Recreation Specialist Senior
About the role
Employees at Bernalillo County enjoy the ability to team up with each other to build a high quality of life for our county residents, communities, and businesses. In addition to being an organization with a strong focus on work‑life balance, building a culture of flexibility, learning, and belonging the County offers many benefits. The Recreation Specialist Senior plans, coordinates, and oversees programs and staff for various department operations. This position implements, monitors, and evaluates recreational, educational, and leisure programs for the public; schedules staff and assists with facility and grounds scheduling for programs and special events. Work is performed both indoors (approximately 60%) and outdoors (approximately 40%). The worker will be exposed to natural weather conditions when working outdoors. Duties will be performed on sand, gravel, asphalt, grass, wood floors and tile, all of which may be wet or dry. Required to drive multi‑passenger vehicles as needed. Work hazards are those normally encountered in the instruction or participation in sports activities. Equipment used includes sports equipment such as used in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, etc., and various arts and crafts supplies; clerical equipment includes telephone, typewriter, copier and basic office supplies; maintenance equipment includes mops, brooms, buffers, and window cleaning supplies.
Responsibilities
- Assists with planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating public recreational, educational, and leisure programs.
- Schedules staff and helps coordinate the use of facilities and grounds for programs and special events.
- Supports supervision and evaluation of staff and program contractors as assigned.
- Maintains records of program activities and participation; performs related administrative tasks.
- Assists with budget preparation, purchasing, and expenditure tracking.
- Plans and supervises field trips; drives a county vehicle to transport program participants as needed.
- Helps train, motivate, and mediate issues with assigned staff.
- Prepares reports, facility use and rental agreements, flyers, brochures, and public correspondence.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with local schools, businesses, community organizations, and government officials to support program operations.
- Sets up activity areas and assists with general cleaning as needed.
- Handles sensitive or confidential records, documents, or decisions requiring discretion and confidentiality.
The above information is intended to outline the general nature and scope of the duties required for this