Recreation Specialist - Nature Program Specialist

City of Pearland, TX•Pearland, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this class within the organization is to implement nature-based educational and recreational programs, classes, activities, and events to connect the community to our natural environment. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

Requirements

Requires an associate's degree or specialized courses/training equivalent to satisfactory completion of two years of college in recreation or closely related field.
Requires one year recreation management or closely related experience.
First Aid and CPR certification required.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.
Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.
Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as routine office equipment operating instructions; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.
Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.
Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.
The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of the fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy.
Handles or uses work aids involving some latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to wet or humid conditions.
Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and/or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health.
During emergency conditions, all City employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.
All City of Pearland employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of the City of Pearland's Ethics and Conflict of Interest policies.
All employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.
To optimize performance of the organization City of Pearland employees are expected to use multi-directional communication (top to bottom, bottom to top, and across peer groups), use cross-functional teams to promote a greater understanding of the organization by employees at all levels, create to a culture of continuous learning that encourages and supports employee development and growth, embrace technology with a focus on improving service delivery, productivity and connectivity, and create an environment where innovation is supported and encouraged.

Nice To Haves

Pearland's GIS collection software

Responsibilities

Develops, implements, and delivers nature-based programs and activities.
Conducts educational programming to include community outreach, leading field trips, workshops, presentations, and classes, primarily at the Delores Fenwick Nature Center.
Leads outdoor nature-based recreation activities (ex: kayaking).
Plan, organize, schedule, and evaluate programs and activities.
Assist in planning and operating nature-based summer camp at the Delores Fenwick Nature Center.
Research new nature programs and outdoor recreation activities.
Meet and collaborate with agency personnel, community organizations, and other professional volunteer agencies to coordinate events, training, and opportunities.
Creates and maintains working relationships with local businesses, vendors and other organizations throughout the year.
Ensures safety of participants during events by inspecting site before/during and maintaining active CPR/First Aid/AED certifications.
Ensures that staff and contract instructors and participants know and follow safety and educational procedures during programs, classes and general facility use.
Oversee programs progression to determine success.
Monitors facilities, parks and all equipment periodically to ensure all parts are accounted for and in working order; manages inventory of natural resources through spreadsheets and Pearland's GIS collection software.
Creates marketing pieces to promote and advertise programs and events.
Recruits, hires and evaluates contract instructors and determine class schedules and fees.
Assist in educational animal care and maintenance.
Performs related work as assigned.