Senior Center Director; Recreation Specialist

Position: Senior Center Director (Recreation Specialist)

Who We Are

Montgomery County Department of Recreation is a nationally recognized and award-winning agency with a mission to provide high quality, diverse, and accessible community-based programs, activities, and services that serve the recreation and leisure needs of the Montgomery County community. The department manages 39 facilities including recreation centers, senior centers, and indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities and provides thousands of programs such as out-of-school activities, aquatics, classes, youth and adult sports programs and leagues, senior programs, and therapeutic recreation.

Recreation is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and values diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and cultures. Recreation encourages BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply.

Who We Are Looking For

The Department seeks a dynamic, experienced, and energetic Recreation Specialist to perform full-time work in support of Senior(55+) programming to help older residents thrive and age in place. Work in this position includes ensuring our senior centers and/or facilities are full of innovative, state-of-the-art and diverse culturally responsive trend setting programs for adults 55andbetter. Successful candidates will have knowledge, skills and abilities for organizing, developing, planning, scheduling, promoting, contract oversight, budget tracking and evaluating a full range of instructional and volunteer-led classes, sports, fitness and wellness programs, lifetime leisure activities, as well as special events in diverse community settings.

Successful candidates will also demonstrate broad individual responsibility executing general facility oversight, cleanliness, care, and ground cleaning.

The Recreation Specialist will play a crucial role in creating a welcoming environment to all that promotes active participation and enhances the quality of life for our diverse senior community.

What You'll Be Doing

As the Recreation Specialist (Senior Center), you will have experience and demonstrate the ability to:

• Lead Programs & Events– Plan, manage, and evaluate recreational programs and large-scale events for a diverse older adult community.
• Community Engagement & Inclusion– Build positive relationships (internally & externally) and ensure programs are culturally inclusive, equitable, responsive and welcoming to all older adults wishing to attend.
• Program Development & Evaluation– Set center and team goals, manage budgets, evaluate outcome success, and use viable data for strategic program planning and continual improvement.
• Staff, Volunteer & Contractor Oversight– Recruit, train, coach, schedule, lead, and evaluate seasonal staff, volunteers and contractors.
• Administrative & Software Management– Oversee program scheduling, promoting, registering, and operations using approved recreation software (e.g. VSI, Outlook, etc.).
• Financial & Compliance Management– Handle revenue collection, cash management, purchasing inventory and supplies, safeguarding personal information, and enforcing county policies and procedures.
• Marketing & Communication– Promote programs through newsletters, calendars, flyers, and digital media boards; collaborate with colleagues within the department and ensure public outreach guidelines are followed.
• Community Partnership & Nutrition Program– Maintain a positive relationship with community organizations and partners and ensure all collaborations have a formalized agreement. Oversee a lunch time congregate meal program in partnership with DHHS. Ensure all food safety regulations and procedures are met.To be a Successful Recreation Specialist (Senior Center), you must:
• Experience working in cross-cultural environments or a commitment to improving cultural competency.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with excellent organizational abilities and attention to details.
• Proven experience in recreation program planning and facilities management for older adults.
• Maintaining stability amongst seasonal employees by modelling desired behaviors through a consistent and positive work…