Area Coordinator Green Street
Resume:
RESUME OF
MELISSA MARIE BAILEY
GAINESVILLE, GA. 30507
*************@*****.***
Education: Columbus State University
**** ********** ****** ********, ******* 31907
Major: Recreation Management
Graduated with a BS in Recreation Management: August 1992 Truett McConnell College
100 Alumni Drive
Cleveland, Ga. 30528
1987-1989
Professional Experience: Special Projects Manager
Gainesville Parks and Recreation
830 Green Street, NE Gainesville, Ga. 30501
August 2021 – December 2021
Duties Include but are not limited to:
Capital Project Support – I work in conjunction with the Deputy Director and Director with capital projects. Examples: Midland Train Park, Midland Dog Park, Disc Golf Course, J. Melvin Cooper Sports Complex.
Partnerships Liaison: working with partners such as the Gainesville City School System, Friends of the Park, Boys and Girls Club, Hall County Parks and Leisure, etc. Gainesville Parks and Recreation is a nationally accredited agency and every five years the Agency submits its standards to the accreditation team to be eligible for reaccreditation. The lead is in charge of organizing all documentation and submitting the information. Included in this process is coordinating economic impact, recreation programming plan and program summaries. Training Coordinator over all agency training, which is over 200 different training's per year across all divisions of the agency.
Grant Coordinator working with Deputy Director and Director on grant opportunities. Orientation Coordinator, which consists of an orientation PowerPoint and checklist for all new full and part time staff to introduce them to the Agency Works in conjunction with the Deputy Director to coordinate all areas of the Agency budget to finalize and present the budget to the board and city council. Updates the Strategic Plan for the Agency.
Recreation Division Manager
Gainesville Parks and Recreation
July 2011- August 2021
Duties include but are not limited to:
The everyday operations of the Recreation Division Manager: Supervision of 4 full time employees responsible for overseeing youth athletics, directing programs and camps, implementing instructional programs, and coordinating adult athletics and facility management.
Prepares and monitors budget preparation and is responsible for three cost centers. Revenue policy and sponsorship policy in the Agency.
Coordinated the Agencies annual fee analysis, which is gathering other Agencies chart of fees and putting them together to see where Gainesville Parks and Recreation falls in the market average. This analysis is the way the Agency decides its fee structure. Partnerships Liaison: working with partners such as the Gainesville City School System, Friends of the Park, Boys and Girls Club, Hall County Parks and Leisure, etc. Coordinated and oversees the Summer Community Theatre Program, which consists of a children’s musical workshop and an adult performance each year. Responsible for all activity summaries, annual activity reports and monitors Agencies service levels for programs.
Works daily with the Management team to strive for excellence in their Agency. Coordinated the volunteer recognition program, which includes the preparing of the volunteer manual, leading staff through the volunteer recognition months of April & October and coordinating the 5 volunteer awards given yearly by the Agency. Coordinated community involvement and partnership management. Heavily involved with marketing manager for the marketing of programs and events. Responsible for accreditation writing and documentation for the Recreation Programming Plan. Supports recreation team daily and encourages all staff to grow personally and professionally. Recreation Program Coordinator
Gainesville Parks and Recreation
March 2005 – July 2011
Duties Include but are not limited to:
The everyday operations of all Youth Athletic Programs: Supervises all youth athletic programs. Including all team sports, all youth sports camps, all athletic special events (opening day of baseball & softball, punt, pass & kick, pitch, hit & run, etc.) and all pee wee sports. Participation number are over 3,000 a year in youth athletics. Some special events bring in over 5,000 people.
Instructor of all Pee Wee Sports for 4 & 5 year old children. Sports Include: basketball, flag football, soccer, lacrosse, t-ball, cheerleading & tennis.
Responsible for preparation and monitoring the budget for youth athletics and the youth sports booster club.
Recruited all volunteer coaches. Responsible for securing and obtaining applications, background checks, photo ID’s and certification of all volunteers in the youth athletic programs. Responsible for all evaluations, drafting and preparing practice & game schedules of all team sports. Also doing all evaluations and post-season coaches and staff meetings to determine any changes that need to be made for the next year.
