Recreation Manager

Requirements

MOS Code: None

Education and Experience: A Bachelor’s degree or higher in recreation management, business or public administration or related field, and six (6) years of professional recreation experience, including four (4) years supervisory experience.

Incumbents in an executive level job class will not be required to meet the educational requirements of his/her respective job class provided that the incumbent was permanently employed in the respective job class on June 2006. All employees hired into an executive level position after June 2006 are required to meet the educational requirement of the respective job class.

Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class “C” Driver’s License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose

Under general direction, manage recreation centers and/or city-wide special events, after school programs, and leisure instruction.

Typical Duties

Plan, supervise and implement programs, services and activities for recreation facilities citywide. Involves: Develop objectives for long-range and short-range use of recreation facilities. Establish scope, schedule and expectations of plans and objectives. Coordinate projects with staff in other divisions. Make presentations to and attend meetings with elected officials, representatives of various civic, private and government organizations.

Plan, organize and coordinate day-to-day projects and activities directly and through subordinate supervisors. Involves: Develop, plan and implement department goals and objectives. Recommend, implement and administer policies and procedures. Direct, oversee and participate in the development of the division work plan. Analyze department personnel, equipment and procedures and recommend and implement improvements, automation or streamlining of work activities. Assist in the development and monitoring of division budgets. Determine and implement appropriate users fees.

Develop, implement and monitor operation budget. Involves: Prepare budget forecasts for operations, maintenance and capital expenditures for recreation services. Analyze long- and short-term capital requirements. Develop plans for ongoing operations. Provide guidance and assistance to subordinate staff on budget management issues. Research and obtain funding sources through grants, city allocations, private industry, and revenue producing programs and activities. Monitor and approve budget expenditures within division as required.

Provide technical support, information and guidance on recreation services to the public, partners, and other City departments. Involves: Respond to requests for information on recreation policies and procedures. Problem resolution with recommended action. Prepare complex and comprehensive documents on issues requiring analysis, project tracking, presentation, and recommendation for implementation.

Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Participate, authorize or approve the hiring of staff. Supervise directly and through subordinate supervisors. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinate supervisors. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hirings, termination, transfers, disciplinary actions, and merit pay or other employee status changes.

Represent the department in a professional manner as requested by the Director. Involves: Interact with a variety of department heads, managers, supervisors, employees and the public to provide and gather accurate information for recreation programs and activities. Attend and participate in professional groups and committees. Prepare and deliver presentations at City Council, boards, commissions and community organizations.

General Information

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Please note: This is an unclassified position.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.