Recreation Specialist II

**Department:** PARKS AND RECREATION **Compensation Grade:** A08 **Compensation Range & Starting Salary:** Pay Range: $51,979.20 - $80,995.20 Starting salary - Minimum of the Pay Range **Job Exempt (If No, Position is eligible for overtime):** Yes **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 40 **About Us:** At Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation, our success is because of our dedicated employees. We are intentional about creating an employee experience where you are empowered to reach your full potential, are supported through strength-based initiatives, and are confident in your abilities. We champion a workplace culture built on our cultural foundations: Professionalism, Respect, Accountability, Integrity, and Citizenship. These guiding principles of behavior cultivate a positive and high performing work environment. Success is recognized and celebrated, and legendary experiences are the core of who we are. **Job Duties and Preferred Qualifications:** **Representative Work Functions and Responsibilities** Plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate a major recreation program on a Citywide park or facility basis; and provide direct supervision of full-time and part-time staff, volunteers, and contractors. Varied hours, nights, weekends, and holidays required. - Plan, coordinate, implement, produce, and evaluate Citywide or park programs and/or program units to provide citizens with recreational activities. - Supervise full-time and part-time staff, volunteers, and contractors inclusive of the areas of orientation, scheduling, discipline, training, and evaluation in order to provide quality programs, and conduct staff meetings. - Collect, report, and document specified program revenue to provide accurate accountability. - Assist in budgetary preparation to assure proper funding of programs, events, and staff. - Oversee investigation of accidents and incidents. Negotiate user agreements for facility usage. - Coordinate facility maintenance and service agreements to ensure maintenance, minor construction, equipment replacements, and contractual services are included. - Research, compile, and submit bid information regarding equipment/amenity replacement/repair and contractual services. - Investigate, collect, compute, and compile reports and other data for unit/departmental/City statistical reference and documentation purposes. - Coordinate and design promotional material to inform the public of activities. Assist in execution of sponsorships. - Provide in-house, inter-agency, and outside groups with expertise training, programming, and equipment and supplies as requested while coordinating efforts to promote programs and improve service delivery. - Develop and submit new program ideas of modification recommendations, program resources, goals, and objectives to immediate supervisor and/or unit head to ensure program quality and development. - Order equipment/supplies and supervise the inventory process to ensure that programs have appropriate and adequate equipment and supplies. - Monitor unit programs and facilities to ensure health and safety standards; and establish and/or implement emergency action plans for the safety of the patrons which is determined by the facility design and type of emergency. - Establish operational manuals to provide written guidelines of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; implement and enforce rules, regulations, policies, and procedures related to program unit and facility operations manual; and adhere to City, departmental, and divisional policies and procedures to maintain consistent quality. - Assist staff with program and participant problem solving techniques to facilitate program operation. - Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs. **Special Instructions for Applicants:** Please complete the application…