City of Virginia Beach · 1 day ago
Parks and Recreation Coordinator - Fitness & Wellness #48239
Virginia Beach, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelThe City of Virginia Beach is seeking a Parks and Recreation Coordinator to lead their Fitness and Community Wellness team across multiple recreation centers. This role involves managing fitness programs, supervising staff, and ensuring high-quality customer service while promoting sustainable practices and community engagement.
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Hiring Manager
Melinda C.
Responsibilities
Embrace differences and individuality to encourage inclusion; together we are stronger
Build relationships and promote a positive atmosphere by providing memorable experiences with internal and external customers
Don’t just think outside of the box, break the box! – innovate, initiate, and inspire others to make a change
Be empowered and take initiative; foster an environment that encourages everyone to feel confident in their ability to make decisions
Go green and model sustainable practices to ensure an environmentally conscious and productive culture (e.g., recycle, reduce waste, optimize resources, improve processes)
Connect through communication; listen with intent and communicate effectively, politely, and promptly with customer interactions and correspondences—verbal and written
Own it! – take accountability for your work and performance
Kindness counts; treat everyone with dignity and respect
Strive for excellence and go the extra mile when supporting customers; be personable and genuine in your interactions while maintaining professionalism in appearance and behavior
Respond to city leadership, other city staff, and customer inquiries to answer/resolve questions and/or complaints pertaining to unit events, programs, facilities, and other activities
Plan, coordinate, and approve the dissemination of information to the public for fitness programs, facilities, and other activities and initiatives
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of city departments, agencies, and staff, as well as other outside agencies and staff
Develop, implement, and approve customer-friendly policies, procedures, practices, rules, and regulations to serve the recreational and fitness needs of the community
Coordinate, supervise, and manage a complex unit team that manages fitness programs, community fitness & wellness outreach, facility operations, administration, contracts/agreements, and special events
Coordinate the personnel management of all assigned staff, including hiring, evaluating, and disciplining
Coordinate & lead meeting with direct reports
Develop and administer department, division, and unit policies and procedures to ensure compliance by staff and update policies and procedures when needed
Apply problem-solving skills, leadership, and intervention techniques [as needed] to develop and maintain an effective and efficient management and operations team
Identify potential and existing problems, analyze options, and approve actions as needed
Direct, control, and plan the work of assigned staff and direct reports
Develop, submit, and approve contracts, service agreements, use agreements, and leases for the unit; monitor compliance and approve financial obligations accordingly
Develop annual operating budgets—revenues and expenditures—for multiple budget units
Identify and allocate the necessary resources to plan and conduct unit events, programs, operations, and other activities
Approve unit revenue collection and accountability procedures
Apply municipal accounting principles to manage unit operating budget expenditures and revenues
Use current trend analysis techniques in the evaluation of unit program along with revenues and expenditures
Use assigned ProCard to fund expenditures for unit events, programs, and operations
Approve ProCard transactions for assigned direct report staff as needed
Develop and submit monthly unit operations report to director for monthly meeting with deputy city manager
Coordinate, review, and approve cost recovery data collection and reporting for all unit programs
Develop and present a variety of unit and department presentations
Review and monitor unit staff training plans and reports, direct actions as necessary
Utilize PowerBI, Oracle, and InSITE database for tracking revenues, expenditures, and statistical analysis
Lead diverse team efforts to establish schedules for annual unit events and fitness programs
Strategically inspect and analyze unit facilities, amenities, programs, activities, and events
Develop and administer unit, department, and city policies, procedures, and practices to serve the fitness needs of the community
Evaluate content and cost recovery of unit events, programs, operations, and activities and initiate appropriate changes as needed
Must be innovative and stay on top of fitness trends to keep offerings fresh and demanded
Lead and/or serve on various department committees related to department/unit operations, programs, events, process improvement, facilities, and other administrative or leadership requirements
Assist with modeling and implementing departments cultural foundations
Provide professional-level staff leadership and direction for unit operations, events, programs, facilities, special projects, and other activities
