wide range of specialized and routine to complex clerical and administrative tasks in support of functions and programs and to relieve management of administrative and office support tasks; and performs related duties as assigned. Senior Administrative Specialist is the advanced journey level class of the office/clerical series, fully capable of independently performing a wide variety of receptionist duties, word processing tasks, maintaining calendar(s), filing, record keeping, and coordination of schedules and meetings. This class also performs work involving a variety of complex and highly responsible clerical tasks or highly technical and related non-routine duties of an administrative nature requiring a wide latitude for independent action. This class may provide lead direction to assigned support staff, which is distinguished from other office/clerical classifications.

Ideal Candidate

• Ability to quickly learn data management systems
• Strong calendaring, prioritization, and time management skills
• Customer-service oriented approach to supporting programs, administrative systems, and cross-department coordination
• Ability to interpret and apply rules, regulations, and policy
• Clear and precise verbal and written communication
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite including Word, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint

Essential Functions

• Performs a variety of clerical and administrative tasks requiring specialized knowledge of the assigned department's functions and programs;
• Routes, logs and routes human resources forms;
• Maintains front end of various databases, including user support;
• Assists with the preparation of contract documents and coordinates department work products;
• Processes payments;
• Tracks, reconciles and deposits checks and cash;
• Extracts and compiles data for reports;
• Composes and types correspondence, reports, manuals and policies;
• Creates, edits and updates documents, forms, charts, tables, legal forms and various other items;
• Reviews documents for completeness and accuracy;
• Maintains calendars:
• Schedules and coordinates meetings, trainings and appointments;
• Assesses and sets daily work priorities;
• Explains or clarifies policies, procedures, rules, regulations and contracts;
• Initiates follow-up procedures to ensure projects and other tasks are completed and/or deadlines met, including coordinating activities with others;
• Develops systems for tracking information, projects and pending issues;
• Screens incoming correspondence, including assisting with or referring to appropriate staff and following up on replies;
• Screens outgoing correspondence prepared by others;
• Takes meeting minutes and presents information in a clear and concise manner;
• Performs cross departmental collaboration;
• Processes incoming invoices and submits for payment;
• Provides guidance and training to other department staff on office practices, District procedures, and other subject matter;
• Serves as a resource to management team and internal staff in resolving issues or administrative processing;
• Computes, verifies and reconciles figures on printouts, purchase orders, invoices, time reports and various other documents and forms;
• Processes and reviews timecards;
• Verifies contract provisions are met and appropriate approvals are received;
• Coordinates events and services with outside contacts, vendors and resources;
• Assists in the implementation of departmental goals and objectives.

Other Functions & Duties:

• Designs and creates new forms, certificates, and flyers;
• Maintains adequate office supplies, equipment and forms, including preparing purchase requisitions;
• Arranges for repair of equipment;
• Schedules back-up office support as required;