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  • Cool Job Alert: Roving Art Cart is Hiring!

    Cool Job Alert: Roving Art Cart is Hiring!

    Photo Credit: Citiparks
    Photo Credit: Citiparks

    Looking for a summer job or looking to pick up some extra work this summer? The City of Pittsburgh’s parks department, aka Citiparks, is hiring an assistant for the Roving Art Cart.

    The Roving Art Cart, now in its 43rd summer here in Pittsburgh (I would love to know more about how this program started) travels around to parks and community centers to offer arts programming to kids all summer long.

    To apply visit www.PghJobs.net (this is not the most user-friendly website, so I’ve copied and pasted the job description below).

    POSITION DESCRIPTION – RECREATION ASSISTANT, TEMP (ROVING ART CART)

    Position Duties:

    • Enjoy working with children in an outdoor “Arts in the Park” setting on a daily basis.
    • Work with multi media art projects and participate in creating lesson plans.
    • Prepare daily Roving Art Cart materials and maintain art supply inventory.
    • Understand the Roving Art Cart summer schedule and projects.
    • Ability to communicate Roving Art Cart information effectively to parents and community groups throughout the City of Pittsburgh.
    • Understand daily group attendance at Roving Art Cart sites and collect field data.
    • Responsible for the movement and daily set up and break down of tents, tables and art supplies.

    Ability to:

    • Interact with the public in a courteous and polite manner.
    • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors and co-workers.
    • Arrive to work on time for each assigned shift.
    • Lift at least 50 pounds.
    • Work a flexible schedule which may include evenings, weekends and holidays.

    Roving Art Cart Summer 2016 Schedule

    10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    June 14 Highland Park – Super Playground
    June 15 McGunnegle Playground – Sheraden
    June 16 Beechview Spray Park – Beechview
    June 17 Frick Park – Forbes/Braddock Playground
    June 21 Phillips Recreation Center – Carrick
    June 22 Ormsby Recreation Center – South Side
    June 23 Allegheny Commons Park (West Commons) near National Aviary – North Side
    June 24 Schenley Park – Schenley Oval
    June 28 Troy Hill Spray Park – Troy Hill
    June 29 West End/Elliott Overlook – Elliott
    June 30 Ammon Recreation Center – Hill District
    July 1 Riverview Park – Observatory Entrance
    July 5 Magee Recreation Center – Greenfield
    July 6 Burgwin Playground – Hazelwood
    July 7 Jefferson Recreation Center – North Side
    July 8 Grandview Park Overlook – Mt. Washington
    July 12 Arlington Recreation Center – Arlington
    July 13 Warrington Recreation Center – Beltzhoover
    July 14 Moore Park – Brookline
    July 15 Highland Park – Farmhouse Playground
    July 19 Brookline Recreation Center – Brookline
    July 20 Mellon Park – Dan Cohen Playground – Shadyside
    July 21 Paulson Recreation Center – Lincoln-Lemington
    July 22 Schenley Park – Anderson Playground
    July 26 Marmaduke Playground – Brighton Heights
    July 27 Swisshelm Playground – Swisshelm Park
    July 28 Olympia Park Playground – Duquesne Heights
    July 29 Frick Park – Blue Slide Playground
    Aug 2 Davis Park – Hobart Street – Squirrel Hill
    Aug 3 Banksville Park – Banksville
    Aug 4 Westinghouse Park – Homewood
    Aug 5 Riverview Park – Observatory Entrance

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