Recreation and Sports Coordinator

City of El Paso•Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Under direction, coordinate planning and operation of multiple recreation centers, sites and related programs, or quality sports programs for citizens for assigned functional area. This role involves planning, developing, and supervising operations of assigned recreation centers and sites, including developing plans, goals, and objectives, identifying participant needs, analyzing feedback to plan and implement programs, promoting activities, and monitoring participation. The position also plans, implements, promotes, and participates in citywide and special events, and directs large city-wide athletic programs. Responsibilities include publicizing policies, overseeing athletic field usage, preparing permits, and ensuring field maintenance. The role also involves overseeing and monitoring budgets, fee collection, and facilities, including preparing and monitoring budgets, determining funding needs for athletic programs, preparing grant proposals, overseeing fee collection and deposits, determining and implementing user fees, monitoring expenditures, and planning future revenue. Additionally, the position involves inspecting buildings for safety, preparing work orders, and resolving maintenance concerns. The role requires representing the department, responding to information requests, participating in athletic organizations, planning and implementing coach and parent training, meeting with departments and outside agencies, preparing and presenting program information, enforcing athletic program policies, resolving problems, and preparing comprehensive documents and activity reports. Maintaining files and records, and attending meetings are also key aspects. The position includes supervising assigned staff and volunteers, which involves scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, checking work, appraising performance, providing training and development, enforcing personnel rules, counseling, motivating, maintaining harmony, interviewing applicants, and recommending personnel actions. Contracted individuals may be hired to teach classes.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or higher in recreation management physical education or related field
Four (4) years experience in recreation or social or community services programs
Two (2) years supervisory experience
Two (2) years involving responsibility for league sports, program development or implementation, depending on area of assignment.
Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

Responsibilities

Plan, develop and supervise operations of assigned recreation centers and sites.
Develop plans, goals and objectives for assigned recreation programs.
Meet with participants to identify needs.
Analyze feedback to plan and implement programs and services for recreation centers, recreation sites and senior centers.
Promote activities and monitor participation.
Plan, implement, promote and participate in citywide and special events.
Plan, develop, and direct large city wide athletic programs.
Publicize and explain policies and procedures to city personnel, public and the media.
Oversee the usage of multiple athletic fields for both city sponsored and outside programs.
Prepare permits for usage.
Oversee and provide maintenance on fields.
Oversee and monitor budget, fee collection and facilities.
Prepare and monitor multiple recreation facility budgets.
Determine the approximate cost needed to fund athletic programs.
Prepare grant proposals for additional funding.
Oversee and participate in collection of fees and preparation of deposits.
Determine and implement appropriate user fees.
Monitor expenditures from user fee funds.
Transfer or administer fee increases as needed.
Plan future revenue and adjust budget accordingly.
Prepare cost estimates.
Monitor and approve expenditures.
Inspect buildings to ensure a safe environment for participants.
Prepare work orders and work with maintenance department to resolve maintenance concerns.
Represent the department and provide support, information and guidance for recreation programs and activities.
Respond to requests for information on recreation policies and procedures.
Participate as a member of local, state and national athletic organizations to represent the department.
Plan and implement coach and parent training for participants.
Meet with departments and outside agencies.
Prepare and present to outside agencies on programs.
Enforce athletic program policies and requirements.
Resolve problems and recommend appropriate action.
Prepare comprehensive documents on studies, special reports and recommendations.
Direct the preparation of activity reports.
Maintain appropriate files and records.
Attend neighborhood meetings, professional meetings and other gatherings to represent the department.
Supervise assigned staff and volunteers.
Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work.
Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinate supervisors, if applicable.
Provide for training and development.
Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially.
Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony.
Interview applicants.
Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Hire contracted individuals to teach classes.
Other duties as assigned.