RECREATION FACILITY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

Krpa; Lawrence (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement: KPERS

Job summary

City of Lawrence, Kansas is seeking a Facility Operations Supervisor for Sports Pavilion Lawrence (SPL), a large recreation center. You will recruit, train, and evaluate staff, coordinate customer service and RecTrac training, and host tournaments and events.

The role requires developing budgets, monitoring operations, and reporting on facility activities, with strong teamwork and communication essential to success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation Business Management, or related field is preferred.
• Three to five years of experience operating public facilities and reservation systems.
• Two to three years of supervisory experience.
• Strong communication, detail orientation, multitasking, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, motivate, and evaluate facility staff.
• Coordinate staff training on customer service and RecTrac usage.
• Recruit and host local, regional, and national tournaments and events.
• Monitor facility operations and balance internal use with bookings.
• Oversee staff scheduling for ballfield rentals, practices, and games.
• Develop and manage facility budgets and prepare reports.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation Business Management or related field

Tools

RecTrac

Job description

Summary:
The City of Lawrence, Kansas, is seeking to fill the position of Facility Operations Supervisor for Sports Pavilion Lawrence (SPL), a 181,000 sq ft recreation center/fieldhouse located at Rock Chalk Park. Key job duties include the ability to recruit, select, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned facility staff, provide or coordinate staff training to include customer service and recreation software training (RecTrac). This position will be responsible for recruiting, securing, and hosting local, regional, and national tournaments and other facility-related events. This position will monitor and evaluate facility operations, balancing internal usage with hosting tournaments and external reservation requests. The Facility Operations Supervisor will work closely with various community partners, businesses, and other organizations to support SPL's events and operations. Additional oversight includes supervising staff that schedule ballfield rentals for practices, games, and tournaments. Other responsibilities include budget development and oversight along with organizing and preparing facility-based reports.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Parks and Recreation Business Management, or related field is preferred. Three to five years of increasingly responsible experience in operating public facilities, reservation systems, and recreation programming within facilities, including two to three years of supervisory experience. The ideal applicant will possess proficient communication skills, attention to detail, the ability to multi-task, and work effectively as a team member.

The successful candidate must possess, or be able to obtain, a valid driver’s license and pass City background, physical, and drug screens.

Benefit Information:
Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance: Various dependent on coverage levels available, and other ancillary benefit options.
Paid Time Off: 12 Vacation days, 12 Sick days accrued per year; 2 days Personal Leave, 10 Paid Holidays
Retirement: Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)