Recreation Coordinator; City Parks and Recreation; Seasonal

Overview

The Aquatics Coordinator oversees the daily operations of the City of Sioux City’s aquatic facilities, ensuring a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for all patrons. Responsibilities include supervising lifeguards and instructors, coordinating staff schedules, and providing ongoing training and performance evaluations. This position ensures compliance with all applicable safety regulations, required certifications, and established emergency procedures. The coordinator also plans, organizes, and manages aquatic programs such as swim lessons, fitness classes, and special events.

Strong leadership, effective communication, and thorough knowledge of aquatic safety standards are essential for success in this role.

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Must hold a valid lifeguard certification
• Supervises and evaluates the work of subordinate staff; effectively recommends personnel actions related to selection, performance, leaves of absence, grievances, work schedules and assignments, disciplinary procedures and administers personnel, safety, and related policies and procedures.
• Solicits the services of, and trains volunteers, as necessary, to satisfactorily coordinate events held through the Parks and Recreation Department.
• Manages the daily operations of recreational facilities; schedules maintenance and use of facilities.
• Responds to inquiries, complaints and requests from the general public.
• Assists with social media management for the department.
• Coordinates daily operations/private rentals at certain facilities, such as Cone Park, Expo Center, Long Lines Family Recreation Center, swimming pools, or other City recreation facilities, as assigned.
• Creates, implements, and oversees recreational programming.
• Administers first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.
• Participates in short-term and long-term strategic planning efforts for recreation programming, for the department at assigned facilities.
• Sets up tables, chairs, audio-visual, concession, soccer goals, basketball hoops, and other equipment as needed for scheduled events.
• Maintains regular and punctual attendance at work.
• Occasionally works outside regular office hours.
• Expected to temporarily perform duties outside of normal classification in the event of a declared emergency. In the event that an employee is excused from work other than being sick, they will be required to report to work in a state of declared emergency.

Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you; ability to identify and understand the speech of another person; ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences; actively looking for ways to help people; being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do; teaching others how to do something; ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense;

ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem; understanding written sentences and paragraph in work-related documents.

Knowledge of the methods, practices and trends of community based recreation program administration; knowledge of the methods, practices, and trends of winter, aquatics, outdoor ice rinks, and other recreation activities; ability to select, train and supervise facility and recreational staff; thorough knowledge of first-aid methods and safety precautions to be used in administration of a wide range of recreation programs; ability to resolve conflicts;

scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others; knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, this includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction; knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Requires effective communication skills and the ability to provide assistance to customers (external and internal); ability to write and speak effectively with fellow employees, City Council, and the general public; ability to speak clearly so others can understand you; ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors and the general public;

read in English; apply common sense understanding to the work process, procedures, programs and services; ability to provide and follow verbal and written instructions; ability to work as a member of a team in order to accomplish tasks.

Ability to see details at a distance;…