Parks and Community Services Manager

POSITION

After 32 years of dedicated service to the City of Murrieta, the Parks and Community Services Manager is retiring, leaving a legacy of exceptional public service and community impact. Building upon this strong foundation, the City seeks a forward‑thinking leader with extensive parks and community services experience and a passion for advancing the Murrieta Community Services Department’s vision of creating community through people, parks, and programs.

The Department has recently completed a Parks Master Plan and Trails Master Plan and operates under a comprehensive Strategic Plan. The selected candidate will lead a dynamic department supported by outstanding staff, well‑established special events, and highly regarded youth and senior centers.

Under general direction, plans, organizes, oversees and manages the staff and operations of the Parks and Community Services Division, including recreation facilities and programs, special events, facility rentals, parks, and open spaces; manages the effective use of division resources to improve organizational productivity and customer service; provides complex and responsible support to the Community Services Director in areas of expertise; and performs related work as required.

Receives general direction from the Community Services Director. Exercises direct supervision over supervisory, technical, and administrative support staff through subordinate levels of supervision.

Management classification responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the staff, operations and activities of the Parks and Community Services Division. Incumbents perform diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision‑making responsibilities, including division budget administration, program evaluation and recommendation, and implementation of policies, procedures, goals, objectives, priorities and standards for the City’s community services programs. Incumbents serve as a professional‑level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, or remove job duties as necessary and will make reasonable accommodations to enable qualified individuals to perform the position’s essential functions. The omission of a specific duty does not preclude it from being assigned if it is similar, related, or logically aligned with the role’s overall responsibilities.

• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Parks and Community Services Division including recreation facilities and programs, special events, facility rentals, parks, open spaces, and contracted services.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs; recommends within division policy appropriate service and staffing levels; recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and administration of the division budget; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment and supplies; ensures compliance with budgeted funding.
• Develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve and continuously monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Participates in the selection of, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; works with employees on performance issues; recommends and implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Develops and manages requests for proposals for professional and/or contracted services; prepares scope of work and any technical specifications; evaluates proposals and recommends award; negotiates contracts; administers contracts to ensure compliance with City specifications and service quality.
• Participates in the planning, design, development, negotiation and implementation of Capital Improvement…