SMCL - Lift Inspiring Summers Community Program Supervisor; Extra-; Limited Term

Overview

San Mateo County Libraries is seeking individuals interested in making a difference in the lives of children and families by providing leadership and staff coaching at one or more of our Big Lift Inspiring Summers camps.

Big Lift Inspiring Summers Camps serve children reading below grade level in areas of San Mateo County where most of the youth qualify for free or reduced lunch. These summer learning experiences are a critical part of San Mateo County's strategy to dramatically reduce the number of youth who cannot read on grade level, a problem that disproportionately affects youth of color and socioeconomically disadvantaged youth.

Location: Big Lift Inspiring Summers Community Program Supervisors will be assigned to work at one or more of the camps with children who will be entering kindergarten, first, second, or third grade in the Fall. The camps are located in Daly City, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, Pacifica, Pescadero, San Bruno, and South San Francisco.

Schedule: This is an 11-13 week assignment beginning on Monday, April 27, 2026.

Community Program Supervisors are responsible for supervising Inspiring Summers learning facilitators at one or more program sites, providing direct supervision, feedback and coaching.

Community Program Supervisors are enthusiastic team players, creative risk takers, and excited to impact youth learning outcomes through developing learning facilitators in the classroom. Community Program Supervisors supervise Inspiring Summers Learning Facilitators, provide direct supervision, feedback and coaching to ensure the program maintains an environment that embraces the growth mindset, actively facilitates open-ended, child directed projects and embraces youth creativity. Community Program Supervisors work closely with school district leaders and Senior Community Program Specialists to ensure students, staff and the whole program are successful.

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ability to develop strong partnerships with school district partners.
• Prior experience working with children, especially elementary school-age.
• Prior experience supervising staff and/or leading the work of staff.
• The ability to provide direct coaching to staff to strengthen program quality and meet program goals.
• Current or prior experience as a Senior Community Program Specialist or equivalent supervisor-level position in the County.

Spanish language skills are strongly preferred but not required.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan, assign, review, and supervise the work of learning facilitators at one or more program sites; train staff and provide regular, active coaching to ensure facilitators are implementing program components to fidelity. Develop individual and team performance.
• Co-facilitate training for Inspiring Summers learning facilitators.
• Evaluate employee performance, coach employees on curriculum implementation, classroom management, and interpersonal work relationships, and effectively recommend initial corrective action and other personnel decisions.
• Spend the majority of time in classrooms daily, directly coaching learning facilitators and giving feedback.
• Ensure facilitator prep time is used effectively by scheduling regular check-ins with facilitator teams and working with facilitators to develop lesson plans.
• Lead regular staff meetings focused on classroom management strategies, curriculum implementation, and staff-related reminders.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is:

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in public administration, health care administration, a social science, or a field related to the program area to which assigned.

Experience: Six years of increasingly responsible or supervisory work in the delivery of community, health, or social services, which has included responsibility for programmatic development such as planning, evaluating, monitoring, or coordinating projects, and supervising or leading support staff.

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