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The Organization:
The New York City Region of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is one of twelve regions in New York State. Collectively, the Agency operates 250 State Parks and Historic Sites. The New York City Region includes 8 diverse parks located in the 5 counties comprising New York City. The parks in the NYC Region consist of: Bayswater Point State Park, Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, FDR Four Freedoms State Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Marsha
P. Johnson State Park, Roberto Clemente State Park, and Shirley Chisholm State Park. The facilities in the region’s parks range from bucolic nature preserves to presidential monuments to multifaceted recreation campuses featuring an array of buildings, engineered systems, swimming facilities and recreation facilities. The region as a whole is distinguished by its extensive public programming throughout each year. https://www.parks.ny.gov/regions/new-york-city/default.aspx
The Position:
The Park Director 1, M-1, is located at FDR Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island in the NYC Region. The incumbent of this position reports to the Deputy Regional Director, M-4, located in the New York City Regional Office. The Park Director 1 serves as the Park Director of FDR Four Freedoms State Park in the New York City Region. The incumbent is responsible for managing the day-to-day operational needs of the park, including oversight of personnel, maintenance, events and permit coordination, training, budgets, spending plans and managing the security needs of the park.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in any field AND EITHER
Four years of experience with a large and well organized park and recreation system OR
Four years of administrative experience that includes responsibility for organizing and directing a major program or group of programs.
One year of the experience must be at a supervisory level.
*Substitution: An associate degree in any field and two years of the required specialized experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree.
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