Responsible for Concessions in youth athletics such as inventory, stocking and hiring of concession workers.
Responsible for the hiring and scheduling of all umpires, officials and scorekeepers for all youth athletic leagues.
Responsible for all team and individual pictures for all youth athletic participants. Preparing RFP for picture bids to photographers every three years and compiling information to determine bid winner.
Responsible for obtaining all youth sports sponsorships. Worked with Marketing Director on all promotions and advertisement for youth sports programs. Director
Union County Recreation Department
P.O. Box 2932 Blairsville, Ga. 30514
February 2002- December 2005
Duties Include but are not limited to:
The everyday operation of the Union County Recreation Department and the everyday operation of Meeks Park and the Union County Recreation Pool.
Budget preparation and monitoring for the Union County Recreation Department Supervised 4 full time staff and 30 part time staff (this includes concession workers, lifeguards, day camp staff and sports officials) and all volunteer coaches. Hiring and evaluations are maintained each year through the Director.
Overseeing Meeks Park making sure park is maintained at the highest level in all areas. Coordinated all programs that are not in athletics such as dance, baton, special events
(working in conjunction with the Visitors Bureau), aquatics programs and senior programming Does all marketing for Department such as registration forms, flyers, news releases, brochures and postcards.
Maintained two websites for the Department.
Coordinated the spring & summer special olympics local and area programs. Youth Services Coordinator – November 1992 – February 2002 Dublin –Laurens County Recreation Authority
P.O. Box 689 Dublin, Ga. 31040
Duties Include:
The Coordination of all youth sports programs. Director of all sports leagues. Supervised 5 full time employees that were all on the youth athletic staff. Responsible for recruiting, securing and obtaining applications, background checks and certification of all youth volunteer coaches. Supervising all volunteer coaches. Coordinated all concessions for youth athletics at all facilities. Including inventory, stocking, hiring and scheduling concession workers.
Coordinated scheduling of all officials, umpires and scorekeepers. Coordinated all team sports evaluations, drafting and scheduling. Coordinated and led all special populations programs. Additional Professional Activities and Certifications: CPRP Certification
Leadership G.R.P.A. 1 & 2 Graduate
CYSA Certification
Served and chaired various Georgia Recreation and Park Association Committees Committee’s such as the Editorial Committee, Awards Committee, Annual Conference Committee, Documents Committee, Leadership Committee, Marketing and Visibility Committee and Membership Committee from 1997 to the present. Serves on the Leisure Careers Board from 2012 to the present
Served on the Georgia Recreation and Park Association State Athletic Committee 2003 to the present.
Served on the Georgia Recreation and Park Association Board of Trustees 2004 - 2019 Served on the Georgia Recreation and Park Association District 7 Executive Committee 2006-2013 after chairing in 2010 & 2011.
Served on the Georgia Recreation and Park Association Executive Committee 2013 – 2017. Serving as President of the Association in 2016.
Community Activities:
Leadership Dublin-Laurens County – 2000 Graduate
Relay for Life Board – 2003, 2004
Georgia Special Olympics Area Coordinator – 2002, 2003, 2004 Leadership Union County – 2004 Graduate
Awards:
Georgia Recreation and Park Association District 1 – Leadership Award Georgia Recreation and Park Association Athletic Section Distinguished Professional – 2004 Gainesville Parks and Recreation Employee of the Quarter and Employee of the year – 2007 Georgia Recreation and Park Association District 7 Roy Hammond Leadership Award- 2010 GRPA Mike Daniel Award 2011
GRPA District 7 – Jeff Pruitt Inspiration Award 2021 References:
Wayne Gay
Phone: 478-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
Title: Past Director, Dublin Recreation Department, Retired GRPA Member Randy Spviey
Phone: 478-***-****
Email: *******@*****.***
Title: Dodge County Parks and Recreation, Director Bobby Simpson
Phone: 229-***-****
Email: ********@************.***
Title: Founder, Getting Better Every Day/Higher Ground Steve Card
Phone: 706-***-****
Email: scard@grpaorg
Title: Georgia Recreation and Park Association, Executive Director
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