Recreation Specialist - Nature Program Specialist

Duties And Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and delivers nature-based programs and activities.
• Conducts educational programming to include community outreach, leading field trips, workshops, presentations, and classes, primarily at the Delores Fenwick Nature Center.
• Leads outdoor nature-based recreation activities (e.g., kayaking).
• Plan, organize, schedule, and evaluate programs and activities.
• Aid in planning and operating nature-based summer camp at the Delores Fenwick Nature Center.
• Research new nature programs and outdoor recreation activities.
• Meet and collaborate with agency personnel, community organizations, and other professional volunteer agencies to coordinate events, training, and opportunities.
• Create and maintain working relationships with local businesses, vendors, and other organizations throughout the year.
• Ensure safety of participants during events by inspecting site before/during and maintaining active CPR/First Aid/AED certifications.
• Ensure that staff and contract instructors and participants know and follow safety and educational procedures during programs, classes, and general facility use.
• Oversee programs progression to determine success.
• Maintain oversight of facilities, parks, and all equipment periodically to ensure all parts are accounted for and in working order; manage inventory of natural resources through spreadsheets and Pearland's GIS collection software.
• Create marketing pieces to promote and advertise programs and events.
• Recruit, hire, and evaluate contract instructors and determine class schedules and fees.
• Aid in educational animal care and maintenance.

Data Responsibility

Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.

People Responsibility

Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.

Asset Responsibility

Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.

Mathematical Requirements

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.

Communications Requirements

Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as routine office equipment operating instructions; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.

Judgment Requirements

Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine. Complexity Of Work Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job. Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact Of Errors

The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.

Physical Demands

Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of the fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy.

Equipment Usage

Handles or uses work aids involving some latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards

Involves routine and frequent exposure to wet or humid conditions.

Safety Of Others

Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and/or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health.

Minimum Education And Experience Requirements

Requires an associate's degree or specialized courses/training equivalent to satisfactory completion of two years of college in recreation or closely related field. Requires one year recreation management or closely related experience.

Special Certifications And Licenses

First Aid and CPR

ADA Compliance

The ADA requires the City of Pearland, TX to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

All City employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.

Organization-wide Employee Responsibilities

To optimize performance of the organization City of Pearland employees are expected to use multi-directional communication (top to bottom, bottom to top, and across peer groups), use cross-functional teams to promote a greater understanding of the organization by employees at all levels, create a culture of continuous learning that encourages and supports employee development and growth, embrace technology with a focus on improving service delivery, productivity and connectivity, and create an environment where innovation is supported and encouraged.