RECREATION FACILITY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

Lawrence Kansas • Lawrence, KS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The City of Lawrence, Kansas, is hiring a Facility Operations Supervisor for Sports Pavilion Lawrence (SPL), a 181,000-square-foot recreation center and fieldhouse located at Rock Chalk Park. The supervisor oversees facility operations, staff, reservations, tournaments, and other events. The role works with community partners, businesses, and organizations to support SPL’s events and operations, and includes budget oversight and facility-based reporting.

Requirements

• Three to five years of increasingly responsible experience operating public facilities, reservation systems, and recreation programming within facilities.
• Two to three years of supervisory experience.
• Proficient communication skills, attention to detail, ability to multitask, and ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Must possess or be able to obtain a valid driver’s license.
• Must pass City background, physical, and drug screens.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with major coursework in Parks and Recreation Business Management or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned facility staff.
• Provide or coordinate staff training, including customer service and RecTrac recreation software training.
• Recruit, secure, and host local, regional, and national tournaments and other facility-related events.
• Monitor and evaluate facility operations, balancing internal usage with tournaments and external reservation requests.
• Work with community partners, businesses, and other organizations to support SPL events and operations.
• Oversee staff who schedule ballfield rentals for practices, games, and tournaments.
• Develop and oversee budgets.
• Organize and prepare facility-based reports.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance, with options dependent on coverage levels, plus other ancillary benefit options.
• 12 vacation days accrued per year.
• 12 sick days accrued per year.
• 2 personal leave days.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager