Site Director (Recreation Assistant VIII, Grade S8)

About the Position WHO WE ARE Montgomery County Recreation is a nationally recognized and award-winning agency committed to providing high-quality, diverse, and accessible programs, services, and facilities that enhance the quality of life for all ages, cultures, and abilities.

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.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Montgomery County Recreation seeks an energetic, highly motivated, Site Director What You'll Be Doing As a Site Director you will: Greet and assist participants and visitors with a professional, friendly, and welcoming attitude.

Provide exceptional customer service by promptly looking up and sharing accurate information. Set up and break down equipment. Ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and facility.

Monitor activities and participant engagement to ensure a clean, safe, and supportive environment. Problem-solve and troubleshoot during programs and activities or within a facility and respond to emergencies.

Initiate cleaning and organizing of facility or program to ensure safety and readiness for use. Be knowledgeable of and enforce program and facility rules and requirements.

As a Site Director, you may: Serve as an After-School Activities Coordinator, After-School Site Director, League or Event Coordinator Provide Supervision to large groups off-site and serve as a key ambassador for the department.

Provide leadership and supervision in school-based or recreation facility-based programs or activities, including, but not limited to sports, out-of-school time programs, special events, etc.

Supervise, plan, lead, coordinate, or evaluate a recreation activity. Work collaboratively with partners to deliver programs or services off-site or in recreation facilities.

Collect and process registrations and payments while safeguarding financial and personal information. Assist with administrative processes such as answering phones and returning calls, completing reports, maintaining records, scheduling, ordering, checking in participants, contractors, guests, etc.

To be a successful Site Director you MUST: Be able to follow and give directions and answer inquiries professionally and with a welcoming attitude.

Work as part of a team, maintain relationships, attend required training, and participate in staff meetings. Exercise tact, judgment, and maturity to maintain order, ensure appropriate behavior, and maintain safety.

Be skilled in managing large groups, supervising seasonal staff and volunteers; and must communicate expectations of the activity or program to staff, volunteers, and participants.

Have considerable technical knowledge of the recreation programs for which responsible.

Minimum Qualifications Experience: Six thousand two hundred and forty (6240) hours (3years) of relevant work experience as a leader or instructor in one or more recreation activities.

Education:Completionof two(2)years in college. Equivalency:An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted. IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Office of Human Resources (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. Montgomery County Government(MCG) 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 reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws. MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability.

For more information and to claim employment preference, 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 or interview preference 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 the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.

This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies. 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.