Assistant Superintendent for Recreation

 

kpCompanies is leading the search for an experienced Assistant Superintendent for Recreation. This position, for the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB), provides strategic leadership and management for Recreation Services.  This leader believes in and understands the ways in which smart technology might be used to connect with a tech-focused generation.  In addition to providing broad leadership aimed at assuring fiscal integrity and programming, they are responsive to an increasingly diverse and rapidly changing community with new expectations around how technology might be used to enhance recreation both internally and externally. This position will be responsible for maintaining an extraordinarily high quality of standards for a nationally recognized system of parks and related amenities and services.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is one of the premier park systems in the United States. Its picturesque lakes, neighborhood parks, recreation centers and diversified programming have made the park system an important component of what makes Minneapolis a great place to live, play and work!

The MPRB is one of five Minnesota park agencies and one of 144 agencies in the United States that is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA), is a 2016 NRPA Gold Medal Finalist, and has been recognized four years in a row by the Trust for Public Land in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 as the #1 Urban Park System in the USA.

The Mission: The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board shall permanently preserve, protect, maintain, improve, and enhance its natural resources, parkland, and recreational opportunities for current and future generations.  The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board exists to provide places and recreation opportunities for all people to gather, celebrate, contemplate, and engage in activities that promote health, well-being, community, and the environment.

POSITION: Assistant Superintendent for Recreation

The Assistant Superintendent for Recreation is a newly reimagined and innovation forward position that performs a variety of routine and complex work in managing all phases of the Park Board’s recreation activities to effectively fulfill the organization’s mission in serving the community. The leader for this position will guide the strategy that blends traditional recreation with the new digitial landscape resulting in better metrics and outcomes for both the Park Board and the people it serves.  This is a full-time, appointed and exempt position reporting to the Superintendent.

The ideal leader for Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board is strategic, collaborative, and offer a level of work that meets the park and recreation needs of diverse communities and ensure race equity, gender inclusion and universal access.

We are looking for A…

  • Team leader. Responsible for the overall management of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Recreation Services Division.
  • Strategy Leader. Provide strategic leadership and management for Recreation Services to include highly responsible recreation and administrative work for all activities of the division.
  • Community Leader. Demonstrate leadership building a collaborative environment including working across division lines and forming partnerships that foster better citizen services, eliminate barriers to achieving results, build alliances with key decision makers, and take full advantage of available resources.
  • People Leader. Direct and manage the current activities and long-range planning of the division to assure that recreation centers, golf courses, aquatic facilities, ice arenas, and winter recreation and cross country skiing venues; recreation, education, and interpretive programming; youth development activities; youth and adult sports; and athletic fields and complexes are compatible with the Park Board’s mission and in compliance with all regulatory bodies.
  • Tech Forward Leader. Understands the benefits of combining technology and natural spaces for better connection, new or enhanced programming options, and as a tool for greater social equity.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  1. Prepare and administer the Recreation Services budget and corresponding revenue; analyze and recommend appropriate fees for programs and services.
  2. Engagement in development and update of the Park Board’s Comprehensive Master Plan, ensuring that current and future recreation facilities, programs and services are appropriately incorporated in the Park Board’s Master Plan
  3. Develop and implement new systems to improve and streamline recreation work processes that are integrated and coordinated within the Recreation Division and across the organization when appropriate.
  4. Develop and implement innovative partnerships and services.
  5. Utilize a well-developed political acumen to effectively deal with partner organizations including local government, community and constituency leaders and groups.
  6. Develop and implement diverse and inclusive services and programs to meet the diverse socio-economic needs of Minneapolis residents.
  7. Hire, supervise, train, evaluate, develop and discipline subordinate employees for development of a professional and support staff with a high degree of competence and sound judgment.
  8. Staff representation to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and Committees and other citizen and governmental boards and committees to further the objectives of the Park Board.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Parks and Recreation, Recreation Administration, Public Administration or closely related field. (Master’s Degree Preferred)
  • 5 years of increasingly responsible experience in recreation programming and service delivery, including youth, adult and families
  • Experience utilizing technology to enhance services and/or programming
  • 5 years of increasingly responsible experience in varied recreation facility operation and management: at least five years
  • 4 years of strategic leadership and long-range planning
  • 7 years of supervisory experience
  • CPRP Certification preferred

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should submit cover letter, resume, and salary expectations by 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 31.  You can apply in the following ways:

  1. Apply via email Joelle Allen at joelle@kpcompanies.com.
  2. Apply by mail at: MPRB Assistant Superintendent for Recreation Search c/o kpcompanies, ATTN: Joelle Allen 5775 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 700, St. Louis Park, MN 55416.
  3. Apply on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3080604077

All submissions received in strictest confidence.  Both kpCompanies and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board are equal opportunity employers.

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