Assistant Recreation Manager

Join Our Team as an Assistant Recreation Manager!

The Assistant Recreation Manager plays a key leadership role in shaping the recreational heartbeat of Casper, providing hands-on oversight and strategic direction for the Recreation Center, Ice Arena, Aquatics facilities, and Fort Caspar Museum. Each day brings variety—coaching staff, reviewing budgets, developing programs, and collaborating with community partners to deliver exceptional experiences. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and finds purpose in enhancing community well-being through recreation and culture. The role offers the opportunity to innovate, mentor future leaders, and guide multiple facilities toward operational excellence and sustainable growth. The ideal candidate is passionate, strategic, and driven to make a difference, balancing vision with action. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact on how Casper plays, learns, and connects.

Why Join the City of Casper?

At the City of Casper, you’ll find a supportive team environment, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on your community. We value creativity, teamwork, and service excellence in everything we do.

Incumbent is responsible for proactively leading and managing the activities and operations relating to recreation, aquatics, ice arena, and museum initiatives.

REPORTING STRUCTURE:
Receives general guidance from the Recreation Manager and higher-level management staff.1.  Exercises direct supervisory authority over assigned operations to include: authorizes time-off; approves payroll and hiring; coordinates staffing and operational activities; ensures that training and development is provided to staff; provides consistent accountability with disciplinary actions (as warranted), in addition to maintaining a healthy and safe work environment.

2.  Assists in the management, prioritizing, and assignment of activities for recreation and museum facilities, including services from other departments and outside agencies; provides administrative support to the Recreation Manager, prepares and presents operational plans and other necessary correspondence.

3.  Manages the activities for the operations of the Recreation Center, Ice Arena, Aquatics facilities and Fort Caspar Museum; identifies resource needs; recommends and implements policies and procedures; sets objectives and procedures for workgroups within the divisions.

4.  Provides strategic direction and leadership for assigned areas by setting clear priorities, aligning operational goals with departmental and organizational objectives, and ensuring consistent progress toward performance outcomes. 

5.  Oversees and evaluates the operation and maintenance of recreation and museum facilities;  monitors and approves programming, scheduling, and public use of recreation and museum facilities; administers rental and lease agreements with user groups. 

6.  Assists with budget preparation and administration; prepares recommendations and cost estimates and justifications for budget items; submits and approves invoices for payment, and monitors expenses to align with the budget allocated utilizing the City’s central financial software system.

7.  Assists with developing, planning, and implementing goals and objectives for the Recreation Center, Ice Arena, Aquatics, and Museum Facility operations; ensures that operations are compliant with federal, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances.

8.  Identifies, designs, and implements programs, classes, leagues, events, and services that meet community needs and generate sustainable revenue.

9.  Collaborates with the Public Engagement Division to develop and implement promotional strategies and materials to increase program participation and facility rentals.

10.  Prepares operational and statistical reports; tracks and analyzes program participation, revenue trends, and cost recovery rates.

11.  Keeps current on new trends and innovations in recreation operations, as well as community recreation needs.

12.  Represents the City of Casper by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor.

13.  Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Knowledge (position requirements at entry):
Knowledge of:
•Current trends and innovations in Recreation and Museum management.
•Applicable Federal, State, Local, and City government codes, rules, and regulations relating to the various aspects of recreation and museum management.
•Operational characteristics, services, and activities of recreation and museum management.
•Basic procedures, methods, and techniques of recreation and museum management. 
•Administrative principles and practices, including goal and objective development, work planning, and employee supervision.
•Basic principles of municipal budgeting preparation and control.
•Communication and marketing strategies.
•Record maintenance systems and techniques.
•Research methods and techniques.
•Data collection techniques.
•Basic principles of municipal budget preparation and control.
•Principles of leadership, supervision, mentoring, training, and developing employees.
•Recordkeeping principles.
•Computers and related software applications.

