Community Recreation Mgr

Regular Full Time

About Us

One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you

About You / What We Are Looking For

We have a new opportunity for a Community Recreation Manager to join our Community Recreation and Culture Services team Reporting to the Director, Community Recreation, Culture and Facilities, we are looking for a strong leader to oversee a diverse range of programs which could include fitness, community services, and general recreation programs for children, youth, adults and seniors. This position will also be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at three to four community recreation facilities across the City at which these programs will take place. This position will be a peer to three other Community Recreation Managers overseeing other areas of community recreation including aquatics, arenas, and reception services, and to the Cultural Services Manager. Combined, this management team oversees a large group of regular unionized employees and several hundred auxiliary staff to support recreation services across the City.

As the newest Community Recreation Manager, you will have the opportunity to set a vision and direct strategic and operational priorities in an environment with changing community demographics. In this role you will be responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with community partners and a large group of staff to ensure the community is served with a wealth of community recreation programming. This will be done by building and coaching strong, cohesive teams that take pride in providing excellent service to the residents of Coquitlam. This leadership role is responsible for developing safety plans and policies, staff training, and will offer strategic input on how the City can continue to evolve its recreation offerings to better support the local community, as well as participate in the development of new recreation facilities such as the Northeast Community Centre, and the Fraser Mills Community Centre. Conflict resolution, change management and customer service skills, as well as experience managing budgets and a large complement of both junior and senior staff will be critical to success. This is an exciting time to join our team as the City prepares to open new facilities and expand program offerings over the coming few years.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and talented individual to take on a leadership role in a progressive and growing city.

Minimum Qualifications
- The successful incumbent will possess a university degree in Recreation Administration, or a related field.
- In addition, a minimum of 3-5 years of related management or supervisory experience is required.
- Sound knowledge of the delivery of community recreation services, building community partnerships, the operation of community recreation facilities, strategic planning, people and performance management, customer service and budget planning and control.
- Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with community groups, advisory boards, and other partner organizations.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a unionized environment.
- An understanding of facility operations and business services in major public facilities is desired.
- Experience developing and leading operational strategies and work plans;
- Advanced customer service and problem solving skills, with an ability to identify and effectively communicate findings to a wide-variety of audiences;
- Experience in implementing policy and operational changes within a complex unionized environment.
- Track record of success in promoting and maintaining a work environment which fosters and rewards teamwork, collaboration, initiative, accountability, diversity and innovation;
- Strong financial skills through experience managing budgets, analyzing expenditures and familiarity with the costs and framework of service agreements;
- An understanding of the strategic direction of the City.

What We Offer:
This excluded position has an annual salary range of $137,991 - $155,221. The rate of pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills.

You will have the chance to join a rapidly growing and diverse team dedicated to supporting the local community, and be able to engage in variety of learning and development opportunities. Additionally, there is an opportun