Recreation Program Manager - Parks & Recreation

Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 Holidays

Vacation days (up to 24)

Sick days

Personal day

County benefits package

Job summary

Salt Lake County seeks a Recreation Services Supervisor to lead the planning, staffing, promotion, implementation, and evaluation of a variety of recreation, sport, child care, leisure-time, and community events in an assigned service area.

Bachelor's degree in Recreation or related field plus two years of progressive leadership experience is required; a Utah driver's license may be required to operate a vehicle. Salt Lake County offers strong benefits and work‑life balance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Recreation or related field plus 2 years of related experience incl. supervision/leadership duties.
• A valid Utah driver’s license may be required to operate a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Identify needs and feasibility for a wide variety of recreation, sports, childcare, and leisure-time programs.
• Plan, promote, implement, and manage special events for diverse community interest groups.
• Supervise staff including hiring, training, performance reviews, and discipline.
• Develop annual program action plans per division guidelines.
• Create partnerships and coordinate with other organizations for joint programming.
• Review and evaluate programs for effectiveness.
• Assist in developing and implementing program standards, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee and coordinate use of County facilities and grounds.
• Coordinate maintenance and repair of buildings, grounds, facilities, and equipment and ensure safety/ cleanliness standards.
• Review cash handling, billing, collections per cash handling policies.
• Prepare, monitor, and supervise budget line-items per policies.
• Represent area at community functions and meetings.
• Assign and evaluate subordinate performance and identify training needs to ensure policies are met.

Skills

Staff supervision

Budget management

Project management

Leadership

Community engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Recreation or related field

Job description

Job Description

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live to work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place…. It’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with 10% contribution

• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

Background Check Information

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

JOB SUMMARY

Facilitates and supervises the planning, staffing, promotion, implementation, and evaluation of a variety of recreation, sport, child care, leisure-time, and community events in an assigned service area.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college of university in Recreation, or other closely related field, plus two (2) years of related experience in a position of progressively more responsible experience including supervisor, management, leadership, budgetary, or project management; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience

A valid Driver's License issued by the State of Utah may be required to operate a vehicle.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Identifies the need and feasibility for a wide variety of recreation, sports, childcare, and leisure-time programs.
• Plans, promotes, implements, and manages special events that afford participation of diverse community interest groups.
• Supervises staff, which includes hiring, orienting, training, assigning and reviewing work performance, annual work performance appraisals, and discipline.
• Formulates and prepares annual program action plans in accordance with established Division guidelines.
• Creates partnerships and coordinates with other organizations and agencies to utilize joint programming opportunities.
• Reviews and evaluates assigned programs for effectiveness.
• Assists in the development and implementation of program standards, policies, and procedures within an assigned service area.
• Oversees, supervises, and coordinates the use of County and non-County facilities and grounds.
• Coordinates the maintenance and repair of buildings, grounds, facilities, and equipment and ensures industry and Division safety and cleanliness standards are maintained.
• Reviews all cash handling, billing, and collection within the service area in compliance with the Division's cash handling policies and procedures.
• Prepares, monitors, and supervises assigned budget line-items in accordance with established County and Division policies and procedures.
• Represents assigned area by attending community functions and meetings.
• Assigns and evaluates subordinate employee performance and identifies training the development needs to ensure County and Division policies and procedures, standards, and objectives are met.