Time Together Instructor

City of Evanston; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Evanston is seeking a Time Together Instructor for the Parks and Recreation seasonal program. You will supervise participants, facilitate activities, and help with setup and takedown of equipment during morning sessions.

Requirements include being 18+, availability during regular hours with some evenings and weekends, and at least 1 year of experience with children. Background checks and a drug screen are required; training is provided.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be available during regular business hours and occasional evenings and weekends.
• 1 year of previous experience working with children.
• Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks.
• Pass drug and alcohol screen.
• Up to 3 hours of staff training.
• Hours vary: weekday mornings and some weekends up to 20 hrs/week.

Responsibilities

• Set up and take down equipment and materials for the program.
• Greet and welcome children, caregivers, and families as they arrive.
• Supervise the play area to ensure participant safety and program guidelines.
• Engage with children and caregivers to create a fun, inclusive environment.
• Answer questions about the program, registration, and community center offerings.
• Monitor equipment and play areas to ensure cleanliness and safety standards.
• Report incidents, concerns, or maintenance issues to the Program Coordinator.
• May assist with administration tasks related to the program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

18+ age

Availability evenings/weekends

Child experience

Background checks

Staff training

Education

High school (1 year)

Preseason training

Job description

• Position Type: Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal
• Date Posted: 9/9/2026

TITLE: Time Together Instructor

PAY RATE: $17.05/Hour

DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation

PREREQUISITES FOR APPLYING:

Must be 18 years of age or older

Must be available during regular business hours and occasional evenings and weekends

1 year of previous experience working with children

PREREQUISITES FOR EMPLOYMENT:

Pass both the Criminal and DCFS background checks

Pass drug and alcohol screen

Up to 3 hours of staff training

HOURS: Varies, weekday mornings and some weekends up to 20 hrs/week.

General Task Statement

Responsible for the supervision of program participants, facilitation of activities, and the set up and take down of program equipment. Current program hours are on Mondays from 10:30 am-12:30 pm, and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9 am-12 pm. Other one-off programming may be scheduled based on scheduled school days off and school breaks.

Supervision

Under the direct supervision of the Program Coordinator and Division Manager

Essential Function(s) – Task Statements

• Set up and take down equipment and materials needed for the program.
• Greet and welcome children, caregivers, and families as they arrive.
• Supervise the play area to ensure participant safety and adherence to program guidelines.
• Engage with children and caregivers to create a fun, inclusive, and positive environment.
• Answer questions about the program, registration, and community center offerings.
• Monitor equipment and play areas to ensure cleanliness and safety standards are met.
• Report any incidents, concerns, or maintenance issues to the Program Coordinator.
• May assist with administration tasks related to the program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Specifications

• Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification: Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets. Write: Ability to complete daily log sheets, accident reports, incident reports, jump reports, first-aid reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style. Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
• Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above:
  • Completed at least 1 year of high school
  • Complete all preseason training
• Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:
  • acuity-far: clarity of vision at 20 feet or more
  • acuity-near: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
  • depth perception: ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
  • field of vision- observing an area that can be seen up and in a given point
  • accommodation- adjustment of the lens of the eyes to bring an object into a sharp focus, especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye
  • color vision- ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Working conditions usually associated with this classification: Ability to lift, kneel, bend, stand for long periods of time, identify or distinguish colors, and work outdoors at night with limited lighting
• Environmental conditions (physical surroundings) usually associated with this classification: Ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions such as rain, high temperatures, and humidity. Work environment includes beaches, recreation centers, multipurpose rooms, swimming pools, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, and office space.
• Environmental conditions (hazards) usually associated with this classification: The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions approximately 5% of the time and outside work 95% of the time with no effective protection from weather conditions or temperature changes.
• Machines, Tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work:

Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly in order to move objects

Type of physical demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

Handling: seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.

Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds.

Feeling: perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.

Tasting/Smelling:distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.

Climbing: ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

Balancing: maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

Stooping: bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.

Kneeling: bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)

Crouching: bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.

Crawling: moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet

Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:

pen, pencil, ruler, blueprints, charts, contracts, diagrams, directives, documents, forms, manuals, publications, reference books, schedules, and specifications.