About This Role
This is the first of three levels in the Parks and Recreation series. The Superintendent plans, coordinates, and monitors recreational, aquatic, and youth sports activities and programs. Responsibilities may include hiring seasonal and part-time staff, determining program offerings, developing and implementing operating manuals, promoting service offerings to the community, providing information for budget development, monitoring a budget, maintaining records, and preparing operational reports. The role involves supervising lower-level Parks and Recreation staff.
Responsibilities
- Supervise staff, including prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff training, ensuring employees follow policies and procedures, maintaining a healthy and safe working environment, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations
- Assist in the creation and promotion of department strategic planning and goals
- Plan, develop, and market new and existing aquatics programs and/or special events
- Evaluate programs and events for future improvements and/or modifications
- Acquire scholarships and donations
- Promote programs, events, and offerings to the public
- Develop, implement, and administer operating manuals
- Monitor operational compliance
- Assist with budget preparation and administration, including preparing cost estimates for budget recommendations, submitting justifications for budget items, monitoring, and controlling program expenditures
- Collaborate with community groups, schools, and local organizations for partnering in and promotion of recreational activities and events
- Prepare a variety of operational records and reports
- Maintain accurate recordkeeping for accidents, incidents, rescues, daily chemical logs, employee, patron, and swim lesson attendance
- Maintain the safety of patrons and address all public inquiries and requests
- Ensure the enforcement of all pool rules by Lifeguards and the public
- Respond quickly and effectively to all rescue and emergency situations
- Fill in teaching swim lessons, lifeguard classes, or first-aid AED classes when an instructor is out
- Perform other duties of a similar nature or level
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation, Recreation Administration, Public Administration, Business Administration, Sports Management, or a related field
- Three (3) years of experience in recreational programming, sports management or aquatics programming, including two (2) years in a supervisory position
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties
- Possession of a valid driver's license
