Job Details

The Parks Manager is responsible for the Landscape Maintenance at City owned facilities, 38 parks totaling 189.3 acres and landscaped roadway medians. Redwood City has 2.29 acres per thousand residents of city owned parkland. Park amenities include 10 synthetic turf fields, spray grounds, and the all-inclusive Magical Bridge Playground. The position will oversee a supervisor, 4 landscape teams and a special crafts team.
This is a particularly exciting time to join as the City is developing a number of large parks over the next 5 years. These additions or renovations will bring much needed amenities to various areas of the City. The Parks Manager will be assisting in bringing these parks online through plan review, construction progress review and quality control. Park renovations or new parks in process are the Hoover Park project, Downtown Library Park and Bayfront Park. The Department is also finishing an Organizational Assessment that will develop a roadmap for Department staffing over the next 5 years.

Qualifications:

A combination of experience, training and education that has prepared you to have the knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in this position. Examples of potential backgrounds may include:

1. Experience: Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in the delivery of recreation, parks, community services, building maintenance and custodial services, with two (2) years of supervisory experience.
2. Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in the featured area.
3. Possession of, or an ability to obtain, a valid California Driver's License.

Agency: Redwood City Parks, Recreation and Community Services