Community Services Coordinator

How You Can Help Us Make a Difference

Bring your passion for community engagement to a role where you'll plan and lead dynamic programs, events, and activities that connect people of all ages. You'll take the lead in organizing exciting recreation and historical offerings, supervise and develop staff, and help create meaningful experiences for the public. If you enjoy working with diverse groups, thinking creatively, and making a positive impact through well-run programs and events, this is your opportunity to shine.

Essential Job Functions: Coordinate and deliver engaging community, recreation, and historical programs and events; build strong partnerships with schools, organizations, and community groups; manage program logistics, budgets, and revenue activities; lead outreach efforts through marketing, social media, and public engagement; and provide excellent customer service while supporting exhibits, operations, and daily administrative functions.

Education & Credentials That Power This Role

Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of relevant training, education, and experience:

• Associate's degree
• Two (2) years of relevant experience specific to the position in either historic preservation, cultural education, physical education recreation, or athletics.

Licenses and/or Certificates:

• Must maintain a valid driver's license.

Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey

• Knowledge of departmental policies, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of modern office practices, plans, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other job-related computer programs and software applications.
• Knowledge of event management including marketing, operations, safety, budget, box-office operations, and financial reporting of large venues.
• Knowledge of and ability to coordinate multiple events at various planning stages simultaneously.
• Knowledge of the rules, techniques, and equipment requirements for various types of recreation or historical activities for all ages.
• Knowledge of and understanding of activities in a community historical or recreation program, including facilities.
• Knowledge of the objectives and activities of social recreational or historical programs.
• Knowledge of modern governmental office practices, procedures, equipment, and standard clerical and accounting techniques.
• Experience in, and ability to plan, organize, and monitor small-scale social and leisure activities, and/or planning, developing, promoting, and producing large, profit-making events in a setting that serves an attendance from 1,000 to 10,000, depending upon assignment.
• Supervisory experience in recruiting volunteer seasonal staff and building teamwork to produce large events.
• Analytical and research skills.
• Skill in effective communication, both orally and in writing.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing work.
• Skill in the use of office equipment such as a computer, multi-line telephone system, scanner, fax machine, and copier.
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting department rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to maintain discipline and to solve disciplinary problems.
• Ability to contribute effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.
• Ability to make recommendations and to use resourcefulness and tact in solving new problems.
• Ability to plan, organize, direct, and appraise the work of assigned personnel.
• Ability to prepare effective correspondence on routine matters and to perform routine administrative functions without referral to supervisor.
• Ability to ascertain priorities and meet deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to provide internal/external guidance and customer assistance via all forms of communication.
• Ability to use computers for data entry, word processing, and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to author reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, service providers, other employees, and the general public.

Extra Details You Should Know

Physical Demands: Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, talking, standing, finger movement, repetitive motions. Frequent lifting up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: Work is performed in a relatively safe, and secure work environment. Work is performed indoors and outdoors and can be exposed to temperamental changes (e.g., warehouses, covered loading docks, garages, etc.) or irate customers, extreme noise, odors, heights, and/or dust.

Risk/Safety Conditions: The position requires some exposure or risk related to physical and/or mental health and safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.). To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Emergency Response/Recovery Activities:

All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location, and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA, and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans' preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.

All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.