SENIORS RECREATION PROGRAM SUPERVISOR

Job Announcement 20260295 Seniors Recreation Program Supervisor CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled APPLY ONLINE AT LONGMONTCOLORADO.GOV/JOBS Department: Human Services Division: Senior Services 2026 Hiring Range: $6,570 - $7,300/month 2027 Hiring Range: $6,767 - $7,519/month Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm with occasional weekend and evening hours. Regular Full-time with Benefits Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, 401(a) Money Purchase Plan, Life & Survivor, Term Life & AD&D, Long Term Disability, Bereavement, Jury & Witness Duty, FMLA, Military Leave, Parental and Caregiver Leave, Sick, Vacation at start of employment, Holiday pay, EAP, Tuition Assistance. Other benefits: Optional, employee elected, voluntary benefits are available. Open Until Filled positions may close without advance notice. To be considered, please apply as soon as possible. Definition: Research, develop, plan, implement, supervise, and evaluate a variety of recreation, leisure programs, and events for older adults, providing a wide range of opportunities for various interests and skill levels of participants. Supervise recreation staff and contractors, maintain recreation budget, and oversee policies, procedures, and operations. Principal Duties: • Create, plan, organize; implement, and evaluate leisure and recreation programs and events for older adults. This position is a working supervisor, who directly implements some programming, while also supervising staff. • Identify and analyze the recreation and leisure needs of the community through feedback from older persons, networking with other professionals, current literature and professional development. Recommend and develop engaging and successful programs. • Interview, hire, train, coordinate, schedule, evaluate, and supervise the Seniors Recreation Program Coordinators, full and part time employees, contract instructors, and volunteers. • Work with marketing staff, and utilize promotional opportunities and prepare a variety of materials to market programs and activities including newsletters, news releases, posters, fliers, social media, radio, web, video messaging, and educational presentations. • Administer the annual operating budget for the senior recreation program, and meet revenue requirements. • Collaborate and coordinate with division colleagues, older adults, volunteers, other City departments and community agencies to plan, coordinate, promote, and provide senior recreation programs. • Maintain various statistical records tracking attendance, financial, volunteer, and contract work related to programs, and compile information for division reports. • Organize, coordinate, and implement a number of specific activities including sports leagues, special events, a wide variety of educational classes, dance programs, day trips, cultural programs, outdoor activities such as hiking and skiing, arts and crafts programs, health, wellness and fitness programs, extended travel, computer/technology program, and others. • Work with administrative support staff to organize and implement registration systems, policies, and procedures. • Schedule the use of the Senior Center, Lashley St. Station facilities, and other venues as appropriate, for programs. • Make appropriate referrals for various services and assistance programs. • Prepare material for, oversight of, and edit the GO catalog, 3 times per year. • Make program purchases in compliance with approved purchasing policy and procedure. Process and monitor all contract employee, instructor, speaker, and musician payments. • Address customer service issues, complaints and requests for information. • Work with a wide variety and large number of vendors and manage reservations of and payments to such as entertainment vendors, other venues, charter bus companies, restaurants, etc. • Provide oversight for scheduling maintenance, and driver training of Senior Services van. Working Environment: The work environment includes both a private office setting and large community use area. Community areas are often very busy and populated with customers, guests and other agency personnel. Senior Center facility is completely accessible. Work involves continuous light (under 15 pounds) lifting and carrying, reaching, sitting, hearing, speaking, writing, reading, detailed work, use of language, stress, reasoning, verbal and written communication, customer contact, multiple concurrent tasks and constant interruptions. Work includes frequent standing and sitting; and occasional pulling, pushing, bending/stooping, problem solving, stress, math, exposure to constant noise, irregular work hours, working alone, and working closely with others. Visual and physical capabilities are required to work on computers and associated equipment, and to operate passenger vehicles. Must be able to work some evening, weekend and hours. Be able to exercise sound judgment under stress and deal effectively with the conflict. Qualifications: Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in recreation, physical education and health, gerontology, sociology or related field and at least five years of increasingly responsible experience in recreation, business, customer service or related field, including experience with older adults and supervisory experience is required. Special Qualifications: Possession of valid Driver's License. We're committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. The City may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications, and encourages all candidates to apply and help us achieve our goal of creating an inclusive and equitable workplace. Selection The selection process will include complete job description review, personal interview, background investigation, criminal background check, and substance screening. DEADLINE: Open Until Filled An ONLINE APPLICATION is required. This job is Open Until Filled. The online application process is available for this position on our website at www.longmontcolorado.gov/jobs. Resumes will be accepted in lieu of the full City Application; however, they must be submitted via the City application site for consideration. Open Until Filled positions may close without advance notice. To be considered, please apply as soon as possible. For more information, call (303) 651-8609.