Park Ranger- North Region

About the role

Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is excited to add a Park Ranger to the team in our North Region. The selected candidate will serve as the face of the Park and Recreation department and provide high visibility, public safety and security enforcement to parks and recreation facilities. This position will also ensure compliance with County ordinances, policies, rules, and regulations.

Region specific information

The North Region covers the parks, greenways, recreation centers, and nature preserves to the north of Interstate 85. A few of the parks within the North Region are Jetton Park, Nevin Community Park, Tuckaseegee Park, Sugaw Creek, Mallard Creek and Reedy Creek Nature Preserve. The North Region Ranger will monitor access to Mecklenburg County parks that have access to Lake Norman and Latta Nature Preserve canoe access on Mountain Island Lake.

Schedule

Typical hours will vary based on business needs, but will require nights, weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts.

Essential functions

• Patrol parks and recreation facilities for compliance with County ordinances, rules, policies, and regulations
• Provide assistance and information to visitors
• Enforce park rules and regulations
• Open and/or close assigned parks and facilities
• Conduct routine inspections of grounds, facilities, and recreational areas
• Control inventory of supplies; distribute equipment to various sites as needed; distribute financial supplies to collection sites
• Assist booth attendants with money, collections, banking, protection, and compliance issues
• Maintain park areas including but not limited to trails; clean and disinfect shower areas as needed; maintain picnic areas and restrooms; and pick up trash in parking areas
• Prepare daily paperwork, correspondence, and reports on activities; and maintains files and records

Minimum qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of two (2) years of experience, preferably related to the position
• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Licenses/Certifications: Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina's Driver's License and County Driving Privileges; Completion of departmental swimming, boat, and special vehicle operations within 90 days of employment

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Knowledge: Laws and regulations; emergency and safety operations

Skills: Good customer relations, communication, and interpersonal skills; effective problem solving, decision making and organization skills; read plans and develop comprehensive safety and security plans for each County facility and knowledge of cost estimating needed to ensure tasks are completed according to specifications

Abilities:

• Building Partnerships: Identifying opportunities and taking action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals
• Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships
• Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions
• Planning and Organization: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Stress Management: Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organization

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Mecklenburg County offers a generous benefits package which greatly increases your total compensation. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, short term disability, long term disability, accident, cancer, critical illness, medical bridge and pet insurance; dependent care, healthcare and commuter flexible spending accounts; health savings account; paid holiday, vacation and sick days; near site clinics for preventive care and illnesses; an employee discount program which provides discounts for retail, dining, shopping, travel, tickets and more; an employee assistance program including financial and legal counseling; access to Mecklenburg County fitness and aquatic facilities; paid family leave; tuition reimbursement; a 5% employer match on retirement savings plan contributions and a defined benefit plan for retirement.

Work environment

Works outdoors in varying weather conditions