Assistant Park Superintendent (Park Management Division)

Position Summary

Direct, manage, supervise, and coordinate assigned programs and activities within the Park Management Division including scheduling and planning maintenance, repair and renovation of City parks and related recreational property; coordinate assigned activities with other divisions and outside agencies and provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to the Parks Superintendent.

Job descriptions are intended to present a general list of tasks/duties performed by employees within this job classification. Job Descriptions are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

Minimum Education, Experience And Additional Requirements

Education and experience directly related to the minimum requirements below may be interchangeable on a year for year basis .

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in planning, landscape architecture, horticulture, or park management; and

Six (6) years experience in landscape construction project development, or park management program development

To include three (3) years direct supervisory experience.

Additional Requirements

Possession of a valid New Mexico Driver's License or the ability to obtain by date of hire.

Possession of a City Operator's Permit (COP) within 6 months from date of hire.

Possession of a New Mexico Department of Agriculture Public Pesticide Applicator License 3A and 3B within six (6) months from date of hire.

Preferred Knowledge

• Operational characteristics, services and activities of a park maintenance program
• Modern and complex principles and practices of building, landscape and irrigation construction activities
• Inspection practices, procedures, and documentation
• Principles and practices of program development and administration
• Principles and practices of municipal budget preparation and administration
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
• Building and construction principles
• Plant physiology, turf management and irrigation systems
• Occupational hazards and standard safety precautions
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes and regulations
• Computers including spreadsheets and word processing
  
  

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Oversee and participate in the management of the Park Management Division's operations, services and activities
• Oversee, direct and coordinate the work of lower level staff
• Select, supervise, train and evaluate staff
• Participate in the development and administration of division goals, objectives and procedures
• Prepare and administer large and complex budgets
• Prepare clear and concise administrative and financial reports
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods and techniques
• Interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, laws and regulations
• Communicate clearly and concisely
• Perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work