Recreation Coordinator

City of Poway • Poway, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Recreation Coordinator is responsible for daily park and facility operations, coordinating recreation programs and special events, and working closely with staff and volunteers. The position plans, organizes, and implements recreational activities and community events; provides training, mentorship, and ongoing guidance to staff; and helps ensure programs and facilities operate safely and efficiently while delivering excellent customer service to park visitors. The role also oversees facility rentals and special events, monitors department programs and events, and provides general administrative support, including budgetary and finance responsibilities.

The Recreation Coordinator receives general supervision from the Recreation Area Manager or an assigned supervisor, and exercises technical and functional supervision and training over staff, contract instructors, and volunteers. The current vacancy is at Lake Poway.

The position requires two years of work experience in recreation or closely related programs, an associate degree or equivalent education with major coursework in recreation or a related field, and a valid Class C driver's license. First Aid and CPR/AED certificates must be satisfactorily completed within five months of appointment. The role may require various shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, at a variety of City facilities.

Requirements

• Two years of work experience in recreation or closely related programs.
• Associate degree or equivalent education (minimum completed California units of 60 semester or 90 quarter units) from an accredited educational institution, with major coursework in recreation or a related field.
• Valid Class C driver's license.
• Satisfactory completion of First Aid and CPR/AED certificates within five months of appointment, as a condition of employment.
• Ability to work various shifts, potentially including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to meet the described physical demands, including lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Applicants must provide verification of legal authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coordinates, and participates in day-to-day operations of recreation programs and/or facilities.
• Participates in developing and implementing goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned services, programs, and facilities; identifies resource needs and recommends and implements policies and procedures, including standard operating procedures.
• Assists with recruiting and selecting staff, volunteers, and contract employees; provides supervision, training, orientation, and guidance; prepares schedules and provides input to performance evaluations.
• Plans, schedules, prioritizes, and assigns recreation program work; communicates activity and service status and instructs staff in work procedures and safety precautions.
• Determines and recommends equipment, materials, and staffing needs; participates in annual budget preparation; prepares cost estimates with justifications and maintains reports on work performance, expenditures, and revenues.
• Plans, supervises, coordinates, reviews, and evaluates recreation programs, activities, and systems; helps establish service schedules and methods and recommends improvements or modifications.
• Represents recreation program operations and services to clients, residents, school districts, community groups, businesses, and others; when required, represents the department to State and County agencies.
• Works with community groups and residents to develop and coordinate programs and oversees scheduling of activities, games, and events.
• Coordinates with vendors, sponsors, entertainers, and community partners to plan events; tracks partnership and sponsorship opportunities, develops sponsorship proposals, maintains vendor contacts, and negotiates with vendors.
• Develops and monitors contract agreements with service providers.
• Evaluates community recreation needs and interests, prepares surveys, analyzes data, and recommends new or improved programs.
• Prepares financial and statistical reports concerning grants, participation, analysis, expenditures, and revenues.
• Documents incidents involving injuries, behavioral problems, or unusual events and communicates them to supervisors, parents, and others as appropriate.
• Helps ensure compliance with health, safety, and licensing laws and guidelines and maintains records required by regulatory agencies.
• Travels to assigned program sites to monitor activities.
• Participates in community service events, including setting up and taking down equipment and materials and facilitating activities.
• Monitors safe public use of facilities and patrols recreational facilities to ensure adherence to rules and ordinances.
• Develops and prepares brochures, flyers, newsletters, and other materials; maintains kiosks and updates websites as needed.
• Maintains records of services and activities, including schedules, participation, revenues, expenditures, accidents, vandalism, and contract programs.
• Enforces facility safety rules and interprets and applies relevant policies, procedures, laws, codes, and regulations; assists with educating the public about rules and regulations.
• Administers basic first aid and CPR as necessary.
• Maintains attendance and punctuality in accordance with scheduled hours and performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree