Assistant Recreation Supervisor-Hargraves

Chapel On The Hill; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation seeks an Assistant Recreation Supervisor for Hargraves Community Center. You will assist with daily programs, manage youth/teen activities, afterschool, and community events, while handling contracts, budgets, and staff supervision.

Requirements include a high school diploma and 2+ years in parks and recreation, with 1 year in lead capacity preferred. Strong budgeting, customer service, and safety knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two or more years of parks and recreation experience in community centers and youth programs.
• Minimum one year in lead or senior capacity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in daily programming and management of Hargraves Community Center and Nate Davis Senior Gymnasium.
• Plan and evaluate youth/teen programs, afterschool, and community events.
• Coordinate marketing, reports, contracts, and purchasing orders.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate staff and volunteers.
• Develop and monitor program budgets and revenue/expense reports.
• Ensure safety compliance and complete weekly/monthly safety and program reports.

Skills

Program development

Budgeting

Staff supervision

Customer service

First-Aid/CPR

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Recreation software

Job description

Summary

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described here. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned that are not specifically spelled out in this job description, but which may be reasonably considered to require similar knowledge, skills, and abilities. Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation is committed to its vision to Inspire-Create-Preserve through providing exceptional programs, facilities, and services designed to meet the diverse needs of all residents within the town. The department is currently recruiting for an Assistant Recreation Supervisor at the Hargraves Community Center.

History of Hargraves Community Center

Hargraves Community Center has always been a place built of, by, and for Chapel Hill's Black community. The formation of a community-led recreation center was an important act of self-determination for that community and laid the foundation for the local direct-action movement of the 1960s. Hargraves is a historic landmark on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail for the center’s rich history – from its earliest days housing the B-1 Navy Band during WWII, to the first meeting of our local NAACP chapter in 1947, to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Chapel Hill, to the Freedom Schools of the 1960s. Today, Hargraves continues to be a site for the community to gather, socialize, recreate, and engage in the ongoing struggle for social justice.

Essential Functions

Summary of the Position:

The purpose of this position is to assist with the daily programming and management of the Hargraves Community Center, Nate Davis Senior Gymnasium, youth and teen programming, afterschool, and community events. This is accomplished by planning, development and implementing and evaluating programs and events for all ages in the community, marketing programs and events, assisting with maintaining section budget, writing contracts and placing purchase orders, and providing administrative duties. Other duties include assisting with recruiting, interviewing, recommending for hire, training of staff, approves and assigns work schedules.

What You Can Expect To Be Doing (Essential Functions)

• Assists in the supervision and management of the operations and programming of the Hargraves Community Center and Nate Davis Senior Gymnasiums. Provides and directs administrative and customer services duties.
• Plans, leads, coordinates, and evaluates youth and teen programs, including afterschool. Plans, leads, coordinates, and evaluates community events. Assists in program coordination for all other recreation program areas. Utilizes recreation software for activity maintenance and generating reports. Supervises the delivery, setup and breakdown of programs and events.
• Manages multiple projects and priorities simultaneously; provides and directs administrative and customer service duties; maintains office supplies; monitors safety training and compliance; completes weekly and monthly reports.
• Establishes program and special event budgets, tracks expenditures, and creates accurate revenue and expense reports.
• Purchases and receives supplies for programs and events; submits and monitors vendor contracts.
• Completes facility safety checks and evaluations. Monitors safety training and compliance; completes weekly and monthly reports.
• Assists with the development and implementation and evaluation of programs and events including budgets, expenditures, and accurate revenue and expense reports.
• Recruits, interviews, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates full-time staff, program support staff, and volunteers
• Assists with developing and implementing successful marketing campaigns, creating marketing materials, determine best practices for marketing to the target market
• Completes all other duties as assigned.

Do you supervise or not?

This position requires supervising and monitoring the performance of other employees.

What are the physical demands?

The work is typically performed while sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, or stooping. The employee may be required perform tasks that require pushing, pulling, sitting, kneeling, crouching, crawling, balancing, bending, twisting, exposure to mechanical or electrical hazard, inclement weather, outdoor cold and heat and loud noises. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Where and how do you work?

The work is performed either indoors or outdoors depending on the tasks performed.

Minimum Qualifications

What do you need to know to do this job effectively?

Knowledge Of

• Town and department policies and procedures.
• Department rules and regulations and relevant town ordinances.
• Department programs and activities.
• First-Aid and CPR techniques.
• Contract negotiation and preparation.
• Community volunteer recruiting and development resources
• Principles and practices of basic budgeting.
• Applicable state and federal laws including OSHA and safety rules and regulations and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• High-quality customer service and departmental information.
• Large group dynamics.

Ability To

• Interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations and policies appropriately.
• Plan and coordinate events.
• Maintain accurate records and organized files.
• Prepare and compile clear and concise reports.
• Use web-based software systems.
• Use Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or similar tools.
• Solve problems and make sound decisions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and customers.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Model behaviors that are consistent with our value of RESPECT.

