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Company Name : City of Redmond
Location : Redmond, WA 98052
Position : Parks and Recreation Director
Job Description : JOIN REDMOND!
The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community that is home to over 72,000 residents and an array of commerce, high technology and industry. To be consistently recognized as one of the best cities to live in, it takes progressive thinking that balances growth in housing, business, and transportation with maintaining critical infrastructure and preserving cultural and natural resources.
And you now have an opportunity to join our Executive Department as the Parks & Recreation Director. In this role, under the general direction of the COO, you will provide leadership and oversight of the City’s Parks & Recreation Department. You will also be a member of the City’s senior leadership team and work with the other Directors and the Mayor on the overall big picture vision for the City of Redmond.
For this position, we are looking for a visionary, game-changing leader ready to respond to the challenges of a growing city and who is committed to our shared values of service, accountability, integrity, and welcoming. We are in an exciting phase of development in the City of Redmond. We are seeking leaders ready to embrace the positive qualities that well-designed and coordinated growth can bring to a community.
Click this link to learn more details about the City of Redmond and the Parks & Recreation department, including department objectives, operating budgets, and more. Redmond-Parks-Director-Recruitment-brochure
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Our focus for this position is to find candidates with a core set of strengths beyond practical, technical work experience. Therefore, we are looking for these main skillsets in our next Director:
Inspirational Leadership – To be successful as our next Director, you must have a sincere appreciation for people and how they are each uniquely motivated. Your social and emotional intelligence is the foundation for designing and implementing interactive communication, training, and decision-making processes for your team. Your knowledge and skill in successfully influencing and persuading others by understanding how their individual needs and motivations link to goals is essential. These skills will be useful with your department staff and the public, Councilmembers, and other stakeholders in the community.
Collaborative Partnership – As a Director, you will be a part of the senior leadership team of our City. In this role, you will quickly build rapport and trust with the other Directors and Mayor because you are a poised, engaging, and empathetic communicator. You have a natural warmth and enthusiasm mixed in with some sense of humor that has been key to your achievements. While you have always shown a strong initiative and self-direction, your best leadership successes have been accomplished by working with and through the collaboration and engagement of people or a team.
Strong Business Acumen – Because this position requires the ability to set and re-set financial and management priorities, we are looking for business-savvy leaders who have demonstrated experience with running a department or organization. Since we are accountable to the community members of Redmond, we want to see how you have operated with efficient and economical use of departmental funds, staffing, materials, facilities, and time, without sacrificing the quality of services to the end-users/customers.
Building and Nurturing Relationships in a Diverse Community: The City of Redmond is committed to being a leader and fostering a socially-just community with cultural humility. That means we are looking to see how you effectively enabled positive collaboration with diverse communities and cross-cultural situations, ensuring genuine inclusion in policy development or decision-making.
QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
In addition to the skills already mentioned, the most competitive candidates for the Parks & Recreation Director position will have eight or more years of professional level experience in the practices and principles related to parks, arts, recreation, customer service, facility management, and conservation. This experience must include at least five years of managing a large department or organization.
Experience with local government structures, practices, and procedures is also preferred especially with Recreation & Conservation Office grants and other public funding sources.
Qualified candidates may not have spent their entire career in the public sector, but the most competitive candidates have a pulse on the local, regional, and federal dynamics that impact our city. These include new regulations, laws, standards and emerging research and forecasting. The Director needs to be aware of factors that may influence the City internally and externally to prepare for change appropriately.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, recreation, or a related field. Master’s Degree in Business or Public Administration or related field or equivalent experience is preferred.
Licenses and Certificates
Valid Washington State Driver’s License and a driving record that meets City standards; remain insurable by the City
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to be furnished upon job offer, absent an approved accommodation.
To learn more about this position and additional knowledge, skills, abilities, physical demands, and responsibilities, please review the full job description for Parks & Recreation Director.
Selection Process
It is highly encouraged to apply by March 27. At this time, we will begin reviewing applications and scheduling screening calls. Once a pool of qualified candidates is identified, this position may be closed prior to the published closing date.
Ideally, we will be interviewing and making a final decision by April 15, 2022.
The City is accepting applications from internal and external applicants. Please include a resume and cover letter with your application. Please be sure to list or upload copies of all relevant training and certifications on your application.
The City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.
Top candidates will be contacted to participate in the next phase of selection, which may include testing and/or an interview. Candidates who are selected to interview will be required to complete a Background Authorization form to have a thorough background investigation conducted.
BENEFITS
The City of Redmond offers an excellent benefits package including:
MEDICAL INSURANCE – Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente
PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE – Included with each medical plan
DENTAL INSURANCE – For employees and their eligible dependents
VISION INSURANCE – For employees and their eligible dependents
OTHER INSURANCE – Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS – For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS – with (21) paid holidays per year, prorated from January 1 for new hires
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE – 6 days each year, prorated from January 1 for new hires
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
RETIREMENT PLANS – Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) PERS plus additional options that include: Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
Annual COLA adjustments
Annual merit increases of up to 5%
Please visit Connect2MyBenefits to learn about benefits at the City of Redmond.
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