Parks Manager

**Summary**:
**Open until filled with a 1st review date of May 15, 2024.**

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**PARKS** **MANAGER BROCHURE**

Are you looking to join a team that values Professionalism, Accountability, Integrity, and Responsiveness? Do you want to be a part of a strong team dedicated to serving our community, building relationships, and creating opportunities? Then this might be the opportunity for you

Under general supervision, manages the maintenance, repair, development, and renovation of City parks, athletic facilities, landscaped areas, and related assets and infrastructure; manages capital improvement projects, business and financial planning, and operations and maintenance functions.
- Plans, directs, reviews and evaluates the maintenance, repair, development and renovation of City parks, athletic facilities, landscaped areas, and related infrastructure and assets; assures that public facilities are clean, safe, secure, aesthetically pleasing, and in compliance with state and Federal regulations and City standards.
- Directs parks operations, maintenance, renovations and capital improvement projects.
- Exercises independent judgment within broad policy guidelines; evaluates and analyzes issues, and recommends and implements solutions; provides leadership, direction and guidance in strategies, planning, asset development, priorities, and customer service issues.
- Assures the effective allocation and utilization of budgeted funds; assures that project and program goals are met, appropriate services are provided, and operational issues are properly addressed and resolved.
- Manages staff, and assigns priorities and projects; mentors, coaches and evaluates performance; assures that goals are defined and achieved; develops staff skills and training plans; meets regularly with staff to discuss and resolve priorities, workload, resource allocation, budgets, and technical issues.
- Reviews the work of division staff to assure the work quality and the timely accomplishment of assigned duties and responsibilities; allocates resources, and resolves workload and technical issues.
- Manages a variety of technical issues, including revenue projections, budgets, expenditures, trend analysis, project specifications, and compliance management, determines equipment, materials and personnel needs.
- Develops and manages operational goals, objectives, and work standards; monitors operations, reviews work activities, and enforces compliance to rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Directs the development of programs to promote energy savings, and environmentally responsible and resource-efficient parks maintenance techniques.
- Analyzes operational information and trends, and creates summary reports and recommendations; presents operational reports and recommendations to City management, public officials and citizens.
- Manages and coordinates plans for special event usage of parks facilities and sports fields.
- Supports the relationship between the City and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with citizens, visitors, and City staff; promotes the City goals and priorities, vision, values and the “Yuma Way”, and complies with all City policies and procedures.
- Maintains absolute confidentiality of work-related issues and City information; performs other duties as required or assigned.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education, Training and Experience Guidelines **Bachelor's Degree in Parks and Recreation Management, Agronomy, Business or Public Administration, or related field; AND five years of parks management program experience; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

**Knowledge of**:

- City organization, operations, policies and procedures.
- State and Federal laws governing parks and public facilities, including OSHA requirements.
- Public grounds maintenance, turf management and agronomy principles and techniques.
- Principles and practices of public sector administrative management, including cost accounting, budgeting, purchasing, contract management, customer service and employee supervision.
- Techniques and practices for efficient and cost effective management of resources.
- Techniques and methods for long-range operational and financial planning.
- Principles and practices of government project management and construction contract management.
- Environmentally responsible and resource-efficient grounds maintenance techniques.

**Skill in**:

- Directing and coordinating parks maintenance operations.
- Analyzing problems, resolving disputes and grievances, and developing effective solutions.
- Managing staff, delegating tasks and authority, and coaching to improve staff performance.
- Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.
- Preparing, reviewing and presenting management report