Coordinate and approve the daily assignments and tasks for direct reports and other assigned staff
Manage the daily operations for unit events, programs, and facilities
Work a varied work schedule that consistently includes nights, weekends, and holidays as needed
Develop and approve short- and long-term strategic and business planning for unit
Manage and oversee a variety of emergency operations and situations; serve as lead department representative in incident command system emergency planning and operations
Provide and perform a range of administrative, technical, and managerial duties/functions to support unit goals, objectives, and operations
Oversee and approve unit marketing, promotions, advertising, partnerships, and sponsorships
Develop and submit annual Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project requests for assigned unit facilities and amenities
Assist with the oversight of CIP projects at assigned unit facilities and amenities
Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and department needs
Qualification
Required
Positive, dynamic, innovative, motivated, and experienced leader
Experience in fitness and recreation programming
Experience in facility operations
Experience in customer service
Experience in full-time staff supervision
Experience in budgeting
Collaboration and problem-solving skills
Experience with utilizing various databases for research and statistical data
Ability to promote and demonstrate the departments' Cultural Foundations of Professionalism, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, and Citizenship
Ability to embrace differences and individuality to encourage inclusion
Ability to build relationships and promote a positive atmosphere
Ability to innovate, initiate, and inspire others
Ability to foster an environment that encourages decision-making
Ability to model sustainable practices
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to take accountability for work and performance
Ability to treat everyone with dignity and respect
Ability to strive for excellence in customer support
Ability to respond to inquiries and resolve questions or complaints
Ability to plan, coordinate, and approve dissemination of information
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
Ability to develop, implement, and approve customer-friendly policies and procedures
Ability to coordinate, supervise, and manage a complex unit team
Ability to coordinate personnel management of assigned staff
Ability to develop and administer department, division, and unit policies and procedures
Ability to apply problem-solving skills and leadership techniques
Ability to identify and analyze problems and approve actions
Ability to direct, control, and plan the work of assigned staff
Ability to develop, submit, and approve contracts and agreements
Ability to develop annual operating budgets
Ability to identify and allocate necessary resources
Ability to approve unit revenue collection and accountability procedures
Ability to apply municipal accounting principles
Ability to use current trend analysis techniques
Ability to use assigned ProCard for expenditures
Ability to develop and submit monthly unit operations reports
Ability to coordinate, review, and approve cost recovery data collection
Ability to develop and present unit and department presentations
Ability to review and monitor unit staff training plans
Ability to utilize PowerBI, Oracle, and InSITE database for tracking
Ability to lead diverse team efforts for scheduling events and programs
Ability to strategically inspect and analyze unit facilities and programs
Ability to evaluate content and cost recovery of unit events
Ability to innovate and stay on top of fitness trends
Ability to lead and serve on various department committees
Ability to provide professional-level staff leadership and direction
Ability to manage daily operations for unit events and programs
Ability to work a varied work schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays
Ability to develop and approve strategic and business planning
Ability to manage and oversee emergency operations
Ability to perform a range of administrative, technical, and managerial duties
Ability to oversee and approve unit marketing and promotions
Ability to develop and submit annual Capital Improvement Program project requests
Ability to assist with oversight of CIP projects
Ability to perform other job duties as required
Benefits
Annual Leave and Sick Leave
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Coverage
Legal and Identity Theft Protection
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan & Basic Life Insurance
Basic Life Insurance
Optional Life Insurance
Wellness Programs
Employee Assistance Program / Work-Life Services
Paid Maternity/Paternity/Parental Care Leave
Company
City of Virginia Beach
City of Virginia Beach is a one among the tourist attraction in United States due to coastal line bordering the city.
Founded in 1963Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Carlos Aiken
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
Bojan Duric
Chief Data Officer
Recent News
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2025-12-10
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