Assistant Park Manager - Pleasant Hill
About The Position
The Assistant Park Manager assists the Park Manager in directing recreation activities and park operations, ensuring MWCD policies, rules, and regulations are followed and visitors receive excellent customer service. The position assists with recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising seasonal, variable, and full-time staff, and assumes responsibility for the park when the Park Manager is absent. The role supervises assigned employees; inspects the park; oversees facility maintenance and cleaning; and performs routine and preventive maintenance on park vehicles and equipment. It ensures accurate use of the reservations system and compliance with income processing and record-keeping systems. Duties also include purchases and inventory management, merchandise and camp-store procedures, operating-hour decisions, and recommendations for campground and facility improvements. The Assistant Park Manager helps administer the park budget and fiscal operations, including staffing reviews, project cost estimates, expenditure and revenue tracking, budget preparation, reports, purchasing guidelines, and utility accounts payable. The position participates in park planning and customer-service improvements, seeks grants for park projects and activities, maintains required certifications, follows safety standards, and attends meetings and training as directed. The position supervises full-time, seasonal, and variable employees. This is a full-time, non-exempt, safety-sensitive position at Pleasant Hill Lake Park in Perrysville, Ohio. The schedule is 40 hours per week and includes weekend workdays. The work is classified as medium physical work and may involve exposure to hazardous or physically demanding conditions, including equipment and vehicle operation, heights, confined spaces, crowds, hazardous substances, weather, noise, and other workplace hazards.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in parks and recreation management or natural resources management and at least two years of comparable demonstrated work experience, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Valid driver’s license in the State of Ohio and eligibility for coverage under MWCD fleet insurance.
- Possession of, or ability to obtain, Ohio Boater Education Certification.
- Knowledge of agency policies and procedures, park operations, maintenance, groundskeeping, construction practices, computer software, and CPR/First Aid.
- Skills in public relations and public speaking.
- Ability to communicate effectively, multitask, work well with the public, maintain accurate records, and prioritize work assignments.
Responsibilities
- Supervise assigned staff by scheduling and assigning work, interviewing applicants, recommending hiring and discipline, handling employee complaints, and managing leave-related recommendations and approvals.
- Conduct park inspections; oversee facility and park maintenance and cleaning; perform routine and preventive maintenance on park vehicles and equipment.
- Ensure accurate use of the reservations system and compliance with income processing and record-keeping systems.
- Make purchases and manage inventory, including monitoring product condition and ordering merchandise; update camp-store and concession sales procedures.
- Determine operating hours and recommend campground and other park facility improvements.
- Assist with park budget and fiscal operations, including reviewing staffing levels, estimating project costs, tracking expenditures and revenue, preparing area budgets and reports, interpreting purchasing guidelines, setting expenditure limits, and processing utility accounts payable.
- Participate in park planning, goal setting, and efforts to improve customer service.
- Seek grants for park-related projects, equipment, and activities, and follow internal grant-application procedures.
- Maintain required licensures and certifications, meet job safety requirements and applicable standards, and demonstrate regular and predictable attendance.
- Attend meetings, training, and seminars as directed; perform other related duties as assigned.
- Assume responsibility for the park in the Park Manager’s absence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
