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Agency Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Office of

As a Park Manager, you would have responsibility for planning, directing, and coordinating the operation, recreation programming, and maintenance of all recreation facilities in a park or group of parks within a geographical region. You would supervise, direct, manage, and coordinate various levels of staff in recreation, security, operation, and maintenance areas. The distinguishing factor between Park Manager 2 and 3 positions would be an increasing amount of responsibility in a larger park or group of parks. View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage. The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title. Please note, qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

There are two examinations held for this position. Please note: New York State employees may qualify for both.

For employees of New York State, on or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and have had three months of permanent competitive, labor, or non-competitive service as

a Park Manager 1, Historic Site Manager C, Recreation Complex Manager 1, Recreation Complex Manager 2, Golf Course Manager 2, Assistant Golf Course Superintendent, Golf Course Superintendent 1, Building Restoration Specialist, Maintenance Supervisor 3, Maintenance Supervisor 4, or Regional Park Maintenance Supervisor.

For all other qualified individuals, on or before the date of the examination, the candidate must have either: six years of experience working in a park or recreational facility in a park setting including three years of managerial experience; OR a bachelors degree in park management or administration, recreation, environmental management, forestry, or natural resources AND one year of managerial experience in a park or recreational facility in a park setting OR a bachelors degree AND three years of managerial experience in a park or recreational facility in a park setting.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered. Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.