Position Summary:

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  Plans, implements, supervises, and evaluates youth and teen activities, events, and programs; Recommends changes to current programs based on community interest or needs; Meets with individuals or groups to stimulate interest and support for youth and teen activities; Promotes programs and special events in accordance to the mission of the City and department.
• Plans, implements, supervises, and evaluates Summer Camp programs for the City. This includes hiring and training staff, organizing field trips and on-site activities, and ensuring accurate reports.
• Performs supervisory duties to include directing, recruiting, training and evaluating contractors, employees, and teen volunteers; Prepares and maintains accurate records of hours worked by teen volunteers; Enforces City and department policies, regulations, rules and standards.
• Serves as the City’s liaison for the Teen Advisory Committee. Works with the Teen Advisory Committee to research, review, plan, and recommend social and recreational programs, special events and activities for teens in the community, while following all City policies and procedures.
• Inventories and purchases all programmatic equipment and supplies within budget; performs cost control activities to ensure effective and efficient use of funds, personnel, materials, facilities, and time; monitors revenues and expenditures in assigned area to assure sound fiscal control; prepares annual budget requests. Seeks community partnerships or sponsorships for programs and special events.
• Manages and supervises assigned operations to achieve goals ; plans and organizes workloads and staff assignments, ensures compliance and licensing with related outside agencies. Communicates official plans, policies and procedures to staff.
• Prepares a variety of studies, reports and related information for decision-making purposes, to include attendance, accident, and accounting reports.
• Responds to public inquiries, promotes interest and provides information regarding youth and teen programs to other recreation officials, community service groups, other departments, and the general public.
• Works closely with the City’s Media division for promotion of youth and teen programs/events.
• Demonstrates superior customer service and commitment to quality. Effectively communicates with participants whether in-person, by telephone, or via email. Actively resolves conflict and/or customer complaints in a timely manner. Problem solves and makes programmatic adjustments extemporaneously.
• Coordinates with staff, other City Departments, non-City agencies, private organizations and contractors to identify, study and develop solutions responsive to problems affecting teens. Develops short and long range plans; gathers, interprets, and prepares data for studies, reports and recommendations.
• Prepares and maintains accounts payable/receivable records for youth and teen programs. Prepares and checks forms, records and applications for accuracy and completeness. Maintains related files.
• Assists with registering participants for programs, typing, filing, copying, mailing, answering the telephone, greeting visitors, preparing deposits/cash-outs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Considerable knowledge of recreation philosophy, planning and administration; Considerable knowledge of the equipment, facilities, operations and techniques used in a comprehensive community recreation program specifically in youth and teen programming.
• Ability to develop, coordinate, and direct varied activities involved in recreation programs, specifically youth and teen programming; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other agencies, participants, instructors, community leaders, and the general public; Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; Ability to plan and supervise the work of volunteers.

Education & Experience:

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    Valid Florida Driver’s License
  • Must obtain American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/Defibrillator certification within 30 days of hire
  • Certified Parks & Recreation Professional (CPRP) preferred.
  • Department of Children and Families Childcare Director credentials preferred
  • It is the responsibility of the incumbent to maintain licenses and/or certifications as a job requirement.

• Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• The essential job functions of this position will require the employee to perform the following physical activities. Employee accommodations for physical or mental disabilities will be considered on a case-by-case basis:

  
  
  On a continuous basis, sit at desk and/or stand for long periods of time. Frequently required to walk. Frequently required to see, hear and talk with employees and the public. Frequently required to read and/or present documents, write or use keyboard to communicate through written means. On occasion required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, taste, or smell. Intermittently twist and reach office equipment; on occasion lift or carry weight up to 30 pounds. Specific vision requirements include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Health Insurance

The City has a three tiered stipend plan to help offset the cost of employee health insurance coverage. The three tiers are as follows:

If the dollar amount of the coverage selected is less than the amount allowed, the employee receives the difference, prorated semi-monthly, Likewise if the dollar amount of the insurance coverage selected exceeds the allowed amount, the employee pays the difference, pro-rated semi-monthly, The City will deduct all applicable taxes.

