The Recreation Coordinator manages, plans and oversees the operation of programs and facilities. This includes programming, organizing, implementing and evaluating facility operations, special events, aquatics and youth and adult sports programs, special interest classes, adaptive programs and senior activities.
We are currently looking for two Recreation Coordinators in the areas of Facility Operations and Facility Programs to join our team for the upcoming Recreation Campus! The ideal candidate for the Recreation Coordinator - Operations position will be a strategic, motivated, high-performing individual who possesses a Bachelor's Degree in Recreation Management (or related field). The ideal candidate will also possess at least 3 years of full-time experience in a municipal environment, coordinating a variety of daily operations in a recreation center setting and/or coordinating a variety of programs in a recreation center setting including: teen programs, fitness classes, and special interest classes. Proficiency in recreation software utilization is also desired along with excellent overall leadership, communication and customer service skills. The ideal candidate must be able to thrive in a fast paced, team-oriented environment with high service delivery expectations. A Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) designation is also highly desirable.
To apply please visit www.goodyearaz.gov
Formal Education/Knowledge: Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Experience: Minimum three years' experience in a related field.
Certifications and Other Requirements: Valid Driver's License
Reading: Work requires the ability to read municipal contracts, COAC's, yearly reports, and budget expenditure reports.
Math: Work requires the ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Writing: Work requires the ability to write reports, contracts, COAC's letters, surveys, and business plans.
Managerial: Semi-complex - Work requires the occasional direction of helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, or temporary employees.
Budget Responsibility: Moderate - Supports the preparation of budget documents; may do research to justify data used in documents for a unit or division of a department. May recommend budget allocations. Often compiles data and/or enters or oversees data entry. May have responsibility for monitoring budget expenditures (typically non-discretionary expenditures).
Policy/Decision Making: Significant - The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. There is a choice of the appropriate procedure or policy to apply to duties. More complex work as well as decisions with more significant impacts are typically reviewed prior to being finalized.
Technical Skills: Broad Application - Work requires a comprehensive, practical knowledge of a technical field with use of analytical judgment and decision-making abilities appropriate to the work environment of the organization.
Interpersonal/Human Relations Skills: High - In addition to the sharing of information, interactions at this level may also include providing advice to others outside direct reporting relationships on specific problems or general policies/procedures. In many of the interactions, contacts may require the consideration of different points of view to reach agreement. Elements of persuasion may be necessary to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas.
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Internal Number: FY2100212
About City of Goodyear
We are one of the fastest growing cities in the Valley and quality customer service is at the heart of everything we do. We have developed an atmosphere where employees are respected and appreciated, and an environment that encourages progressive ideas and appreciates individual thinking within a team-oriented culture.We express this daily by:Insisting each task has a pWe are one of the fastest growing cities in the Valley and quality customer service is at the heart of everything we do. We have developed an atmosphere where employees are respected and appreciated, and an environment that encourages progressive ideas and appreciates individual thinking within a team-oriented culture.We express this daily by:Insisting each task has a purpose.Encouraging every individual to step up and lead.Expecting our leadership to be positive examples for the City.Demonstrating consistency between our words and our actions.The PEOPLE Master Plan will serve as the City of Goodyear’s HCM strategy to maximize organizational effectiveness by attracting, developing, retaining and fully engaging a high performing workforce. The Plan provides the framework for ongoing cultivation of the desired workpla...ce culture with specific focus on creating a culture of innovation and exceptional customer service.urpose.Encouraging every individual to step up and lead.Expecting our leadership to be positive examples for the City.Demonstrating consistency between our words and our actions.The PEOPLE Master Plan will serve as the City of Goodyear’s HCM strategy to maximize organizational effectiveness by attracting, developing, retaining and fully engaging a high performing workforce. The Plan provides the framework for ongoing cultivation of the desired workplace culture with specific focus on creating a culture of innovation and exceptional customer service.
