Covid-19 Related Service Update: The Housing Resource Center is temporarily closed for drop-in visits due to the Covid-19 health crisis. If you’d like assistance from a Housing Resource Center staff person at this time, please call 510-238-6182 and your call will be returned within 24 hours. You may also send an email request for information to HousingAssistance@oaklandca.gov
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The City of Oakland is committed to the wellbeing of our employees. We offer extensive health and wellness benefits.
Classifications define job qualifications and compensation for City employees.
The City offers generous benefits and the opportunity to build a better city for Oaklanders.
All new full-time (FT), part-time partial (PTP), and part-time to temporary (PTT) should attend New Employee Orientation (NEO).
We work closely with labor unions, negotiate collective bargaining agreements and implement terms and conditions of employment for City of Oakland employees.
Risk management services provide contract insurance requirements review, as well as property and casualty claims management for covered losses. We self-insure the majority of our exposures and purchase insurance in those areas where the level of exposure warrants.
Using bilingual employees, interpreters, translators; telephone, internet or video interpretation; and translated materials, the City provides meaningful access to information and services related to City programs and activities to members of the public who are LEP Persons. If you need language access services at any of our service locations, please talk to one of our City representatives. You may also contact the Language Access Coordinator for any departmental specific requests: <insert hyperlink for language access coordinator list. For more information, please contact: May Tam, mtam@oaklandca.gov
We offer a variety of free trainings for full-time, part-time, temporary City employees as well as City interns and volunteers.
The North Oakland Senior Center (NOSC) is located in the beautifully restored former University High School.
Our programs support success in school, healthy transitions to adulthood, child health and wellness, and youth empowerment. Our work supports the health, safety, and well-being of children and their families.
The City of Oakland Head Start/Early Head Start is a federally and state funded early childhood education program that promotes school readiness for children from birth to age five. We offer free early childhood education and family services to low-income Oakland residents.
We aim to strengthen the network of Oakland's safety net services and work with partners to provide housing services for homeless and at-risk populations. Services include: Emergency Housing Program, Winter Relief Program, Emergency Winter Shelter, Homeless Mobile Outreach Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and more. Formerly Community Housing Services.
The City provides services to help low income residents with financial challenges.
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