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Senior Center Program Specialist

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Senior Center Program Specialist

Salary

$49,441.60 - $58,706.96 Annually

Location

Boise, ID

Job Type

Full Time Regular

Job Number

23 -07190

Department

Parks & Recreation

Division

Senior Community Center

Opening Date

06/27/2025

Closing Date

7/11/2025 12:00 PM Mountain

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Summary Statement

Are you passionate about serving older adults and creating programs that foster community, independence, and well-being? The City of Boise is hiring a Senior Center Program Specialist to lead engaging activities, coordinate volunteers and staff, and support the day-to-day operations of the Boise Senior Center. This is a great opportunity to use your creativity, leadership, and people skills to make a real impact in the lives of local seniors. If you’re community-minded, organized, and ready to build meaningful connections, we’d love to hear from you.

Essential Functions

Answers phone calls, collects registrations, assists facility customers, and provides answers to the public regarding Parks and Recreation facilities, senior programming and activities. Ensures senior programming offers a high level of customer service. Works to foster community partnerships with outside organizations to enhance current or create new programs. Communicates with participants and community members about services available to seniors. Assists with fundraising and donation efforts.

Recruits new volunteers, conducts volunteer orientations or training, schedules and oversees volunteers. Hires, provides direction and oversight to part-time and temporary staff, creates schedules, and assigns duties. Collects feedback from participants, volunteers and partners to improve programs offered. Develops procedures to ensure programs offered are consistent and safe. Ensures programs operate within budget constraints.

Leads programs throughout the community designed for senior citizens. Creates, implements, plans, finances and evaluates senior programming. Transports, interacts and ensures the safety of participants, staff and volunteers. Assesses abilities of participants and adapts programs or activities to make them accessible.

Writes newsletters to promote and advertise events. Creates flyers, develops websites, and utilizes social media outlets to assist with marketing and promotion of services. Provides information materials to promote healthy senior living.

Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training

Bachelor's degree in Parks and Recreation, Physical Education, Business Management, or related field and three years of experience supervising, developing, and managing youth and adult public recreation programs, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Functional knowledge of methods involved in developing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating recreation programming; principles and practices of public recreation; community relations techniques and public contact programs; program development; marketing, advertising, and social media techniques.

Ability to plan and coordinate senior recreational activities; establish rapport with people of all ages, developmental ranges, economic, cultural and/or social backgrounds; develop promotional materials and marketing approaches; effectively direct and supervise work of temporary and seasonal staff; develop policies and procedures; operate a computer with demonstrated proficiency using related database, word processing, and spreadsheet software applications at an appropriate level for efficient job performance; display an attitude of cooperation and work harmoniously with all levels of City of Boise employees and the public; communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance; complete assignments in a timely fashion; understand and comply with all rules, policies and regulations; maintain prompt and regular attendance; and perform all essential and marginal functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Individuals must be capable of operating vehicles safely and have an acceptable driving record.

Preferred Knowledge, Experience, And Training

Bachelor's degree in Recreation Administration, Education, or related field

Licensing And Other Requirements

Valid Idaho driver's license.

Ability to obtain CPR and First Aid certification through the City of Boise or equivalent certifying institution within six months of employment.

This position may have to work evenings and weekends as needed.

Special Requirements

Applicants must be able to pass:

City of Boise background check processes which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation

Driving Record Check

Drug Free Workplace: In accordance with the City of Boise Drug Free Workplace Regulation, this position is designated as safety sensitive and is subject to testing requirements including Post Offer Applicant Testing, Random Testing, Reasonable Suspicion, Post - Accident, etc. Applicants will be required to submit to screening for illegal drug use prior to hire. Appointment to this position is contingent upon a negative pre-employment drug test.

This position has responsibilities that require the person to work with minors or individuals with disabilities.

Working Conditions

The physical effort characteristics and working environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Efforts

While performing the duties of this job the employee is rarely lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds. Also, the employee is rarely pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds. The noise level is frequently moderate. Work includes sensory ability to talk, hear and touch. Work in this position also includes close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. Employees will sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb and balance. Position requires hand/finger dexterity.Additional physical efforts include: .

Working Environment

The work environment will include inside conditions, outdoor weather conditions, extreme temperatures and in wet and humid conditions. Employees will also drive a vehicle as part of this position. Work includes protected exposure to infectious bacteria, bodily fluids and chemicals.

This position works:

Top talent deserves top-notch benefits. The City is among the best in the Treasure Valley when it comes to the benefits and perks we offer our employees.

Most positions are eligible for the general benefits listed here; firefighters, police officers, senior managers, command staff, and directors may be offered other benefit plans.

Healthcare:

+ ZERO premium medical coverage option for you and your family

+ Low-cost dental and vision options.

+ Post-employment health savings account.

Retirement and Investment Plans:

+ PERSI retirement benefits

+ 401(k) or 457b pre-tax investment options with employer match.

+ 457b Roth after-tax investment options with no match

WellBeing Program:

+ Up to $500 cash per year for participants.

+ Alternative transportation incentives.

Paid Leave – City employees receive generous paid leave:

+ 10 hours of vacation per month, and this increases the longer you stay with the City

+ 12 paid holidays every year

+ 8 hours of sick leave per month

+ 10 weeks Parental Leave

Life & Long Term Disability:

+ Basic Life insurance at no cost to you

+ Long Term Disability insurance at no cost to you

Other optional benefits:

+ Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Supplemental Life Insurance

+ Supplemental Disability Insurance

+ Tuition reimbursement

+ Free local bus pass

+ Corporate discount programs

+ AFLAC

+ Employee Assistance Program for short-term counseling on work, family, finances, and personal issues.

Please visit our website for further details mybenefits.cityofboise.org