Recreation Supervisor

To create, budget, plan, organize, and implement leisure activities at assigned sites, including overseeing contractual instructors and District staff, and ensuring adequate supplies and facility use. To perform other job-related work as required.

Under general direction from the Recreation Manager Superintendent, exercises direct supervision over full-time recreation coordinators, part-time recreation program staff, contractual instructors, and volunteers.

The following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of the duties or functions does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.

Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Organizes, plans, budgets, supervises, and improves programs and special events; designs program format; schedules activities, programs, and events; evaluates programs and events; reserves and prepares facilities for programs.
• Prepares budget; monitors expenditures; generates revenue; research cost and orders supplies; and maintains inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Provides customer service; interacts with members of the community and seeks to involve them in activities, programs, and services, identifying recreational needs, and obtaining feedback on current programs and services; responds to and resolves inquiries and complaints.
• Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with community groups and stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Supervises and provides direction for assigned staff, contractors, volunteers, and program participants. Processes employee concerns and problems, counsels, disciplines, and completes employee performance appraisals; develops and participates in staff training; interviews potential staff; recruits instructors and staff; and writes agreements for services by contractors.
• Prepares and disseminates marketing information for programs and events through established District avenues, including website, recreation guides, newsletters, flyers, news media, banners, e-news, and social media. Marketing strategies are constantly evolving.
• Provides support to division management and conducts administrative tasks, including but not limited to: research and preparation of documents, reports, analysis, and files on program activities; payroll review and approval; documentation of incidents and accidents; policy review, revision, and implementation.
• Commits to being a valuable team member by working closely with division staff while cooperating with staff from other divisions; attends safety meetings and promotes safe work practices; enforces District policies and procedures; represents the District at professional gatherings and workshops; plans, implements, and participates in staff gatherings and team building activities.
• Communicates effectively and efficiently with staff, customers, and community partners through verbal and written methods.
• Skilled with common technologies needed to effectively function in an office environment; willing to learn new technologies.
• Collaborates with community partners and stakeholders to better organize, facilitate, and implement programs, activities, and events.

Education and Experience Guidelines: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in recreation, education, physical education, public administration, or related field;

AND: Three (3) years of experience in organizing, planning and implementing recreation or community service programs and activities, including at least one (1) year of full-time experience leading and/or supervising permanent and/or temporary staff in organizing, planning and implementing recreation or community service programs and activities.

• Principles, practices and procedures of planning and supervision of recreation programs and services.
• Principles and practices of effective supervision, training and performance evaluation of staff.
• Effective and appropriate public contact and telephone techniques.
• Laws, rules and regulations relative to recreation programs and services.
• Modern office practices and procedures.
• Personal computer operation and software applications.
• Current marketing strategies and methods.
• Budgeting practices of government, including purchasing, tracking and reporting.
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Filing methods and recordkeeping systems to effectively maintain a variety of administrative records.

- Work occasional weekend and weeknight hours to assist with various programs, special events, or attend meetings as needed.

- Interpret and abide by District policies, procedures, operations and programs, and to effectively explain and enforce them.

- Analyze problems, research and identify alternative…