Daniel Jacobson

"I Love My Job!"​ words often heard from many employees at the Rockford Park District! The Rockford Park District is a world-class employer, with progressive job opportunities for growth during all stages of your career. Working for the Rockford Park District is a way of life as our job and mission is to "Help People Enjoy Life."​ We encourage staff to tap into their passion, creativity, and enthusiasm. We believe in making memories that will last a lifetime and each one of our staff take pride in helping to make our community a better place to live, work, and play. In 2012, the Rockford Park District received the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). This means that the Rockford Park District is now known as the best park district in the nation! The Rockford Park District offers a great benefits program, free ongoing internal education and development classes, and an award winning wellness program. The Rockford Park District believes recreation is vital to people's health and well-being, and plays an important role in a balanced, healthy lifestyle. We embrace and encourage our employees'​ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. The Rockford Park District is an EEO Employer. Invest in your future now by joining our team! Help us be the "best"​ urban park and recreation system in North America, as judged by those we serve! Rockford Park District: -has more than 170 regular employees -hires more than 1,400 seasonal employees at its parks, facilities -looks for candidates interested in program and facility management, recreation, maintenance, finance, marketing, entry-level operations, and more