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Parks and Recreation Director

Town Of Corte Madera

Job Location:

Corte Madera, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: m 9596 - 11666

Posted: 24 October 2026 (2 days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR
Full Time Position Salary - $9596$11666 per month
Plus excellent benefits package
Open Until FilledFirst Review of Applications January 6 2020

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The Position
The Parks and Recreation Director is a key member of the Town of Corte Maderas Management team with responsibility to plan direct manage and oversee all activities and operations of the Parks and Recreation Department. This includes planning for parks facilities use and scheduling recreational programming and capital projects related to parks and coordination of assigned activities with other Town departments and outside agencies.

The Town of Corte Madera has a robust Parks and Recreation program with services designed to meet a wide variety of community interests such as recreation classes/activities arts programs youth and adult sports programs youth enrichment programs senior services summer camps and Town-wide and community special events.

Capital Improvement projects include renovation of the existing Recreation office renovation of Skunk Hollow Park creation of a bocce ball court and creation of a Master Plan for Town Park.

The Parks and Recreation Director will be expected to manage a large soccer program create new youth programs re-engage with an ad hoc committee on recreation programs identify space needs and existing facilities that could support new or existing programs and explore opportunities for shared services with other area agencies.

The Ideal Candidate Will :

Be a visionary action oriented creative community-minded energetic leader
Be able to quickly assess the quality and availability of current programming
Be able to work in collaboration with the Corte Madera Parks and Recreation Ad Hoc committee to identify programming needs and opportunities to expand enhance or improve recreational programming and services
Be proficient in directing and managing the full scope of parks and recreation activities and operations including budgeting planning new parks and recreational facilities organizing work activities staffing and supervision
Effectively represent the Department to the Town Manager Town Council Parks and Recreation Commission other agencies and the public
Have 6 or more years of increasingly responsible experience managing parks and recreation programs and facilities in a public private or non-profit organization
Bachelors degree in public administration business administration recreation management park and resource management or related field. A Masters degree is highly desirable.

The Town and Community
The Town of Corte Madera California is a community of just under 10000 people located in the heart of Marin County approximately nine miles north of San Francisco. It is devoted to preserving its rich history maintaining todays quality of life and carefully planning its future.
Corte Madera has a number of amenities including friendly neighborhoods a charming Old Town square shopping areas vast open space coastal marshland and rolling hillsides with vistas of Mount Tamalpais. It is a community that offers great variety in housing employment recreation entertainment education and public services. Corte Madera is home to friendly involved people with an inviting community atmosphere.

What We Offer

Salary $9596$11666 monthly DOQ
$432 per month automobile allowance
Health insurance for Employee and Dependents; Town pays Kaiser Bay Area rate
Paid dental life long-term disability and vision insurance
CalPERS Defined Benefit Retirement
- 2.5% at 55 for classic members
- 2% at 62 for new members under PEPRA
Paid vacation funeral and sick leave
96 hours administrative leave per fiscal year
14 Holidays includes floating holidays
Tuition Commuter and Health/Wellness reimbursement benefits
Deferred compensation voluntary employee tax deferred contribution
Roth Deferred Compensation voluntary employee paid after tax deduction
Flexible Spending Accounts (voluntary employee contribution) Retiree Health Savings Account