Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live to work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place…. It’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with 10% contribution

• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

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Background Check Information

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

JOB SUMMARY

Assists in managing developing, supervising, analyzing, and evaluating multiple recreation facilities, programs and staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Physical Education, Parks, Recreation, Recreation Administration or closely related field, plus six (6) years of progressively more responsibilities, three (3) years of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. Education may not be substituted for the required supervisory or administrative experience.

Successful completion of a background check.

Possession of a valid Utah Driver's License at the time of hire.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides administrative leadership by evaluating current systems and services to effectively resolve problems, improve public service, and evaluate use of available resources.
• Manages and supervises recreation staff in county-wide recreation programs, services and facilities.
• Represents the Section at public and professional meetings; makes presentations to community and city councils and county officials.
• Reconciles program and patron complaints and responds to politically sensitive issues with general guidance from superiors.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with stakeholders and their organizations.
• Supervises assigned staff in the development and implementation of recreation programs.
• Participates in hiring, promoting, disciplining, training, and terminating assigned staff.
• Prepares and administers the annual budget for assigned areas, identifying all pertinent revenue goals and expenditures, including operations costs, fees, and capital maintenance/improvements.
• Provides recommendations for service fee adjustments based on cost recovery, market recovery, market capacity and differential pricing.
• Prepares and monitors revenue collections and expenditures in assigned areas.
• Negotiates and establishes contracts with various outside organizations and agencies in accordance with Division and County policy and procedures.
• Assesses and recommends changes to potential liabilities and enforce general safety provisions for the section's facilities, equipment, programs, and personnel practices.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION