City Jobs in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Community Services Deputy Director

The City of Rancho Cucamonga is seeking an innovative, strategic leader dedicated to public service as its new Community Services Deputy Director. The Community Services Deputy Director will be an action-oriented, emotionally intelligent team player who can lead a team of professionals, work with various stakeholders, and use excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships while administering department projects. The successful candidate will be passionate about delivering high-quality services, managing resources, strengthening community connections, and leading by example.

The Community Services Department's mission is to engage the community by providing opportunities to play, celebrate, grow, and be entertained through premier programs, outstanding services, and positive environments, creating life-long memories. The department includes:

• 36 full-time and 150 part-time team members
• Five community facilities
• An annual operating budget of over $10 million in expenditures
• Divisional components include Special Events, Sports, Business Services, Staff Development & Volunteers, Youth & Human Services, Senior Services, Rentals & Registration, Recreation, and Entertainment

An ideal candidate will be a passionate and dedicated professional with a proven track record in the field of parks and recreation management who has successfully led teams, managed budgets, and developed and executed strategic plans that are designed to enhance the quality of life for the community, with a commitment to sustainable practices, community engagement, and fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. A candidate must demonstrate leadership, creativity, problem-solving, initiative, and relevant experience driving excellence and innovation in Community Services programs, events, and services.

This position might be perfect for you if you are:

1. A leader who inspires trust from staff and the community
2. More interested in getting it right than being right
3. Eager to envision, stimulate, and execute change when needed
4. Consistently humble through actions and words
5. Composed and poised in stressful, politically charged environments
6. Curious to seek out-of-the-box solutions
7. Able to hold self and others accountable
8. Able to understand executive-level direction

The Deputy Director of Community Services will plan, organize, direct, and coordinate activities of the department. Assume full management responsibilities for the development, implementation, and oversight of divisions' goals, objectives, and outcomes. This position directly supervises assigned management, supervisory, professional, technical, and administrative support personnel. The selected individual will be an excellent communicator and proven team builder who mentors, expands staff development, and inspires staff to provide outstanding services.

Exciting projects ahead for the department include Epicenter Activation Plan implementation, development of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan, re-opening of the RC Resource Center, implementation of programming of the newly remodeled entertainment space at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center Courtyard of VGCC, and highlighting the City's 50th anniversary in 2027 through special engagements.

Potential interview dates:

Panel Interview: July 14, 2026

Department Interview: July 23, 2026

**Subject to change at the discretion of the personnel officer**

Education and/or Experience:

Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in recreation administration, public administration or business administration, or a related field and seven years of increasingly responsible experience in supervising and administering a broad range of recreation and social service programs that includes two years of managerial responsibility.

Substitution: A total of four years of professional-level experience in recreation or related field and seven years of increasingly responsible experience in supervising and administering a broad range of recreation and social service programs that includes two years of managerial responsibility may substitute for the bachelor's degree requirement.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Operational characteristics, services and activities of a comprehensive recreation program; principles of municipal budget preparation and control; principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation; modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment; ability to decide the time, place and sequence of operations within an organizational framework, as well as the ability to oversee their execution; recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to recreation services, planning and administration; public relations principles and techniques; ability to manage and direct a group of workers, including the ability to provide counseling, mediation, conflict resolution and team building. Ability to persuade, convince and train others. Organize, direct and implement recreation programs suited to the needs of the community; considerable knowledge of park development and associated facilities; working knowledge of programs for maintaining security and enforcing regulations at parks and recreational facilities; elicit community and organizational support for recreation programs; ensure program compliance with Federal, State and local rules, laws regulations; select, supervise, train and evaluate staff; perform responsible and difficult work involving the use of independent judgment and personal initiative; understand the organization and operation of the City and of outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities; interpret and apply administrative and department policies and procedures; coordinate and compile information and statistics into complete records and reports; operate and use modern office equipment including a computer; work cooperatively with other departments, City officials and outside agencies; analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals. Ability to analyze and categorize data and information using established criteria, in order to determine consequences and to identify and select alternatives; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including a variety of City and other government officials, community groups, and the general public.

If you feel that you don't meet these preferred qualifications, don't let a confidence gap stop you from applying. Sometimes a list of preferred qualifications can miss the elements that would most strengthen our team; we value the many different skills which make all of us unique.

Physical and Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this class, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee occasionally walks and stands and lifts and moves records, supplies and documents weighing 25 pounds or less. The employee is frequently required to sit to perform administrative and accounting tasks as well as to stand and walk while performing field enforcement and supervisory functions. The position requires the ability to talk or hear for communications purposes. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this class, an employee is regularly required to use oral and written communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve problems; observe and interpret situations; use math and mathematical reasoning; deal with changing, intensive deadlines; and interact with citizens, employees and others encountered in the course of work.

Working Conditions:

The employee works in an office setting with a noise level below 85 decibels. The employee interacts with upset individuals in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.

Application Process:

All applicants are required to apply online at Closing date is 6pm on June 26 or until a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Applications must be complete and demonstrate that the minimum qualifications are met. All statements made on the application are subject to investigation and verification. Resumes may be attached to completed application form as supplemental information, but will not be accepted in lieu of an official application form. Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates who best match the needs of the City will be invited to compete further in the examination process. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will remain candidates until a final offer is accepted by the candidate who most closely meets the requirements of the City. The City may conclude that none of the candidates, even those who meet the minimum qualifications, are appropriate for the position.

Successful candidates shall be required to:

Complete a verification form designated by Immigration and Naturalization Service to certify that they are eligible for employment in the United States of America; and Pass a pre-employment medical exam which includes a Tuberculosis (TB) Exam; Degree Verification and Provide proof of a valid California driver's license and be insurable; and Pass a reference and background verification. References will not be contacted until a mutual interest has been established.

The City of Rancho Cucamonga Participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. In accordance, the City will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For additional information regarding E-Verify, the Federal Government's online employment eligibility verification system, please visit

Disclaimers The City of Rancho Cucamonga is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In addition