Montgomery County Department of Recreation is a nationally recognized and award-winning agency with a mission to provide high quality, diverse, and accessible community-based programs, activities and services that serve the recreation and leisure needs of the Montgomery County community.The department manages 39 facilities including recreation centers, senior centers, and indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities and provides thousands of programs such as out-of-school activities, aquatics, classes, youth and adult sports programs and leagues, senior programs, and therapeutic recreation.
About The Position
The Department is seeking a dynamic and experienced, full-time (40-hour per week) Recreation Coordinator, whose skills and knowledge will be utilized to support community, neighborhood and county-wide special events and assist with managing the department warehouse. The responsibilities include but are not limited to organizing, administering, coordinating, and facilitating a range of community and specialized recreational program activities that are limited in scope, size, and complexity. The individual is also responsible for ensuring warehouse access during set hours and for DGS services, maintaining a safe and organized warehouse, assisting in supply receiving, storing, inventorying and distribution, and recruiting, training, supervising, and recommending placement of seasonal, part-time and volunteer staff.
This Work Includes
Ensuring compliance with the rules on the use of the facility and equipment
Developing and conducting surveys and program evaluations
Recruiting, training, supervising, and recommending placement of seasonal staff and volunteers
Participating in the planning and execution of community and county-wide events and specialized recreational programs and activities
Maintaining scheduled use of the facility using recreation-specific activities software, such as Active and RecTrac
Assisting with program implementation by coordinating and scheduling equipment, safety, and security needs, and permitting
Monitoring event operations, general facility/grounds activities and assuring clean-up
Instructing and/or leading recreation programs and activities as assigned
Assisting with warehouse support by receiving, storing, inventorying and distribution of supplies
Ensuring warehouse is accessible during set hours and communicating closures when needed
Knowledge of county polices, rules, regulations, procedures and county, state, and federal laws
Additional Information
As a supervisor/organizer of unionized employees, this position has responsibility for fostering a positive labor relations environment based on mutual trust, respect, and cooperation; maintaining stability of seasonal employees by modeling desired behaviors through consistent and positive work ethic, and by advocating on behalf of the management team; and have the responsibility for motivating and providing direction and guidance to employees through clear articulation of work projects, goals and related services.
The selected candidate will be required to complete a background investigation and a medical history review prior to appointment.
This position requires work during non- traditional hours to include early mornings, evenings/nights, weekends, and holidays; will require work that involves physical demands such as heavy lifting, occasionally working outdoors in varying weather and extreme temperatures; and the ability to attend activities and meetings or perform work at locations outside of an assigned facility.
To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory trainings within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.
Additional Employment Information
OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.
Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to [email protected] . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:
Experience: One (1) year of recreation work experience involving planning, organizing, and directing recreational activities or special interest recreation program activities/services.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Preferred Criteria
PREFERRED CRITERIA:
Qualifications
The applications of those individuals meeting the minimum qualifications will be reviewed to determine the extent, relevancy of training, and experience in the following areas:
Planning and organizing a wide variety of activities and/or special events.
Knowledge of recreation methods, procedures, practices, and regulations.
Working in recreation and community settings, and experience monitoring, maintaining, and collecting equipment and information.
Leading the work of employees and volunteers.
Ability to drive county vehicles to include but not limited to cars, vans, and trucks.
Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and ACTIVE, RecTrac or other database software applications.
Minimum Salary 57907
Maximum Salary 91347
Currency USD
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Part-time
Job function
Other
Industries
Government Administration
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