Located in central Texas, Travis County Parks is looking for an outstanding Park Manager to join the Parks Department.
The mission of Travis County Parks is to provide places where people recreate outdoors for their health and wellbeing, where they relax, enjoy family and friends, and engage with their community, where regardless of their age and abilities they challenge themselves and play hard, and where they and generations to come enjoy the many wonderful natural and cultural resources of Travis County. The County’s park system has over 13,000 acres of parkland and 30 parks open to the public.
This is a special park-supervisor related job classification within the Management job family, working independently under the general direction of the District Park Manager. This position is distinguished from Parks Supervisor positions by the highly complex nature and unique responsibilities of the park(s) which this position oversees. This position may supervise subordinate supervisors. The park operates seven days a week and requires a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation, Business Administration, Turf Management, Agriculture, Forestry, Biology, Conservation, Geology, Wildlife Management, or other related Life Science discipline or a directly related field AND four (4) years of supervisory experience. Minimum of four (4) years of responsible supervisory experience in park operations and maintenance may be substituted for the college degree; OR, Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.
Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements: Valid Texas Driver's License.
Travis County is the 5th most populous county in Texas and contains the State Capitol, Austin. The mission of Travis County Parks is to provide places where people recreate outdoors for their health and wellbeing, where they relax, enjoy family and friends, and engage with their community, where regardless of their age and abilities they challenge themselves and play hard and where they and generations to come enjoy the many wonderful natural and cultural resources of Travis County. The county's parks system has 9,666 acres of parkland and 26 parks open to the public.