Recreation Specialist; Senior’s Planning & Performance Specialist), Grade 21

About The Position

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The salary range above represents this position’s earning potential. The anticipated hiring range for this position will be $70,556 - $98,856, based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Montgomery County Department of Recreation is a nationally recognized and award-winning agency with a mission to provide high quality, diverse, and accessible community-based programs, activities, and services that serve the recreation and leisure needs of the Montgomery County community. The department manages 39 facilities including recreation centers, senior centers, and indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities and provides thousands of programs such as out-of-school activities, aquatics, classes, youth and adult sports programs and leagues, senior programs, and therapeutic recreation.

Recreation is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and values diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and cultures. Recreation encourages BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.

The Department seeks a dynamic, experienced, and energetic Recreation Specialist to perform full-time work in support of Senior (55+) programming and telling our story. The position involves ensuring our team’s performance measures are achieved through data collection and analysis, and supporting our senior centers and/or facilities with innovative, state-of-the-art and culturally responsive programs for adults 55 or better. Successful candidates will have knowledge, skills, and abilities for organizing, developing, planning, scheduling, promoting, contract oversight, attention to detail, and evaluating a full range of instructional classes, sports, fitness and wellness programs, lifetime leisure activities, and special events in diverse community settings.

They will also demonstrate broad individual responsibility executing general facility oversight, cleanliness, care, and ground maintenance. The Recreation Specialist will play a critical role in creating and maintaining a welcoming environment that promotes active participation and enhances the quality of life for our diverse senior community.

Recreation Specialists are responsible for the programs, activities, classes, events, and data collection that help our older residents thrive in our programs. The Recreation Specialist will have the experience and demonstrate the abilities in:

• Leading and Planning Programs and Events – Plan, develop, organize, establish outcomes, manage budgets, and evaluate recreation programs, classes, and large-scale events for the older adult population, making data-driven decisions for future programs.
• Community Engagement – Build positive working relationships and deliver culturally responsive, inclusive, and equitable programs for the community.
• Senior Meal Program Support & Oversight – Support and assist with meal orders, reservation requests, meal distribution, accurate data collection, and food safety standards at multiple locations.
• Staff, Volunteer, and Contract Oversight – Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, monitor, and evaluate seasonal employees, volunteers, and contractors. Ensure high-quality service is delivered and payments are initiated and processed on time.
• Administrative Operations – Handle registrations, scheduling, and program setup using recreation software systems and tools.
• Financial, Performance, and Compliance Management – Safeguard cash, PPI, inventory, County property, and data collection. Prepare reports, trackers, and data analysis summaries for leadership. Adhere to policies, protocols and best practices.
• Marketing and Communication – Promote and support the department, division, and team on county initiatives, programs and events. Serve as a liaison between colleagues, public relations, customer service, stakeholders, partners and community members.
• Community Partnership – Establish, collaborate, and coordinate with organization boards, community groups, businesses, non-profits, etc. to advance the department’s mission and fill program gaps.…