Senior Sports Director

The Senior Sports Director provides leadership as a subject matter expert and oversees association programming for a designated sport or program to meet specific association objectives. The incumbent is responsible for developing, organizing, delivering and administering sports leagues, recreation programs and activities targeted toward youth, teen and adults at assigned branch.

Essential Functions:

• Provides leadership and direction for a designated sport or program across the association as well as sports activities.
• Develop, organize, deliver and administer sports leagues, tournaments, recreation programs, activities and awards for assigned branch.
• Plan, organize, schedule, and direct all games, facilities, officials, and scorekeepers for YMCA sports and activities for assigned branch.
• Actively research new sports programs and activities targeted toward youth and adults.
• Recruit, hire on-board, train, develop and supervise sport team members.
• Lead the coordination of internal play of branches.
• Ensure a high level of customer service for all program participants.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience developing, implementing, scheduling and evaluating varied sports recreation programs.
• Minimum of one (1) year of supervisory experience.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage sports recreation program activities at multiple sites.
• Knowledge of rules in sports recreation program activities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Creative thinker with a history of applying innovation in programming.