Supplemental Information
LOCATION AND POSITION INFORMATION:
This position is located at
Bayou Segnette State Park in Westwego, LA.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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For Further Information About This Vacancy Contact:
Melissa Thibodaux
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Fax: (225) 342-7928
mthibodaux@crt.la.gov
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in the operation, administration, or maintenance of parks, outdoor recreation, or historic sites; or in parks or conservation work; OR
Three years of experience in law enforcement, interpretive services, mobile equipment operation, building construction or maintenance.
Experience Substitution:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will substitute for one year of the required experience.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work:
To assist in the management of operations, interpretation, maintenance, and law enforcement activities at a state park or historic site.
Level Of Work:
Supervisor.
Supervision Received:
General from a higher-level Park Manager. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
Supervision Exercised:
Direct over personnel assigned to a state park or historic site. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism - Office of State Parks. Other locations may be approved by SCS.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Park Managers by the absence of independent responsibility over operations, interpretation, maintenance, and law enforcement activities at a state park or historic site.
Examples of Work
The purpose of this position is to serve as the primary assistant to the Park Manager, in the management and administration of the site's operations, fiscal management, personnel, maintenance, customer service, interpretive, and facility management activities.
25% Administrative Responsibility
- Assumes primary administrative responsibility in the absence of the Park Manager.
- Facilitates day-to-day site operation.
- Prepares correspondence.
- Answers telephone inquiries.
- Attends meetings on behalf of the site.
- Assists in preparation of weekly fiscal/revenue and visitation reports.
- Prepares and performs weekly bank deposits, daily shift reconciliation, weekly and monthly departmental reports.
- Compiles LaCarte purchase card reports.
- Prepares supplemental receiving reports, monthly contracts, and requests for purchase and purchasing documents.
- Orders, purchases, maintain and distribute park supplies.
- Prepares purchase requests in coordination with maintenance, interpretive, law enforcement and clerical, staffs for purchase of required items.
- Generates payment documents for items purchased.
25% Personnel Management
- Assists in planning, organizing, directing and controlling of work activities of all personnel at site to include administrative, maintenance, law enforcement, and interpretive, housekeeping and seasonal employees.
- Assists in interviews and selection of new employees.
- Assists in training coordination for new employees.
- Reviews and submits all payroll and personnel documentation to the administrative office.
- Conducts annual review of work performance of staff.
- Directs review of subordinate staff performance.
20% Site Maintenance
- Assist in maintenance of the site.
- Assist in directing the staff and subordinate staff in the cleaning of facilities and grounds may include, but are not limited to, overnight lodging, campgrounds, group camps, bathhouses, public restrooms, entrance station, park office, boat launch, boathouse, interpretive facilities, gardens, historic facilities, swimming facilities, splash parks and fish cleaning station.
- Assists the Park Manager in development of maintenance/repair project planning.
- Conducts site inspections to ensure compliance with agency standards.
15% Guest Services
- Assists park guests in such a way that will enhance their overall visitation experience.
- Assists individuals and groups in planning of outings at state park facilities.
- Provides tourism information.
- Gives local directions to site visitors.
- Disseminates information at the request of site visitors.
- Assists site manager with community outreach activities.
- Directs and/or performs fee collection tasks.
- Assists in the administration of the interpretive programming of the site.
- Assists in the coordination of scheduling of interpretive talks, tours, and outreach programs, special events, re-enactment and demonstrations on site or off site for individuals or groups.
10% Property Protection and Development
- Assist in the maintenance of historic collections, exhibits, buildings, artifact collections, photographs, museum specimens, files, archaeological excavations and library collections.
- Assists in the development and researches plans for conservation and preservation of site's cultural resources.
- Enforces state and parish laws.
- Enforces Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations.
- Provides oversight of site law enforcement.
- Assists the Park Manager with control of property.
- Assists the Park Manager with site equipment inventory.
- Conducts site inspections to ensure compliance with agency standards.
- Ensures compliance with safety programs.
- Enforces Office of Risk Management requirements.
- Completes other certifications as required by the Office of State Parks.
5% Government Liaison
- Works with governmental agencies to meet guidelines for staff.
- Coordinates with agencies to include, but not limited to, Office of Risk Management, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Archaeology, Loss Prevention, Louisiana Property Assistance, State Fire Marshall's office, Department of Public Works, Sheriff’s Department, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Department of Health and Hospitals.
Performs other related duties as assigned and performs customer service to a high degree of excellence
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to
make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
