Recreation Leader
City of El Paso
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Recreation Program Supervisor
City of El Paso
ATHLETICS SPORTS CTR
Location
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Salary
$47,840 - $71,760
per year
Type
Closes
January 21, 2026
SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading and helping run fun activities like sports, arts, and classes at a local recreation center or pool in El Paso, Texas, including planning events, managing budgets, and overseeing staff.
It's a hands-on role where you'll schedule programs, solve issues with participants, and ensure everything runs smoothly for different community groups.
A good fit would be someone organized and enthusiastic about community recreation, with experience in similar settings and a background in related education.
Key Requirements
- Associate’s degree or higher in recreation management, physical education, or a related field
- At least two years of experience in recreation or similar programs
- Valid Texas Class “C” Driver’s License (may be required for some positions)
- Ability to plan, organize, and implement recreational activities and events
- Experience supervising staff, including scheduling, training, and performance evaluation
- Skills in budget preparation, monitoring, and financial tasks like grant proposals and purchases
- Strong organizational abilities for scheduling facilities, resolving complaints, and maintaining records
Full Job Description
MOS Code: None
Education and Experience: An Associate’s degree or higher in recreation management, physical education or related field and two (2) years of recreation experience.
Licenses and Certificates: Some positions may require a Texas Class “C” Driver’s License or equivalent from another state.
Requirements
Under general supervision, supervise and participate in planning, organizing and implementing recreational activities at a small recreation site or aquatics cluster for different population groups.
Qualifications
Plan organized recreational activities. Involves: Prepare and monitor annual user fee budget.
Plan, coordinate and implement activities for recreation programs or events for targeted groups and participants. Schedule activities, fields, gymnasiums, games and events.
Program and schedule space availability for various groups and organizations. Develop rules for games, sports and events. Coordinate with contractors, officials and vendors.
Post outcomes of games and events as needed. Evaluate activities. Recommend and incorporate changes and improvements. Resolve participant complaints.
Supervise or assist in supervising a recreational or aquatic facility. Involves: Design activities for targeted groups or populations such as dance, arts and crafts, or English classes.
Contract with instructors for classes. Prepare programs, promotion and press releases. Prepare program budget and purchase materials as needed.
Monitor participant payment and instructor schedules and time sheets. Develop special programs with other recreation staff and other departments.
Provide support and assistance for recreation programs. Involves: Prepare grant proposals for additional funding. Prepare and monitor budget for programs, sites or centers.
Prepare purchase requisitions. Oversee accounts receivable for program administration and make deposits. Maintain appropriate records and filing systems.
Monitor facilities and report maintenance repairs or problems. Prepare recurring and ad hoc activity and program reports. Support franchise marketing program, as assigned.
Attend related marketing conferences and perform related administrative duties.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development.
Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants.
Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Additional Information
For the complete job specification, click here.
Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.
Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
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