Assistant Park Manager – Natural Bridge State Park

Title: Assistant Park Manager – Natural Bridge State Park

State Role Title: Natural Resource Specialist III

Hiring Range: $50,000 - $70,000

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept Conservation & Recreation

Location: Natural Bridge State Park

Agency Website: www.dcr.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is the state’s lead conservation agency, and it takes a diverse agency to conserve resources for a diverse commonwealth.

Virginia’s award-winning state park system, a division of DCR, boasts an incredible and diverse array of natural, cultural, historical, and recreational resources including parks in the mountains, on the ocean, on the Chesapeake Bay, on 8 major rivers, on 4 major lakes, 4 rail trails, 3 battlefield sites, and 32 sites listed on the National Historic Registry. Our parks encompass over 75,000 acres, offering campsites, cabins, trails, shorelines, lakes and ponds, international dark sky sites, and over 20,000 educational programs and workshops each year.

DCR is hiring! Join us in preserving what people care about most – access to the outdoors, natural habitats, open spaces, clean water, and safe infrastructure. Natural Bridge State Park is accepting applications for an Assistant Park Manager.

In this position, you will join a winning team and assist the Park Manager in the direction of personnel, expenditures, and operations for the general management of a major state park.

Duties may include:

• Will be responsible for oversight of day-to-day operation of the park including but not limited to ensuring park staff adhere to park, division/agency policy, coordinating human resources functions including recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and managing employee performance.
• Manage and track expenses; procure materials/services; and assist with development of the annual park budget to include prioritizing projects and equipment replacement needs.
• Assists with fixed assets accounting inventory and small value assets tracking and monitors revenue collection and procurement/purchasing procedures for assigned staff according to division and state policy.
• Provides supervision and inspection of cyclical facilities/grounds/equipment maintenance tasks to ensure tasks are completed in compliance with OSHA, VDH, agency standards, or in compliance with other pertinent regulations.
• Provides assistance with managing and maintaining cultural and natural resources of the park and provides supervision and oversight for volunteer programs.
• In the absence of the park manager, the Assistant Park Manager has direct responsibility to ensure and maintain continuity of operations and adherence to the goals and objectives of the park and division.

DCR offers paid leave; 13 paid holidays; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; as well as retirement plans including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. DCR is also a federally recognized Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) employer and a certified Virginia Values Veteran (V3) employer.

DCR’s Mission is to conserve the natural, scenic, historic, and cultural resources of the Commonwealth. We invite you to learn more about DCR’s efforts to CONSERVE.

Minimum Qualifications

• Work history demonstrating experience and knowledge of grounds/facility maintenance practices.
• Work history demonstrating experience and knowledge of personnel management/supervision and providing staff training.
• Experience performing duties related to revenue collection/reporting, or financial/budget tracking.
• Experience communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, to external and internal stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of resource management techniques, procedures, and guidelines.
• Experience assisting management activities for special events such as planning, scheduling, working with partners or marketing.

Additional Considerations

• Certification in CPR/AED and First Aid.
• Considerable knowledge of natural and cultural resource issues and processes, and regulatory requirements with the ability to accommodate them into facility management.
• Working knowledge of trades or constructions techniques.
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