Parks and Recreation Director

Job Details

Salary: $137,910 - $201,960 Annually

Location: City of Pasco, WA

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

Department: Parks and Recreation

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, with additional hours as needed

This is an opportunity to lead services that directly shape the quality of life of a growing and diverse community. The Parks and Recreation Director will have the opportunity to develop people, strengthen community partnerships, improve organizational systems, and guide investments in parks, recreation, aquatics, facilities, and community services for years to come.

The City of Pasco is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Parks and Recreation Director to lead a diverse portfolio of services that contribute directly to the quality of life of our growing community.

As a member of the City’s Leadership Team, the Parks and Recreation Director provide executive leadership for recreation programs, parks, aquatics, and animal services. The Director establishes departmental priorities, develops organizational capacity, oversees operating and capital budgets, leads long-range planning, and ensures services are financially sustainable, responsive to community needs, and aligned with the City’s strategic priorities.

This position leads through managers, supervisors, and professional staff while building a high-performing organizational culture centered on clear expectations, accountability, collaboration, employee development, and continuous improvement. The Director also serves as a key advisor to City leadership and regularly represents the department before the City Council, regional partners, community organizations, and the public.

The full job description can be found here:
Parks and Recreation Director

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction across Parks and Recreation divisions, developing managers and employees while establishing clear expectations, accountability, and a high-performing organizational culture.
• Develop, present, and administer operating and capital budgets; monitor revenues, expenditures, service levels, and cost recovery while identifying opportunities for efficiencies, grants, sponsor ships, and partnership funding.
• Build strong regional and community partnerships with school districts, neighboring jurisdictions, agencies, nonprofits, community organizations, and other stakeholders while representing the department before City Council and the public.
• Lead the planning and delivery of recreation programs, community services, and special events that serve Pasco residents across ages, abilities, income levels, and cultural communities.
• Direct the maintenance, operation, and improvement of City parks, trails, sports complexes, open spaces, and while overseeing long-range planning and capital projects.
• Provide executive oversight of City Aquatics and the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter and animal control services, ensuring effective operations, appropriate service standards, safety, compliance, and responsible stewardship.
• Establish effective organizational systems, policies, procedures, performance measures, and technology solutions to improve service delivery, operational accountability, asset management, and the customer experience.

Ten (10) years of combined relevant education and/or experience.

Qualifying education includes parks and recreation administration, public administration, business administration, community development, organizational leadership, or another closely related field from an accredited institution.

Relevant experience must demonstrate competency in:

• Progressively responsible parks and recreation, community services, public administration,…