Shooting Sports Complex Manager

Job ID: 30718

Agency: Game Fish & Parks

Location: Rapid City, SD

Salary: $25.99 per hour, depending on qualifications

Pay Grade: I

Closing Date: 03/26/2025

This is a Full-Time position with the Game Fish & Parks. For more information on the Game Fish & Parks, please visit https://gfp.sd.gov/.

Why The Department Of Game, Fish And Parks

Culture and tradition run strong at the Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP). Our skilled workforce believes in professionalism and accountability to meet the growing expectations of our customers. Working here isn’t just a job – it’s a life’s passion. Our atmosphere empowers professional success, team building, and facilitating relationships with organizations to ensure our state’s rich outdoor heritage lives on for the next generation.

As the Shooting Sports Complex Manager, you'll have a pivotal role in managing and maintaining this premier firearms range facility. With 400 acres of land dedicated to the complex, there's ample space to cater to a wide range of shooting enthusiasts, from hunters to recreational shooters to law enforcement personnel.

The complex is organized into two separate areas, north and south, and offers versatility and options for shooters of all levels. Whether individuals are looking for basic target practice or specialized training spaces for law enforcement, the complex aims to provide top-notch facilities.

Your role will involve overseeing the day-to-day operations of the complex, ensuring that the facilities are well-maintained, safe, and conducive to a positive shooting experience for all visitors. With the complex located within minutes of several surrounding communities, you'll likely have a steady flow of visitors seeking to take advantage of the world-class shooting opportunities it offers.

Additionally, as word spreads about the complex within the shooting sport industry, hosting shooting events will become an integral part of your responsibilities. This could involve coordinating tournaments, competitions, training workshops, and other events to attract participants and showcase the complex's capabilities.

Overall, your days as the Shooting Sports Complex Manager will be dynamic and fast-paced, filled with opportunities to engage with shooting enthusiasts, foster community connections, and contribute to the growth and reputation of the South Dakota Shooting Sport Complex as a premier destination for shooting sports in the Midwest.

All We Need Is You! Sound Like a Good Fit? As a Department Of Game, Fish And Parks Employee, Here’s What You’ll Experience

• Innovation – As the Shooting Sports Complex Manager, you’ll be a part of groundbreaking facility that revolutionizes shooting experiences not only for residents, but our guests that come to South Dakota as part of their time away from home.
• Professional Development – We provide trainings and support for you to become an expert in the field.
• Facilitation and Project Management – Seeing a project through from start to finish is always something to be proud of.
• Task Diversity – Projects come from various backgrounds and provide an opportunity to learn more about our work and contribute technical skills to really make the project successful.
• Collaboration and Communication – The Shooting Sports Complex Manager works with many different teams within the agency and outside agencies.
• Part of the Big Picture – Our work is user friendly and something you can look back upon and be proud to be part of. Our service is relied upon daily especially by local citizens and guests who come to South Dakota that need a safe, organized, and well-maintained facility to shoot at.

Who We’re Looking For

• Are you excellent at organizing and prioritizing multiple tasks and projects and supervising employees and volunteers while maintaining a positive attitude?
• Does the thought of a work environment where each day’s duties will be different sound exciting?
• When problems occur, you don’t get overwhelmed, but you are quick on your feet to find a solution?
• Are you an effective communicator that enjoys providing superior service to the department’s customers, leadership, and other employees?

This position will require both administrative duties in an office setting as well as directing employees, managing events, and project oversight in an outdoor setting where temperatures can be freezing cold and snowy or hot and sunny.

Questionnaire

Applicants will be required to answer a series of job related questions when submitting an application for this job.

Licenses And Certifications

Drivers license, may require CPR and/or other medical response training, Range Officer/Range Safety Officer certifications.

Communication

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Daily direction and oversight of staff as well as routine contact with the public and programming opportunities are all important tasks for this position. Ability to communicate through differences, obstacles and have tough conversations with staff, the public, and community members is a must.

Teamwork

• Build positive relationships with your direct reports, volunteers, and the surrounding communities. Must possess the ability to interact and cooperate with team members to achieve desired objectives and goals. Creating a culture of “we” versus “I” is very important.

Leadership

• Inspire team members to attain the highest level of effort and quality in their daily duties as well foster a culture that leads by example and listens to its team members ideas.

Knowledge Of

• shooting range and firearm safety;
• recruiting both volunteers and permanent staff;
• present information on the range to groups including commissions, GFP staff, and public;
• principles of effective human relations and working for the public;
• computer skills Power Point, GFP license program, and Outlook;
• principles & practices in educational programming;
• curriculum development and classroom teaching as it relates to the range as well as public information (R3);
• Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937.

Skill To

• develop innovative resource materials;
• assign, direct, and monitor the work of permanent, seasonal, and volunteer employees;
• develop and coordinate special events that promote the shooting sports industry.

Ability To

• ensure the facilities are clean, organized, and meet the GFP standards for a publicly open range;
• establish effective working relationships with coworkers, consultants, and other agencies;
• effectively use all types of media;
• work with contractors on various repairs or facility improvements;
• operation of various construction, groundskeeping, and maintenance equipment.

This position is exempt from the Civil Service Act.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=19Y

You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources

Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us

http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"