Abilities (position requirements at entry):
Ability to:
•Apply federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to recreation and museum management.
•Plan and manage compliance with reports, analysis, and regulations relating to recreation and museum management.
•Evaluate program effectiveness.
•Identify and develop new revenue opportunities.
•Assess and prioritize situations under work pressure, exercise good judgment, and make sound decisions.
•Administer programs and projects within division, including those that take place after hours and on weekends.
•Stay current with new products and service deliveries.
•Set work priorities and work independently with minimal supervision.
•Compose appropriate recommendations and prepare clear and concise reports.
•Interpret and explain City policies and procedures.
•Provide presentations as assigned to City Council, service organizations, and other groups as requested.
•Comply with municipal budgeting practices.
•Maintain confidentiality. 
•Select, supervise, mentor, train, and develop staff.
•Provide effective leadership and direction.
•Coordinate the work of personnel.
•Maintain a neat and professional appearance. 
•Follow written and verbal instructions and direction.
•Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
•Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
•Routinely demonstrate the City of Casper core values.
•Follow all City safety rules and procedures and immediately respond to/investigate observations or employee reports of accidents/incidents or unsafe conditions.

Skills (position requirements at entry):
Skill in:
•Basic principles of budgeting.
•Interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
•Allocating limited resources in a cost-effective manner.
•Providing customer service.
•Technical writing.
•Mentoring and developing employees.
•Delegating and prioritizing work.
•Public speaking.
•Project management.
•Developing and implementing policies and procedures.
•Managing budgets.
•Maintaining confidentiality. 
•Time management.
•Conflict management.
•Preparing reports.
•Communication methods and strategies with marketing.
•Compiling, analyzing, organizing, and evaluating data and making appropriate recommendations based on findings.
•Operating in a courteous, knowledgeable, and tactful manner with customers, staff, user groups, and the general public. 
•Oral and written communication, sufficient to exchange or convey effective information and to receive work direction. 
•Operating modern office equipment, including computer software, and operating systems/applications.EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE 
•High school diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) required.
•Bachelor’s Degree in recreation management, leisure studies, business administration, or a closely related field preferred.
•Minimum of two (2) years of experience working as a supervisor.
•Minimum of two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in recreation programs and/or facilities or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job, such as those listed below.

LICENSING and CERTIFICATIONS
•Possession of a valid Wyoming driver’s license preferred.
•Possession of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certifications preferred.The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.
 
Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
 
Employment with the City of Casper is contingent upon a successful background screen and pre-employment drug test.  Applicants who have failed a pre-employment screen or have been terminated from the City of Casper are ineligible for employment consideration for 12 months. You will become eligible for consideration 12 months from the date of your incident (pre-employment screen or termination). 
 
As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must utilize direct deposit for payroll purposes.  
 
Driving records are required for all new employees regardless of the position's driving requirements. If the employee has not held a Wyoming driver's license for the last three years, the employee must provide at their own initiation and expense a driving record from their previous state(s) of residence.

Physical and Environmental Conditions:  
City of Casper employees in data creation and modification, security sensitive or safety and protective positions are subject to pre-employment drug testing. Some employees may be subject to random drug testing if their responsibilities include: 
•Emergency response/rescue
•Handling or working with hazardous materials, including chemicals as well as solid and liquid waste
•Operating or maintaining water and wastewater systems
•Writing or modifying code, maintaining, or modifying City data systems including work on networks, servers, and communication systems
•CDL operations and driving
•Operating power-driven machinery or equipment
•Creating or modifying health, financial, security, and or risk documents or assessments
•Working with or directing minors 

Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. May include long periods of sitting, standing, or walking.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Incumbents in this position work primarily indoors. Exposure to traumatic events is possible. Incumbents may be required to drive to remote worksites to perform work. The position requires frequent standing, walking, sitting, typing, and customer contact, both by telephone and in person.

Salary : $80,146 - $112,204