GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT

Address:  4044 West Black Canyon Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85086

Hiring Salary Range: $60,000 - $75,000 

Grade: 23

Closing Date: 09/13/2026

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER 4
“Ben Avery Rifle & Pistol Range Manager”
INFORMATION EDUCATION & RECREATION DIV / SHOOTING SPORTS BRANCH
I-17 and CAREFREE HIGHWAY
FLSA- Exempt / SALARY GRADE 23 / HIRING SALARY $60,000 - $75,000
CLOSING DATE: 09/13/2026

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is one of the largest publicly operated shooting facilities in the country. Our world-class shooting range is a City of Phoenix Point of Pride and has received a Five Star rating from the National Association of Shooting Ranges. Located on 1,650 acres in north Phoenix, the Ben Avery Shooting Facility averages more than 240,000 shooters per year. The facility offers a fun and safe environment for shooters of all experience levels and strives to provide a quality recreation experience for all users.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is seeking a confident, people-focused Range Manager to lead daily operations at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility’s Rifle and Pistol Range, one of the largest and most respected public shooting complexes in the nation. This is a rare opportunity to combine leadership, shooting sports, and public service while directly supporting Arizona’s wildlife conservation mission. If you’re a leader who believes shooting ranges are more than facilities—and instead are gateways to safe recreation, conservation funding, and lifelong outdoor stewardship—this role was built for you.

Why This Role Matters
Shooting sports are a critical pillar of conservation funding and hunter education. As Range Manager, you’ll be on the front lines of that impact—ensuring a safe, welcoming, and professionally run environment for thousands of recreational shooters, competitive athletes, volunteers, and partner organizations each year.
You won’t just manage a range—you’ll lead people, shape culture, and influence the future of shooting sports in Arizona.

What You’ll Do
As the day-to-day manager of the Ben Avery Rifle Pistol Range, you will:
- Lead and inspire a diverse team of supervisors, range masters, range assistants, and volunteers through coaching, development, and accountability
- Set the standard for safety and professionalism, ensuring strict adherence to range rules, BMPs, and health and safety protocols
- Oversee daily operations including staffing, customer experience, facility maintenance, user groups, and emergency coordination
- Manage an annual operating budget, including program income, construction and maintenance projects, and business planning
- Build strong partnerships with shooting sports organizations, volunteers, contractors, NGOs, and other government agencies
- Handle complex customer, employee, and stakeholder issues with professionalism and sound judgment
- Develop staff for long-term success, identifying training needs and creating growth opportunities
- Support AZGFD’s broader mission by ensuring the Rifle Pistol Range remains a model of safe, accessible, and sustainable shooting sports recreation

This position will serve as the day-to-day manager of the Ben Avery Rifle and Pistol Range including management of staff, customer service, ensuring adequate staff levels to meet customer needs, facility maintenance, user groups, emergency situation coordination, Gemba Walks, and other administrative functions.

Major duties may include:
- Supervise, coach, develop, engage employees and conduct other employee relation activities.
- Directly supervises the public range supervisor, range masters and range assistants and indirectly additional range masters and volunteers
- Oversees an annual operational budget of $2.5M or more which includes $1.2M in program income, construction projects, range landscaping needs, facility maintenance, user groups, and management of a volunteer cadre of nearly 100.
- Responsible for and assists in developing business goals and metrics, customer service and experience objectives, budgets and requests, grant objects and compliance, business strategy implementation, and project prioritization.
- Review, develop, implement and ensure adherence of policies and procedures, range rules, BMPS and other processes for employee and customer health and safety.
- Develop employees by identifying needs, providing necessary training or learning opportunities to meet the requirements of their current duties, while continuing to provide growth opportunities for their current position or future aspirations.
- Handle and resolve customer complaints, ADA accommodations request and needs, employee, volunteer, vendor, camp hosts, user group and other customer conflicts, issues and problems.
- Provide assistance in the coordination and management of the BASF's Rifle and Pistol Range's volunteer program, over 175 user groups, contractors and vendors, along with building relationships with other Government Agencies, NGOs and businesses for continued shooting sports growth.
- Performs other duties as assigned

The candidate will have knowledge of administration and business management; shooting range development and best management practices; shooting sports, hunter education and firearms safety /education programs; State and Federal laws; effective leadership and management methods. The candidate will be skilled in budget administration; effective employee supervision, management and development; building relationships with a wide range of customers, including user groups, contractors, vendors and advertiser/sponsors; critical thinking; writing and communication; customer service techniques and relations. The candidate will have the ability to mentor staff; establish priorities and effectively delegate responsibilities; communicate effectively; identify risk; do repairs/maintenance and landscaping; work cooperatively and collaboratively to establish and maintain professional relationships; resolve internal and external conflicts.

The preferred candidate will have Bachelors degree in business or public administration, or business or recreation management. Equivalent experience gained through supervisory and management, budget administration, and program management may substitute for the degree. Experience in shooting range management, operations and development, hunting and shooting sports related activities and outdoor recreation management is a plus.

Position requires possession of and the ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver’s license appropriate to the assignment.

A level 1 fingerprint clearance card is required. Must be able to legally possess a firearm in accordance with 18 U.S. Code § 922(g). Baseline blood lead and zinc levels and a baseline hearing test will be conducted at the time of hire and on an annual basis.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The State of Arizona offers an outstanding comprehensive benefits package including:
● 13 days’ of vacation
● 12 sick days
● 10 paid holidays
● Tuition Reimbursement Program
● Participation in the nationally recognized Arizona State Retirement System
● Superior health care options
● Vision care, dental care, pharmacy benefits, and flexible spending account (options available)
● Life, long-term disability, and short-term disability insurance options are available
● Many more benefit programs are available

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Milani Barron at mbarron@azgfd.gov for assistance. The Arizona Game and Fish Department is an Equal Employment Opportunity agency.