MWR Community Recreation Director

Commander, Navy Installations Command•China Lake, CA

About The Position

This position is located in the Community Recreation Division of the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Department within Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC). Its primary purpose is to support the Installation Program Director through day-to-day management of the Community Recreation Division. The director develops, manages, maintains, plans, executes, and administers a diverse recreation program, ensuring compliance with applicable local, regional, Navy, and Department of Defense policies and standards. The role exercises independent judgment in adapting guidance, developing plans, and resolving operational issues. The director oversees programs, facilities, contracts, projects, budgets, and staffing across an assigned area of responsibility. The position provides administrative and technical supervision to appropriated-fund and non-appropriated-fund employees, including performance evaluation, training, scheduling, hiring recommendations, and employee relations. It also maintains accountability for funds, property, equipment, supplies, resale funds, and inventories. The role represents the department in meetings and cultivates cooperative relations with military, regional, and civilian communities. Work hours vary according to program needs and may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and split days off.

Requirements

A four-year undergraduate degree in Recreation or three years of comparable experience demonstrating progression in management experience.
Skill negotiating program issues and operational requirements with patrons and personnel inside and outside the installation and with community organizations.
Ability to organize and operate several facilities or programs simultaneously.
Knowledge of general business principles for financial planning and reporting, and of Department of the Navy budget processes and APF and NAF funding methods.
Ability to plan, present, and execute budgets, analyze their impact on programs, and forecast long-term funding requirements.
Knowledge of business principles and personnel management.
Ability to communicate and clarify department policies to employees and management personnel.
Ability to develop, explain, justify, and persuade, and to address a wide range of problems involving people of diverse backgrounds.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple functions through subordinate staff.
Proficiency in oral and written communication.
Must pass applicable records and background checks and successfully pass E-Verify employment verification; discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
Must possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license for operating government vehicles.
Must be able to obtain and maintain First Aid and CPR certifications.
Must maintain the privacy of official work information and data and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct.
Must meet applicable installation identity and access requirements under the REAL ID Act if access to a military installation is required.

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, maintain, plan, execute, and administer a diverse recreation program.
Develop or assist managers in writing standard operating procedures.
Ensure programs comply with local and regional policies, regulations, and procedures, as well as Navy and Department of Defense instructions, regulations, and standards.
Provide guidance to recreation division managers on maintaining existing programs and developing new programs.
Review program accomplishments and establish or recommend new operational activities and subprograms with activity managers.
Monitor contracts and Memorandums of Agreement or Understanding within the assigned area of responsibility.
Solicit input from activity managers on goals, business plan objectives, and program standards; monitor programs to ensure standards are met or exceeded.
Evaluate programs and advise activity managers on adapting, modifying, expanding, or otherwise changing activities to improve effectiveness.
Analyze projects and programs in light of budgets, staffing, plans, trends, command mission, and population changes.
Provide onsite project oversight, ensure approved plans are implemented, and notify local and regional leadership of issues or concerns.
Identify and implement ways to reduce bottlenecks and barriers to program execution, teamwork, and established business practices.
Use metrics and financial data to recommend program modifications.
Ensure facilities and activities meet fire, safety, security, and sanitation guidelines, and coordinate timely correction of deficiencies.
Assist with planning and designing construction and renovation projects.
Provide day-to-day administrative and technical supervision of APF and NAF employees; act as Rating Official and as Senior Rating Official for activity managers in the assigned area of responsibility.
Maintain approved staffing levels and plan, prioritize, schedule, distribute, and balance work.
Discuss work in progress, answer employees’ procedural, policy, directive, and technical questions, and evaluate subordinate performance and training needs.
Train, supervise, schedule, and evaluate branch employees; participate in interviews and recommend hires; initiate disciplinary action; and hear and resolve employee complaints.
Promote equitable practices in employee selection, assignment, training, promotion, discipline, and awards; recommend awards, bonuses, and position-classification changes, subject to higher-level approval.
Control attendance and leave, maintain adequate staffing, and routinely approve sick and annual leave.
Support and promote the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and Affirmative Action Plan, and ensure compliance with Merit System Principles and Prohibited Personnel Practices.
Maintain accountability for APF and NAF funds and property, including equipment, supplies, resale funds, and inventories, and conduct inventories according to applicable regulations.
May act as an Approving Official for government purchase card holders within the assigned area of responsibility.
Represent the department at meetings and conferences and maintain liaison with military, regional, civilian, private, special-interest, and community organizations.
Perform duties to promote customer satisfaction and contribute to organizational success and profitability.