Assistant Park Manager | Rhodius Park

City of Indianapolis; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Indianapolis seeks an Assistant Park Manager to oversee park programs, facilities, and staff. You will help design recreational offerings across aquatics, arts, sports, and youth programs, while managing budgets and partnerships to serve the community.

The role requires strong communication, customer service, and the ability to work under general supervision. Travel between locations and on-call hours are possible as part of park operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of recreation-related experience.
• Ability to work under general supervision.
• Self-motivated and dependable.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Customer service oriented.
• Licenses/Certifications: CPR/First Aid Teaching Certificate, Indiana Public Passengers Chauffeurs License, NYSCA Clinician Certification, CPRP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement recreational programs in core areas (aquatics, sports/fitness, arts, youth/family, seniors, special needs, day camp).
• Develop and manage fiscal resources, contracts and partnerships for the park.
• Coordinate a volunteer park advisory council.
• Train and develop park personnel on-site.
• Assess community recreational needs and evaluate programs and services.
• Recruit, hire, train, evaluate, and advise on-site staff, volunteers and contractors.
• Develop and monitor the park's budget and revenue goals.
• Oversee ordering of supplies and maintenance of resources.
• Ensure adherence to department policies and customer service standards.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Recreation experience

Communication skills

Customer service

Self-motivated

Education

Recreation degree or 4+ years experience

Job description

Overview

Position is responsible for the overall management of programs, services, facilities, and personnel at designated park location in the absence of the Park Manager. Work related activities may incorporate all facets of recreational programming and service delivery.

Position Responsibilities

Assists in designing and implementing recreational programs in the core service areas of aquatics, sports and fitness, the arts, youth and family programs, seniors, special needs and day camp programs, may have aquatic duties depending on the park location.

Assists in the development and management of all fiscal resources, contracts and partnerships for the park.

Oversees and assists in coordinating a volunteer community park advisory council.

Assists the Manager in the training and professional development of personnel at park location.

Assists in the assessment of the recreational needs of the community, plans, designs, implement's and evaluates programs and services at location.

Interacts with a volunteer advisory council representative of the neighborhood and user groups to the park facility.

Assists in recruiting, hiring, training, evaluating, and advising on-site personnel, volunteers and contractors.

Assists in the development of the budgetary needs of the recreation services to be provided.

Projects, monitors and adjusts spending and revenue to best meet the goals and performance measurements of the park location.

Participates in the ordering and purchasing of supplies, materials and equipment for the park location.

Assists in monitoring and evaluating needed improvements, repairs, or changes to the resources of the park location to best meet the needs of the community.

Assists in coordinating the training and monitoring of adherence to department policy and procedure at park location.

Assists in managing the customer service relations at the park location including all forms of communication with the public, marketing of programs and service.

Processes customer inquires and complaints, training and monitoring on site staff related to customer service skills.

Responsible for proper collection and depositing of revenues.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years experience (or equivalent combination of education & experience) in Recreation or related field.

Ability to work productively under general supervision.

Must be self-motivated and dependable.

Must have exceptional written and oral communication skills.

Must be customer service oriented.

Licenses/Certifications required: Ability to obtain: CPR and First Aid Teaching Certificate, Indiana Public Passengers Chauffeurs License, NYSCA Clinician Certification and Prefer CPRP (Certified Parks & Recreation Professional).

Working Conditions

Assistant Park Managers are assigned to the park location as a primary work location. Work hours may include holidays, weekends and evenings. Assistant Park Managers will be expected to travel to various locations for work related activities. Assistant Park Managers may be in working environments that are very isolated (i.e. they are the only staff on site at a particular time). Assistant Park Managers are on-call on a 24 hours, 7 days a week.

All rates are bi-weekly.

2026 Rate Sheet - To view our rate sheet, please copy and paste this link into your web browser: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:67382b58-4d1a-4519-89d7-8453f91e19a1

Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month):

Basic: Employer Paid

Optional Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month)

Additional

• 25-29 $0.058
• 30-34 $0.083
• 35-39 $0.099
• 40-44 $0.132
• 45-49 $0.223
• 50-54 $0.363
• 55-59 $0.600
• 60-64 $0.795
• 65-69 $1.329
• 70 + $2.054

Important Perf Update

• For more information on eligibility options, refer to Proposal 21-288 https://bit.ly/3exq8yR
• All employees hired/rehired after 1/1/2022 have a choice to select the PERF Hybrid plan (3% + Pension) or the INPRS My Choice: Retirement Savings plan (3% + 1% Contribution). The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Annuity Savings Account (ASA) -This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Part one - This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Part Two - This Consists Of An Additional Variable Rate Contribution Paid By The City Toward Your ASA. This Variable Rate Contribution Is Currently 1% Of Your Gross Wages. Vesting In The Value Of The Variable Rate Employer Contribution Will Vary By Length Of Participation. You Are

• 20 percent vested after 1 full year of participation
• 40 percent vested after 2 full years of participation
• 60 percent vested after 3 full years of participation
• 80 percent vested after 4 full years of participation
• 100 percent vested after 5 full years of participation
• All employees hired/rehired prior to 1/1/2017 are grandfathered into PERF Hybrid plan. The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Annuity Savings Account (ASA) -This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Pension - The pension portion of the retirement benefit is funded by contributions made by the employer over the course of the employee's career and separate from the annuity savings account. Employees enrolled in the PERF Hybrid plan are eligible for retirement benefits at age sixty-five (65) if they have ten (10) or more years of creditable service. After June 30, 1995, employees may retire at age sixty (60) with at least fifteen (15) years of credible service or if the member's age in years plus the years of credible service equals at least 85 and the member is at least fifty-five (55) years of age. With fifteen (15) or more years of creditable service, the employee may retire as early as age fifty (50) with a reduced pension.

• City Employees hired/rehired between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/21 that are members of the City AFSCME labor union can choose to enroll in either the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan or the PERF Hybrid plan. Both plans are described above. Employees have 60 days to choose which option they want, and by state law this cannot be changed. If no choice is made, the employee will then be automatically added to the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan.

The Indiana General Assembly has enacted a provision that allows public employees to make voluntary contributions in addition to the mandatory three percent (3%) contributions. Employees may contribute up to an additional ten- percent (10%) of their compensation per pay period to the annuity savings account. This means that the maximum level of contributions to the annuity savings account under this new provision is thirteen percent (13%) of an employee's compensation per pay period.

Employees who separate from the city within their first ten (10) years of employment need to contact INPRS - PERF regarding their ASA account.

Questions relating to PERF may be directed to INPRS - PERF at:

Indiana Public Retirement System

Public Employees' Retirement Fund

One North Capitol, Suite 001

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

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