Title:  Assistant Outdoor Education Center Manager

Summary/Objective

Assists with the oversight and managing of all daily activities of a staffed shooting range in order to provide a safe shooting environment for staff and the public. Help develop and provide opportunities for all Missouri citizens to use, enjoy and learn more about Missouri’s fish, forest, and wildlife resources through shooting sports, hunting, and other consumptive programs.

Essential Job Duties

• Ensure the safety of range employees and customers including the authority to close portions of the shooting range complex on an as needed basis.
• Supervise, mentor, recruit and select, monitor performance, recognize achievements, and provide appropriate disciplinary actions for staff and volunteers as needed.
• Administer volunteer program including recruitment, selection, and training of volunteers.
• Ensure accurate recording of volunteer hours for federal reimbursement purposes.
• Schedules staff and volunteers to fulfill range operation needs, including programming.
• Enforce Department policies and procedures and ensure compliance. 
• Assists with the monitoring of annual fiscal budgets and departmental spending including federal reimbursement funding procedures.
• Monitor and identify range maintenance needs and perform necessary repairs.  Ensure range staff have needed training for conducting range maintenance inspections.
• Coordinate and schedule, develop, present, and oversee special events, shooting sports programs, school programs, and outdoor skills activities in-person, virtually, or hybrid.
• Become familiar with multiple databases to ensure accurate input and tracking of measures, staff and volunteer hours for federal reimbursement, and grant administration.
• Reviews special use permit (SUP) applications and administer the SUP process.
• Perform routine administrative duties such as reviewing and approving time sheets, monthly purchasing card statements, invoices, vehicle logs, etc.
• Develop and administer contracts for mowing, native landscaping, guest speakers, janitorial, and other items as needed.
• Review shooting range trends, create schedules, and inventory firearm and archery equipment.
• Provide quality customer service including answering questions from the public on matters relating to shooting sports, Department functions, wildlife code interpretation, and conservation in general by phone, mail, email or in-person.
• Properly conduct cash register opening and closing procedures, as well as permit sales.
• Oversees bank deposits and reports to financial services using form 27.
• Controls and conducts regular firearms inventory for facility.

Ancillary Job Duties

• Serve on internal and external committees.
• Support MDC agency-wide priorities, including assisting with CWD management efforts, Comprehensive Conservation Strategies, Community Conservation Teams, invasive species (plants or animals) removal, and priority geography area management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Work Environment

Physical Abilities

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. The Missouri Department of Conservation reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises.  This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. Management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, functions, and requirements.