Centers Program Coordinator - Aging Services - Salt Lake County

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Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

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Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities. 

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JOB SUMMARY

Plans, promotes, coordinates, supervises, and evaluates assigned adult recreations programs and community events.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Recreation, Gerontology, or other closely related field, OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Plans, promotes, and coordinates adult activities, programs, and community events.
• Identifies the needs and feasibility of current and future programs and events.
• Hires, trains, promotes, evaluates, disciplines, and terminates temporary employees and volunteers.
• Assists with preparing and administrating individual program budgets as appropriate, monitors  expenditures and payroll.
• Completes post-program evaluations which include patron feedback, program success and failures, event  budget monitoring report, and implementation for future programs and events.
• Manages multiple programs simultaneously.
• Participates in job-related committees and professional development activities.
• Purchases program supplies and equipment. Maintains and controls inventory.
• Provides effective customer service. Reconciles program and patron complains and responds to sensitive issues with general guidance from the supervisor.
• Prepares assigned reports. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of: 

• Developing and administrating older adult activities, programs, and special events
• Word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and other related software
• Supervisory principles and practices
• Public relations principles and techniques
• General knowledge of older adult physical and mental imparities

Skills and Abilities to:

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Work with computer software related to job specific duties
• Organize workloads and prioritize tasks to adhere to deadlines
• Problem solve
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, public, and other departments or organizations
• Demonstrate public relations and customer service skills
• Work under stressful situations and remain calm
• Maintain records and prepare reports
• Delegate tasks and give staff appropriate direction to complete assigned tasks
• Supervise and train subordinate staff and volunteers

The Active Aging Program operates 15 senior centers throughout Salt Lake County. The successful candidate may be asked to work at any of these senior centers. The Centers Program Coordinator is responsible for programming and activities for participants at the senior center. This position also provides support for the Aging & Adult Services’ Virtual Senior Center. Experience using virtual meeting software platforms is preferred. This position requires in-office work Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting. Requires lifting, sitting, and bending.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting. Lifting, sitting, and bending.