Description

The City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation Department is looking for a highly qualified, experienced Community Services Manager

Why Join our Department?

The Parks and Recreation Department’s mission is to enhance the quality of life and strengthen the bonds of community by providing an appropriate mix of safe, well-maintained and well-designed parks, open spaces, and community center facilities that are accessible for all residents; provide enriching leisure opportunities for all age groups; and to preserve and protect the City’s natural resources, including its urban forest, public open spaces, and landscaped medians and islands.

As the Community Services Manager, you will serve as the strategic lead in developing comprehensive programing of recreational, instructional, and community-building activities. You will have the opportunity to make a lasting, positive impact on the community for years to come by invigorating the division with fresh ideas and directing the trajectory of recreation activities, program development, and community engagement.

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What You’ll Do

The Community Services Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and supervising the leisure, cultural, and human services activities of the Division and providing highly responsible professional and technical staff assistance. Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

Plan, organize, coordinate and direct the work of subordinates in developing and implementing a broad and diversified community recreation and human services program.
Participate as a member of the community-based network of Human Services Agencies.
Develop and implement changes in staffing, goals, objectives, policies and procedures to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
Develop programs of service to meet community needs including plans for efficient and economical use of labor, buildings, equipment and materials.
Attend meetings of and prepare reports for Commissions and Advisory Groups; provide technical and professional advice and recommendations relating to recreation and human services.
Respond to and resolve difficult resident inquiries and complaints.
Prepare and administer the division budget, maintaining appropriate budgetary controls.
Administer federal, state and special project grants.
Participate in planning, organizing, and coordinating the development, construction, and maintenance of parks, recreation buildings, playground areas, and other facilities.
Direct the scheduling of work projects and the determination of equipment, material and personnel needs with the Division.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Supervise the maintenance of a variety of records and reports.
Select, supervise, train, and evaluate assigned personnel.

The Community Services Manager receives direction from the Director of Parks and Recreation or higher-level department personnel and exercises direct supervision over professional, technical and clerical staff.

For a complete list of duties, reference our job specifications at https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/Home/Index/86c

Ideal Candidate

Who You Are

Innovative doer who welcomes challenge, is resourceful, and can lead a team to do great things.
Professional who is team oriented and results driven.
Exceptional communicator (oral and written) with superior interpersonal skills.
Able to exercise good judgment and decision making abilities.
Strategic thinker who can analyze problems, identify feasible solutions; project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.

What You Bring

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

You possess at least four years of responsible administrative and supervisory experience in recreation, leisure and/or human services.
You have the equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in recreation, public administration, or a related field.
Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver’s license.

Bonus Points (highly desirable)

Master’s degree in Recreation Management, Public Administration, or a related field.

ADA Special Requirement: Essential duties require the following physical abilities and work environment: Ability to work in a standard office environment.

Benefits

What We Offer

Salary: $11,942 - $14,239/month
Comprehensive benefits package including generous paid leave and health benefits
CalPERS retirement (2% @ 55 for classic members; 2% @ 62 for new members). Classic employees contribute 8.34% to CalPERS and New members contribute 7.50% to CalPERS
Participation in the Social Security Program
City contribution of 1.5% of base salary to a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, and a 1.0% match to the Employee’s voluntary contribution.
The City contributes 0.25% of base salary to a Retiree Health Savings Account
Free Fitness classes through City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation
Credit Union Membership
Bilingual Differential $195 monthly (if applicable)
For more information please refer to the Management Association Benefits Summary effective January 2022.
This classification is represented by the San Mateo Management Association

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