Deputy Director - Mission Bay & Shoreline Parks - Parks & Recreation Department U2520 (UNC)

City Of San Diego • San Diego, CA

497d • $208,000 - $208,000

About The Position

The Deputy Director oversees, plans, and directs the maintenance and operations of parks located in Mission Bay and along the San Diego Shoreline. This role encompasses a vast area, including both land and water acreage, with Mission Bay Park consisting of 4,400 acres. This includes 2,288 acres of recreational water surface, 1,887 acres of parkland, 1,019 acres of turf, and 134 acres of marsh. The park features 28 public restrooms, 12 playgrounds, numerous park pathways, and requires maintenance of navigational aids and inspection of public boat moorings. The area is home to several hotels and tourist attractions, including Dana Resort, Hyatt, Mission Beach Resort, Paradise Point, and SeaWorld. The Shoreline parks stretch along the Pacific Ocean from Sunset Cliffs in the south to Torrey Pines in the north, covering various coastal communities such as Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla. Under the general direction of one of the two Assistant Directors, the Deputy Director will oversee Mission Bay Park, which includes popular visitor-serving attractions such as Bonita Cove, Crown Point, Dana Landing, DeAnza Cove, Fiesta Island, Hospitality Point, Mariners Point, Mission Point, Playa Pacifica, Quivira Point, Sail Bay, Santa Clara Point, Tecolote Shores, South Shores, and Vacation Isle. The role also involves overseeing over 13 miles of beaches and shoreline parks, including Sunset Cliffs Natural Park, Ocean Beach, Dog Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Law Street Beach, Palisades Park, Tourmaline Surfing Park, Windansea Beach, Cuvier Park, Children's Pool, E.B. Scripps Park, La Jolla Cove, La Jolla Shores, and Torrey Pines City Park. Responsibilities include turf maintenance, sand management, trash removal, and restroom cleaning. The Deputy Director will also oversee water operations on the Vulcan barge to relocate and replace navigational safety buoys at the direction of the San Diego Lifeguard Service, ensuring safe public water activities, including various types of boating. The position requires supervising District Managers responsible for daily landscape maintenance, park facilities, comfort stations, navigational and safety buoys, coastal access points, bay areas, coastal bluffs, and beaches. Additionally, the Deputy Director will supervise a Senior Planner in charge of coastal development permits and liaise with the California Coastal Commission on coastal planning and permit issuance related to beaches, Mission Bay, and Shoreline Parks. The role includes supporting the Mission Bay Park Committee, which advises the Parks and Recreation Department on the development, utilization, maintenance, and operation of Mission Bay Park. This includes oversight of the Mission Bay Park Improvement Fund, a multi-year, multi-project effort to improve the park and replace aging amenities such as parking lots, playgrounds, restrooms, water quality improvements, wetland construction, and shoreline enhancements. The Deputy Director will coordinate park issues with the Mission Bay Park Lessees Association, representing the park's various hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions, and work directly with a wide variety of beach-area community stakeholders and advocate groups.