Environmental Protection Park And Recreation Supervisor PS

Environmental Protection Park And Recreation Supervisor 2

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At the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, we are dedicated to conserving, improving and protecting our natural resources and the environment—and increasing the availability of cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy.

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The EP Park and Recreation Supervisor 2 is accountable for the operations and supervision of a medium sized management unit within the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Division of State Parks and Public Outreach. The unit may include Shenipsit State Forest, Bigelow Hollow State Park, Nipmuck State Forest, Nye-Holeman State Forest, and Scantic River State Park. The position is full‑time, 40 hours per week, with weekend duty during the active recreation season (generally Memorial Day to Labor Day, including holidays).

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews the work of staff.
• Provides staff training and assistance.
• Conducts performance evaluations.
• Determines priorities and plans unit work.
• Establishes and maintains unit procedures.
• Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards.
• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures.
• Supervises operation, programs and maintenance activities within a designated recreational unit.
• Manages unit business activities including purchase requisitions, inventories, revenue deposits and time and attendance reports.
• Participates on forest fire suppression crews and boundary maintenance.
• Acts as departmental liaison to the public.
• Prepares necessary reports (e.g., payroll, public attendance records, evaluations, accident and vandalism reports, stores requisitions).
• Prepares and supervises unit development projects.
• Identifies, prioritizes, assigns and supervises maintenance projects.
• Hires and trains seasonal personnel.
• Performs emergency first aid.
• May enforce laws and regulations concerning use of parks and recreational facilities.
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of relevant agency principles and practices involved in operation, programs and maintenance of a wide variety of departmental controlled lands and facilities.
• Knowledge of agency laws, statutes and regulations; approved methods of water safety, first aid and CPR; business mathematics; basic principles of park interpretation and recreational planning and development; construction and maintenance trades.
• Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to utilize computer software.
• Supervisory ability.

Six (6) years of experience in the operation and maintenance of a public park or outdoor recreational facility.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a supervisory capacity responsible for the supervision of support staff.

College training in park management, outdoor recreation, leisure studies, forest recreation, natural resources management, public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one half (1/2) year of experience, to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

• Experience with computer software including Microsoft Office.
• Experience independently prioritizing, initiating and executing construction projects.
• Experience enforcing park and recreation rules, regulations and policies.
• Experience in crowd management techniques.
• Experience managing conflict and team building.
• Experience in maintenance of roads,…