What is education and/or experience do you need to be considered for this job?

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

Two or more years’ experience working in parks and recreation in the areas of community/recreation centers, youth programming and teen programming, and afterschool and/or day camps.

A minimum of 1 year of experience working in parks and recreation or related field with lead or senior capacity required.

Perfered Qualifications

Two or more years planning and implementing recreation programming in the areas of youth and teen programming, afterschool, and community events preferred.

Certified American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor

Speak well enough to effectively communicate with patrons in Burmese, Karen, Spanish and/or Mandarin.

Have experience working with children on the autism spectrum, with Down Syndrome, or with other developmental disabilities.

What are the safety considerations for this job?

• You may be randomly drug tested while on the job.
• You will be subject to the Safe Driving and Accident Policy.

Here is other information you should know about the position

• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
• Standard work hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with occasional evening and weekend shifts required based on operational and programming needs.
• A valid NC driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites is required.

Supplemental Information

The Town of Chapel Hill has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

The Town of Chapel Hill does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit.

Last modified on January 8, 2026.

The Town of Chapel Hill offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to regular full time and part time employees.

Health and Dental Insurance

Health and dental insurance are effective the first day of employment. The town will provide full-time employees group medical and dental insurance including family coverage. Employees and the town will share equally in the additional cost of the medical plan for dependent coverage if employees desire to purchase such coverage for family members. Employees are responsible for the full cost of dependent dental insurance.

Retirement Health Savings Plan

Employees hired after June 30, 2010, in a regular full-time or regular part- time position are required to participate in the Retirement Health Savings Plan. Contributions are taken on a pre-tax basis. The current contribution amount is 1%.

Paid Time Off

• Vacation/Annual Leave: Employees in regular full or part time positions earn between 12 and 26 days per year depending upon length of Town service.
• Sick Leave: Employees in full or part time regular positions earn 12 days per year.
• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees receive 6 weeks of Paid Parental Leave after birth or placement of a child in the home for adoption or foster care. This leave does not come from Employee's leave bank.
• Paid Holidays: There are 12 official Town holidays. Employees in full or part time regular positions are eligible for paid holiday time.
• Personal Leave: All employees in full or part time regular positions are granted 3 days of personal leave per year. This leave is non-cumulative

Local Government Retirement System

All employees in regular full or part time position are required to contribute to the retirement system. Contributions are taken on a pre-tax basis. The current contribution amount is 6%.

Supplemental Retirement Plans

• NC 401(k)-The Town makes a contribution of 5% to the 401(k) for all regular full and part time employees. There is no employee match required. Employees have the option of making contributions on a pre or post tax basis. The plan is administered by Empower.
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan-Town of Chapel Hill employees have the option of making contributions to a 457. The Town does not make contributions to this plan. The plan is administered by MissionSquare.

Disability Insurance

• Town Provided: The Town provides both short term and long term disability insurance to all regular full or part time employees. The plan will pay up to 50% of the employee's base income up to $462 per week for non-job related injuries.
• Voluntary Short Term Disability: Employees have the option of purchasing supplemental disability insurance. This plan will pay employees a maximum of 25% of their base weekly earnings up to $400.

Life Insurance

The Town provides full and part time regular employees with an individual term life insurance policy. Employees have the option of purchasing additional life insurance for a small fee. Dependent life insurance is also available.

Direct Deposit

All employees hired after July 1, 2007 are required to have direct deposit.

Other Benefits

• Credit Union: Employees of the Town of Chapel Hill are eligible to open accounts at Civic Federal Credit Union.
• Parking is provided free of charge at or near worksites
• Annual longevity payment beginning with the 5th year of full or part time regular employment
• Tuition assistance is available upon completion of the initial probationary period
• Town has a Housing Assistance Program that assists employees secure housing in Town see the following https://www.chapelhillaffordablehousing.org/employee-housing

01

How much relevant or comparable work experience do you have in recreation programming in the areas of youth and teen programming, afterschool, and community events?

• None
• 1 to less than 2 years
• 2 to less than 3 years
• 3 to less than 4 years
• 4 to less than 5 years
• 5 to less than 6 years
• 6 to less than 7 years
• 7 years or more

02

Do you have a valid North Carolina Driver's License Class C or the ability to obtain one within 60 days of hire?

• Yes, I currently have a valid NC Driver's License.
• I do not currently have a valid NC Driver's License, but I can obtain one within 60 days of hire.
• No, I do not currently have a valid NC Driver's License and NO, I cannot obtain one within 60 days of hire.

03

Please describe your experience working directly with youth and teen programming. Include the types of programs, settings, and/or populations you’ve worked with

04

What is your experience with community events? Describe the event types, your specific roles, and the organizations or partners you collaborated with.

05

What interests you most about serving as the Assistant Recreation Supervisor at the Hargraves Center, and what do you believe you would bring to the position?

06

How would you handle a situation where a parent has an unpaid first-semester balance for afterschool care due to losing their job? What steps would you take regarding the student's program attendance in the interim

• Required Question