RECREATION PROGRAM MANAGER II (CLASS CODE 6153)

Posting number: 11077/6153

Department: Miscellaneous

Job classification: RECREATION PROGRAM MANAGER II (CLASS CODE 6153)

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Recreation, Professional, Program Management

Summary

Professional recreation work in the development and implementation of a wide range of programs providing structured recreational, cultural, and social experiences to New Orleanians; and related duties as required.

Examples of duties

(Promotional)
Permanent status with the City of New Orleans as a Recreation Program Manager I and one year of experience in that classification.
 
(Original Entrance) 
 
EITHER: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Education, Recreation, Parks Administration, Leisure Activities, Health, Physical Education, Environmental Science, Fine Arts, Performing Arts or a related field* and two (2) years of full-time professional recreation or education work with final responsibility for planning, coordinating, and implementing a complex, multi-faceted program in either education, recreation, athletics, a community based seniors/special needs program, cultural or fine arts program or related area.  At least one (1) year of this experience must have been supervisory.
  
 OR:     A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university* and three (3) years of full-time professional recreation or education work with final responsibility for planning, coordinating, and implementing a complex, multi-faceted program in either education, recreation, athletics, a community-based seniors/special needs program, cultural or fine arts program or related area.  At least one (1) year of this experience must have been supervisory.

Professional experience must have been gained in a position that required a Bachelor's degree upon entrance.

* Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.

Qualifications

A rating of training and experience, weighted 100%.  All related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes; however, credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for related experience gained within the last ten (10) years.

This is a promotional and original entrance examination.

This position requires a one (1) year probationary period.

Supplemental information

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CREED, CULTURE, OR ANCESTRY.  REQUESTS FOR ALTERNATE FORMAT OR ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SHANA PARKER AT (504) 658-3516 OR TTY/VOICE AT (504) 586-4475 or (504) 658-4020.

DOMICILE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT: Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application. However, all new full-time employees hired into this classification on or after January 1, 2013, must be domiciled in Orleans Parish within 180 days of hire. Public safety employees such as commissioned law enforcement officers hired by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), firefighters hired by the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD), emergency medical technicians hired by the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (NOEMS) and the recruits for these positions hired by these departments are excluded from this provision. Airport employees are excluded from this provision if the actual domicile of the employee is nearer to the employee’s job site than the distance from the job site to the nearest point of Orleans Parish.

Additional exceptions to the domicile requirement may be made on a case-by-case basis.  We encourage you to apply for this position and discuss your need for a domicile exception during the interview process.

DOMICILE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT (SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD):  

Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application**. Residency requirements are waived for all Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans positions vacant and advertised for at least 90 days. Employees hired under this waiver remain exempt from the city's residency requirement for the duration of their employment at the Sewerage and Water Board. (La R.S. 33: