Director of Parks and Recreation

Overview

Responsible for the executive leadership, strategic planning, and administrative oversight of a City-wide program of parks and recreation. Work includes planning, organizing, scheduling, assigning and supervising the work of regular, part-time and seasonal employees in the maintenance of parks and facilities and in diverse recreational activities. This position serves as a member of the City’s executive leadership team and ensures parks and recreation services align with City Council goals, City Manager direction, and community priorities.

• Leadership & Personnel Management:
  Selects, orients, trains, assigns, schedules, coaches, counsels and disciplines employees; communicates job expectations; plans, monitors, appraises, and reviews job contributions; enforces policies and procedures.
• Supervises office and field employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, proper procedures; establishes accountability standards and corrects errors or problems.
• Strategic Planning & Operations:
  Provides leadership, management, direction, and long-range vision in the comprehensive development of the overall planning and implementation of programs and services for the parks and recreation department, including facilities maintenance, new or renovation related capital projects, design and construction of Park facilities and resources.
• Plans and administers a comprehensive park and recreation program, recreation centers and landscaping of City property.
• Provides overall direction of activities in a large number of park and recreation areas, including swimming pools, recreation centers, tennis courts, baseball fields, parks and floral display areas.
• Establishes and implements operating policies and procedures.
• Develops, monitors, and evaluates performance measures to ensure programs, facilities, and services meet community needs and City objectives.

• Reviews reports, budgets, goals, and policies proposed by staff.
• Manages, prepares, reviews, analyzes, and presents operating budgets; prepares and administers capital improvement budget and ensures project schedules, grant compliance and proper financial monitoring takes place to meet requirements and effectiveness considerations.
• Directs the development and administration of the Parks & Recreation operating and capital budgets; approves expenditures and implements budgetary adjustments as appropriate.
• Develops grant applications and requests for proposals; prepares and reviews service contracts; administers and monitors the use of regular budgetary allocations, grant or donation related funds, reviews progress, coordinates schedules with other parties, contractors and utilities and resolves problems with project development and execution.
• Prepares and administers grants, solicits outside funding sources and creates innovative methods for revenue production.

• Represents the City and the Parks & Recreation Department before boards, commissions, civic organizations, and the general public.
• Meets with community and business groups to establish community partnerships.
• Handles citizen complaints and effectively determines proper course of action for a resolution.

• Ensures effective use of administrative systems, technologies, and data tools including computers for budgeting, reporting, recordkeeping, and communication.
• Performs other work as necessary and or as assigned.
• Must report to work on a regular and timely basis.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position.

The Director of Parks & Recreation reports directly to City Manager.

The Director of Parks and Recreation supervises all personnel in the Parks and Recreation Divisions along with volunteers.

Training and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in parks and recreation management, public administration, horticulture, landscape architecture, or a closely related…