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Posted: 28-May-25
Location: Rehoboth, Delaware
Type: Full-time
Salary: Yearly: $62,483.00/Min - $78,1
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Internal Number: 052325-MGCG15-400300
Lead the stewardship and daily operations of three iconic coastal parks, where your leadership will shape visitor experiences, protect natural resources and strengthen community connections. The Superintendent is responsible for the daily operations of Delaware Seashore, Fenwick Island and Holts Landing State Parks. This includes supervising, scheduling and evaluating staff; coordinating maintenance and visitor service programs; managing budgets and infrastructure planning; and overseeing recreational and educational programming. The role also involves building and maintaining relationships with partners, adjacent landowners, and community groups to support park goals and enhance visitor experience.
Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.
- Interprets and applies park rules and regulations and works with Department law enforcement to ensure safety and security of park visitors.
- Oversees revenue collection, recording and deposit.
- Prepares grant requests and manages budget for special facilities.
- Plans and coordinates maintenance, visitor programs and services and fiscal administration to ensure all areas and facilities are functioning according to established standards.
- Develops and conducts interpretive/environmental education programs and recreational events.
- Assists park visitors and the public by providing information, first aid/emergency care and attention to concerns that may occur within or proximate to the park boundaries.
- Assigns projects, reviews progress and coordinates staff activities to ensure visitor safety and satisfaction and accomplishment of park objectives.
- Develops and maintains effective working relationships with adjacent landowners, park volunteers, contractors, vendors, community groups, and park benefactors.
- Ensures public safety through regular inspection of park facilities and grounds and review of park law enforcement activity.
- Maintains and compiles fiscal and narrative records and reports.
- May schedule, assign and review the work of full time and seasonal park staff.
- Two years' experience in natural resources, park or recreational program administration such as overseeing and directing the development, implementation and evaluation of natural resources, park or recreation programs and services; establishes program objectives; plans short and long range program goals; develops and implements program policies and procedures and ensures compliance and funding requirements. Provides advice to other agency organizational units through consultation.
- Three years’ experience in managing diverse activities in support of operational, project or program services.
- Four years' experience in staff supervision which includes planning, assigning, reviewing and evaluating the work of others.
- Three years’ experience in contract management and control which includes ensuring compliance with terms of contracts; negotiating changes to existing contracts.
- Three years' experience in budget management and control such as managing a budget for the purpose of keeping expenditures within the limitations of available appropriations and available revenue and maintaining, monitoring, projecting and controlling a budget within set policies and procedures.
