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Terranea Resort

Runs an oceanfront resort on the California coast

Kids Club Supervisor - Recreation

Full-Time
$26.66/hr+ 401(k) match
Mid
Bachelor's
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
In Person
Food Service & Hospitality

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 2 years of related experience in event programming and hospitality, with a proven track record of leading a professional, efficient, high-quality, service-oriented operation.
  • Experience working with children is required.
  • A strong business aptitude is required.
  • Ability to organize work, attend to detail, handle multiple concurrent projects, and independently identify and solve key business problems is required.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills are required.
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple levels and departments is required.
Responsibilities
  • Supervise, train, and inspect the performance of Recreation Staff, ensuring procedures and activities are completed appropriately.
  • Assist with arranging, executing, and supervising indoor and outdoor guest activity games and functions while providing privacy and safety.
  • Create activities focused on the surrounding landscape, community history, and artistic expression.
  • Create unique events that provide convivial conversations and experiences.
  • Communicate daily with Resort staff to exchange ideas, information, and opinions and jointly formulate programs and reach decisions, conclusions, and solutions.
  • Professionally attend to high-profile clientele, including celebrities, CEOs, and influencers, while maintaining strict confidentiality.
  • Maintain complete knowledge of recreation offerings and clearly articulate them to guests.
  • Anticipate guests’ needs, respond promptly, and acknowledge guests regardless of workload or time of day.
  • Serve as the main contact for vendors and maintain positive relationships.
  • Remain familiar with hotel services and features and local attractions and activities to respond accurately to guest inquiries.
  • Resolve guest complaints to ensure guest satisfaction.
  • Stay updated on local events and happenings relevant to activities.
  • Work with Experience Planners and Concierge to ensure accurate reservations and booking processes.
  • Proactively sell resort activities and research potential new resort offerings.
  • Execute group team-building and activity events.
  • Represent all recreation programs as an ambassador.
  • Work with the marketing team to create activity marketing materials and promotions.
  • Maintain all aspects of the FareHarbor reservations system.
  • Develop schedules for resort activities that coordinate with off-site transportation.
  • Collaborate with the valet team to organize off-site transportation.
  • Create and update standard operating procedures for new activities and procedures.
  • Analyze resort activity prices, transportation expenses, and labor costs to ensure activities are priced appropriately.
  • Interview candidates for Activities Leader positions.
  • Maintain the Training Manual and train new team members.
  • Help create the weekly schedule for associates.
  • Supervise Activities Leaders and conduct monthly check-ins to ensure associates feel appreciated and understood, using the discussions to support each person’s career goals.
  • Provide flexibility to assist with other aspects of the Resort Activities team when requested by supervisors.
  • Assist with resort services outside guest services as needed.
  • Solve problems promptly to support guest satisfaction.
  • Handle tools and configure general building elements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working with children in a professional and elevated setting is a plus.
  • Retail experience is a plus but is not required.
  • A bachelor’s degree in recreation, hospitality, tourism, or event planning is preferred.

About the company

Terranea Resort runs an oceanfront retreat for vacationers, local visitors and private groups on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula. Guests choose between hotel rooms and residential-style stays, including casitas and villas with kitchens and separate living areas for families or longer visits. Restaurants range from casual poolside meals to fine dining, while a spa, golf course and guided outdoor activities let guests build a stay around recreation as well as lodging. The resort earns money from overnight stays and separately booked dining and recreation services. Terranea opened in 2009 and is headquartered in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • Employees get development routes: Terranea invests in cross-training, professional memberships and management development programs.
  • Wellness generates recurring income: Terranea sells annual spa memberships with enrollment fees and monthly dues.
  • Large gatherings broaden demand: Terranea accommodates receptions for up to 1,500 guests across indoor and outdoor venues.

What critics are saying

  • Guest-services leadership needs schedule flexibility: Terranea lists a 24-hour operation with weekend and holiday work.
  • Managers face labor-cost scrutiny: Terranea's guest-services leadership role tracks weekly labor expenses and requires cost-control knowledge.
  • Owners carry interest-rate exposure: Terranea's September 2026 refinancing uses a five-year floating-rate loan.

What makes Terranea Resort unique

  • Open space shapes the property: Terranea leaves more than 75 acres of its site as natural landscape.
  • Wildlife work becomes a guest experience: Terranea uses falconry for bird control and guided encounters.
  • Site scarcity protects Terranea's position: Property broker JLL cites coastal development restrictions and a shortage of comparable sites.

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