Job Description

Posting number: 2026-00445

Department: Department of Recreation

Division: REC 72 Southern Region

Job classification: Recreation Assistant VIII

Posting type: Internal/External Applicants

Categories: Recreation, Management, Education, Parks and Recreation, Organizational Development, Training, Program Management, Instructor

Summary

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WHO WE ARE

Montgomery County Recreation is a nationally recognized and award-winning agency committed to providing high-quality, diverse, and accessible programs, services, and facilities that enhance the quality of life for all ages, cultures, and abilities. 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.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Montgomery County Recreation seeks an energetic, highly motivated, Site Director

Examples of duties

• As a Site Director you will:
• Greet and assist participants and visitors with a professional, friendly, and welcoming attitude.
• Provide exceptional customer service by promptly looking up and sharing accurate information.
• Set up and break down equipment.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and facility.
• Monitor activities and participant engagement to ensure a clean, safe, and supportive environment.
• Problem-solve and troubleshoot during programs and activities or within a facility and respond to emergencies.
• Initiate cleaning and organizing of facility or program to ensure safety and readiness for use.
• Be knowledgeable of and enforce program and facility rules and requirements.
• As a Site Director, you may:
• Serve as an After-School Activities Coordinator, After-School Site Director, League or Event Coordinator
• Provide Supervision to large groups off-site and serve as a key ambassador for the department.
• Provide leadership and supervision in school-based or recreation facility-based programs or activities, including, but not limited to sports, out-of-school time programs, special events, etc.
• Supervise, plan, lead, coordinate, or evaluate a recreation activity.
• Work collaboratively with partners to deliver programs or services off-site or in recreation facilities.
• Collect and process registrations and payments while safeguarding financial and personal information.
• Assist with administrative processes such as answering phones and returning calls, completing reports, maintaining records, scheduling, ordering, checking in participants, contractors, guests, etc.
• To be a successful Site Director you MUST:
• Be able to follow and give directions and answer inquiries professionally and with a welcoming attitude.
• Work as part of a team, maintain relationships, attend required training, and participate in staff meetings.
• Exercise tact, judgment, and maturity to maintain order, ensure appropriate behavior, and maintain safety.
• Be skilled in managing large groups, supervising seasonal staff and volunteers; and must communicate expectations of the activity or program to staff, volunteers, and participants.
• Have considerable technical knowledge of the recreation programs for which responsible.

Qualifications

• Experience: Six thousand two hundred and forty (6240) hours (3years) of relevant work experience as a leader or instructor in one or more recreation activities.
• Education:Completionof two(2)years in college.
• Equivalency:An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.