Currently the City offers two health insurance plans through Cigna as follows:

Dental and Vision Insurance

The City pays 100% of the cost for employee coverage for dental DHMO plan and the vision plan and 50% of the cost for dependent coverage for dental DHMO plan and the vision plan. Dental and vision insurance are mandatory for employees.

The City offers a DHMO dental plan through Cigna. A PPO Dental plan is available as an upgraded option. The City offers a PPO vision plan through EyeMed.

Life Insurance

The City provides group term life insurance coverage for employees as follows:

• General Employees – One times the amount of employee's annual salary or $25,000, whichever is greater.

• Department Heads - Two times the amount of employee's annual salary.

Long Term Disability

The City provides each employee with long term disability insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance at no cost.

Workers Compensation

The City may provide full salary to employees injured on the job for a period of up to 13 weeks, (in lieu of the 2/3 salary offered by the state). Thereafter, employees must seek supplemental pay through the City provided Long-Term Disability Plan.

Cafeteria Plan

The City offers employees optional pre-tax insurance plans (Section 125) through AFLAC. Plans include cancer insurance, short-term disability insurance, and more. Also offered is a Flexible Spending Account, which can be used to put money aside, pre-tax, for planned medical/dental expenses, and for childcare expenses.

Retirement

Employees are automatically enrolled in one of two retirement plans, depending upon hire date and position. The plans are as follows:

• Florida Retirement System ("FRS"): Under this plan, employees and the City make a contribution to the retirement plan in an amount specified according to the employee's classification. The current contribution rates are as follows:

Class

Employee Contribution

Rate

City Contribution

Rate

Total Contribution Rate

Regular Class:

3.00%

11.91%

14.91%

Special Risk Class:

3.00%

27.83%

30.83%

Senior Management Class:

3.00%

31.57%

34.57%

Employees have the option of choosing the Pension Plan or the Investment Plan.

Under the Pension Plan, employees enrolled in the FRS prior to July 1, 2011, need to have 6 years of service to be vested. Employees enrolled in the FRS on or after July 1, 2011, must have 8 years of service to be vested.

Under the Investment Plan, employees need to have 1 year of service to be vested.

ICMA-RC (now MissionSquare Retirement):
General Employees: All eligible employees hired before November 2002 were enrolled in the ICMA Plan. This plan is not open to newly hired employees. Under this plan, the City contributes 11% and the employee 4% to a retirement investment plan. Employees are fully vested after 3 years.

Senior Management Employees: All eligible employees hired before November 2002 were enrolled in the ICMA Plan. This plan is only open to certain positions which are not designated and/or classified under FRS. Under this plan, the City contributes 11% and the employee 6% to a retirement investment plan. Employees are fully vested after 3 years.

An optional Section 457 tax deferred savings program is available to employees who wish to supplement future retirement income. The plan allows employees to put aside a portion of their earnings pre-tax each pay period, through payroll deduction, into an account for their retirement and reduce the amount of earnings that is currently taxable.

Sick Leave

Employee earn twelve (12) sick days per calendar year on a prorated basis (1.846 per week).

Vacation Leave

Employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis as follows:

• General Employees: 10 days per year (1.539 hours per week).
• Department Heads – Fifteen (15) days per year (2.308 hours per week)

Vacation accruals are increased incrementally thereafter, as per City policy.

Holidays

Employees are compensated for ten (11) Federal holidays per year. These include: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

Floating Holidays

Employees earn floating holidays as follows :

• General Employees - Two (2) days per calendar year
• Department Heads/Managers - Seven (7) days per calendar year

Floating Holidays are pro-rated dependent upon hire date.


Direct Deposit

The City offers direct deposit of your payroll check into your personal account(s) at the financial institution(s) of your choice.

Credit Union

The City offers memberships in three credit unions: Space Coast Credit Union, Dade County Federal Credit Union and Peoples Credit Union.