Olde Towne Youth Center Facility Coordinator

The Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture is seeking an organized and customer service focused recreation professional for the full-time position of Olde Towne Youth Center Facility Coordinator to manage and oversee the daily safe and efficient operation of the facility, its programs and activities. As the Facility Coordinator, you will ensure that middle-school-aged participants have a welcoming space to gather after school for recreational opportunities, social interaction, healthy physical activity, study groups, field trips, fun learning activities that align with the environmentally friendly features of the Youth Center, and various other activities. The Youth Center serves students from Gaithersburg and Forest Oak Middle Schools, and features a recording studio and a computer lab.

Olde Towne Youth Center is one of the City’s green municipal buildings, offering its young patrons a variety of features designed to minimize environmental impact. From the site location to the chemical composition of the paint, every aspect of the building has been thoughtfully crafted to be both innovative and environmentally friendly. The center was designed to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification standards, with green features including a geothermal heating and cooling system that conserves energy and reduces air pollution, cabinets made from rapidly renewable wheatboard, floors crafted from recycled tires and rubber, ENERGY STAR windows, light sensors to optimize energy use, forest-certified wood to support sustainable forestry, and insulation made from recycled blue jeans.

We are looking for a creative, resourceful, and enthusiastic individual with experience and understanding of facility and personnel management, financial operations, and community relations. You must have strong supervisory skills, be able to coordinate with internal and external customers, and work effectively with a diverse population. Taking initiative and ownership of a variety of responsibilities, exercising good judgment, and setting a positive example for the rest of the staff to follow are essential. You must be an effective communicator, computer savvy, able to juggle multiple tasks and adapt to changing needs and priorities, and work effectively independently and as part of the team. You'll be joining an innovative and collaborative team committed to promoting positive youth development and providing diverse opportunities for middle school youth.

40 hours per week, Monday through Friday; a core work schedule will be established upon hire. Some evening, weekend, and holiday work will be required to support operational needs.

Starting salary for this position is negotiable within the target hiring range ($61,000 - $68,000) and will be offered at a level consistent with the relevant experience and qualifications of the candidate. We provide comprehensive insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, life), paid time off, generous retirement contributions, health and wellness programs, tools to assist with paying down student loan debt and managing student loans, training and professional growth opportunities, and excellent work/life balance.

Key job responsibilities are highlighted above; please click here to view the complete classification specification for the Facility Coordinator position. The classification description indicates the full salary range established for this position to provide opportunity for growth and development (Grade 106 in the City's FY 2027 Schedule of Salary Ranges).

Interested applicants must submit the following to be considered:

Your cover letter should highlight why you are interested in the position, and your resume and letter should discuss past relevant experience and convey how that experience, in addition to your other special skills and abilities, make you uniquely qualified to serve in this position.

Review of applications will begin immediately, so prompt application is strongly encouraged. The position will remain open until filled; recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of qualified applications are identified or all hiring decisions have been made.

The successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. The City has established an alcohol-free, drug-free, and smoke-free workplace which applies to any person employed by, conducting business with, or applying for a position with the City. Each employee, as a condition of their employment, may be required to participate in pre-employment and reasonable suspicion testing. Employees classified as safety sensitive are also subject to immediate post accident and random testing.

For more information about the position, contact Youth Center Facility Manager Jake Hersom at [email protected] or 240.805.1540. Questions regarding the online application process may be directed to the Department of Human Resources at [email protected] or 301.258.6327.

This recruitment will establish an eligibility list which will be used to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill other openings in this classification which occur in the next 12 months.