RECREATION COORDINATOR

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an organized, customer-focused recreation professional with experience planning, coordinating, and evaluating a variety of recreation programs, classes, and community events, while effectively managing multiple priorities, coordinating program logistics, registrations, facilities, contracts, and budgets, and ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations.

Essential Functions

• Plans, organizes, publicizes, coordinates, and conducts a comprehensive offering of recreation classes and community events;
• Handles multiple tasks and assignments;
• Affords assistance with facility maintenance, programming, and monitoring of facility use;
• Ensures necessary precautions are taken for the safety of participants and spectators;
• Assists in the development and evaluation of programs and services;
• Interviews, assesses, trains, supervises, and evaluates employees;
• Affords assistance with staff meetings and in-service training;
• Coordinates registration, fee collection, and record keeping;
• Affords liaison with school district and other agencies;
• Prepares and presents written and oral reports as requested;
• Determines facility equipment, scheduling, and staffing requirements of programs and events;
• Might administer operational and program budgets;
• Enforces policies and procedures;
• Renders routine first aid when needed;
• Operates general office equipment including personal computers;
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors, fellow employees, contractors, and the public;
• Drives on City business.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of recreation and leadership techniques;
• The principles and practices of sound personnel management and supervision;
• Skill in operating computers and related software;
• Ability to lead and train others;
• Evaluate and coordinate numerous programs;
• Motivate and guide staff;
• Understand community needs;
• Understand and implement written and oral instructions;
• Maintain records;
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, fellow employees, contractors, and the public.

Education/Training

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Physical Education, Social Science, Public Administration, Leisure Studies, or a related field and two years of paid leadership experience in a recreational, cultural, social, or community services program.
• A degree is preferred. However, additional paid leadership experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis for a maximum of two years.
• A Master’s Degree in Recreation, Physical Education, Social Science, Public Administration, Leisure Studies, or a related field may be substituted for one year of the required paid leadership experience.

License & Certificates

• A valid California Class “C” driver’s license or equivalent at time of appointment.
• Valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Communicable Disease, and First Aid Certificates from authorized providers, as determined by the Management Services Department, within six months of appointment.