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Title: 862 - Brownsville Sports Park Manager

Organization: PARDS: Sports Park

Department: Sports Park

Location: PARDS Sports Park

Rate of Pay: $57,388.35

Job Summary

The Brownsville Sports Park (BSP) Manager is to oversee the maintenance and operations of the Brownsville Sports Park buildings, structures, systems underground, landscaping and is responsible for leading the BSP team through coaching and mentoring. Is responsible for conducting inspections, scheduling work of others, event set-up, completing repairs. Working with broad policy and organizational guidelines to independently plan and implement projects, reports progress of major activities.

Competencies

• Professionalism
• Trustworthy
• Ethical
• Customer Service
• Communication
• Self-Awareness
• Responsible
• Time Management

Key Functions/Knowledge/Skills

• Conducts inspections of facilities, grounds, vehicles, and equipment.
• Plans, scheduled, and oversees routine and/or preventative maintenance to facilities, fixtures, equipment, etc., oversees installations, modifications, and or upgrades. This includes athletic fields, courts, playgrounds, buildings, turf management programs, scoreboards, trails, and other athletic amenities or park related tasks.
• Creates, interprets, and implements policies and procedures for operations, monitors, evaluates, trains personnel and tracks updates.
• Assists with developing a facilities improvement plan, lifecycle replacement plan, asset management plan and evaluates to ensure compliance.
• Implements department and division plans, including proforma revenue goals.
• Performs administrative functions such as recording information, preparing budgets, controlling expenditures, compiling records, monitoring materials, and performance measures and conducts a written report and performs a presentation of findings/results/outcomes.
• Systematically evaluates programs, facilities, services, operational efficiency and effectiveness through community engagement demonstrating measurable outcomes (changes in behavior, attitude, knowledge, conditions, or skills) of resource inputs and the resulting impacts and benefits of outputs.
• Leads team to success as a servant leader. Conducts and attends staff meetings, meets with stakeholders for operations, marketing, and venue promotion. Successfully works well in groups and is a good team player.
• Attends conferences, webinars, courses to continue obtaining knowledge and skills for work performance.
• Reports hazardous, dangerous, or unsafe conditions immediately and completes necessary written reports.
• Performs other related tasks and work in emergency situations, as necessary.

Minimum Education & Experience

Requires bachelor's degree or education and training equivalent to four years of college education in Recreation Administration, Sports Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field. Requires over two years and up to and including four years in a supervisory role.

Special Certifications & Licenses

Valid Texas Driver’s License
Sports Management School Certificate

Independence & Judgement

Receives instructions as to work results to be attained; responsible for recognizing moderately complex problems and taking responsibility for resolving them; refers very complex problems to supervisor; otherwise just reports on problem and solution after the fact; results monitored for soundness and judgment.

Initiative & Ingenuity

General guidelines: requires a lot of interpretation and non-standard responses to varied situations; have to figure out where to go for answers; must take multiple factors into account; some control over priorities.

Supervisory & Responsibility

Regularly assigns and monitors the work for three or more employees; has knowledge of long-term plans and goals for the department. coaches and advises subordinates on job performance; responsible for disciplinary actions; participates in hiring and discharge interviews and/or recommendations on hiring and discharge are given substantial weight.

Financial Responsibility

Calculates amounts due, using some judgment; receives and processes larger amounts; balances receipts and cash from one or more other employees; monitors budget; brings problems to attention of supervisor; has substantive input into overall organizational budget.

Level & Frequency of Outside Contact

Direct contact may be infrequent, but may require considerable tact and courtesy when it does occur

Physical Demands

Mostly moderate and fairly steady active physical exertion; may require brief periods of heavy muscular exertion, such as standing, lifting, moving, pulling, pushing, etc. Ability to exert up to 35-50 lbs. of force occasionally to move objects.

Responsibility for Equipment & Property

Responsible for assigned equipment/property used outside of office; responsible for handing out to and retrieving property/equipment from employees and keeping inventory; use of a City vehicle.

Working Conditions

Fair inside or outside conditions; exposure to disagreeable conditions is brief or otherwise insignificant; space problems; only occasional situations that place the employee in a stressful environment.

Other Requirements

The City of Brownsville requires all employees to successfully pass a Drug & Alcohol and a physical examination and a Background Check.

ADA Requirements

The City of Brownsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

Benefits

The City of Brownsville offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support its employees' well-being and future. Employees participate in a robust retirement plan through the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) City to Employee Matching Ratio 2:1, with eligibility for retirement after 5 years of service at age 60 or 20 years of service at any age.

The City provides exceptional health benefits, including medical, dental, and life insurance plans for employees and their families, along with vision coverage for employees enrolled in health insurance through MetLife. Employees and their dependents can also access care at Frontier Clinic at no cost when covered by the City's health plan. Additionally, pet insurance is available as a voluntary benefit.

Employees have access to deferred compensation plans through Equitable and supplemental insurance options from AFLAC and Colonial Life. Full-time employees accrue 10 sick days and 15 vacation days annually.
The City offers parental leave concurrent with FMLA for eligible employees, longevity pay, and 100% tuition assistance up to $5,000 annually. Furthermore, Brownsville observes 14 holidays per year, plus two floating holidays, giving employees a balanced and rewarding work-life experience.
Starting in fiscal year 2025, employees will have access to flexible scheduling options as part of our commitment to work-life balance.

EEOC Statements

The City of Brownsville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.