Job Opening: Squash Director, Brooklyn Posted July 16, 2014
Job Description: CitySquash
seeks an experienced, motivated and skilled squash coach to be its
Squash Director of a brand new program branch in Brooklyn. The position
provides the unique opportunity to develop competitive junior squash
players and change the lives of at-risk youth from Brooklyn while
helping to build a youth development program from scratch. Since our
founding in 2002, CitySquash has been the most focused of the country's
urban squash programs on developing competitive squash players.
Program Description:
CitySquash (www.citysquash.org) is a nonprofit youth program based in
the Bronx at Fordham University. The organization helps motivated and
talented young people from economically disadvantaged households in the
Bronx to fulfill their academic, athletic and personal potential.
Founded in 2002, CitySquash serves 150 elementary, middle and high
school students. For our participants, CitySquash is an intensive,
multi day-a-week commitment that lasts up to fourteen years and
includes squash, tutoring, mentoring, community service, travel,
culture, nutrition, high school placement, employment training and
college prep. Forty-nine CitySquash students have won scholarships to
selective prep schools, including Avon Old Farms, Berkshire, Blair,
Brooks, Canterbury, Eaglebrook, Episcopal, Hackley, Hill, Loomis
Chaffee, Mercersburg, Millbrook, Salisbury, St. George’s, St. Paul's,
Taft, Trinity-Pawling, Westminster and Westover. College acceptances
include Bates, Bucknell, Connecticut College, Cornell, CUNY, Franklin
& Marshall, Hamilton, Hobart, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, St.
Lawrence, Trinity and Wesleyan. In the Fall of 2014, CitySquash will open a second site in Brooklyn based out of the Poly Prep Country Day School. Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
· Design and lead
weekday afternoon and weekend practices for elementary and/or middle
school team members, all of who will be new to the sport · Assist with designing and leading the team tryout and selection process · Assist with designing and leading weekly activity block, which may include squash, yoga, team building games, etc. · Chaperone and coach team members at weekend squash tournaments & trips throughout the year · Organizing training days and mini-camps on school holidays and half-days · Secure venues at which CitySquash can hold off-site practices and matches on the weekends · Oversee all equipment and uniform purchasing and distribution; string racquets as needed · Recruit squash volunteers for the weekends and for the CitySquash Summer Camp in July · Act as a mentor and
role model to our students, by developing relationships with parents
and setting up student-parent meetings as needed
Qualifications: · Bachelors Degree required · Extensive experience as a squash player and/or coach · Driver's license required (candidates must be comfortable driving a 15-passenger van/activity bus) · Desire to work in a start-up environment, going above and beyond the job description as needed · Must be energetic,
upbeat, and enthusiastic about the CitySquash mission and our core
values of grit, self-control, integrity, curiosity, humility, and
gratitude
Schedule – September through June There will be
considerable variability in the weekly schedule based on tryouts,
tournament schedules, school breaks, and other factors. Over the course
of the year, however, you are expected to have a schedule that includes
weekend work such as Saturday practice and/or staffing a community
service or cultural trip (with days and/or hours off during the week to
compensate). A four week period in our Bronx program typical has squash
directors working two full weekends and an additional weekend day.
Schedule – July & August (5 weeks) During the summer
(July to mid-Aug), the work day begins at 9:00am and ends at 5:00pm.
The Squash Director will oversee three of the five weeks in which the
CitySquash Summer Camp is in operation. For these three weeks, you will
work Monday-Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm. For the remainder of the 5-week
period, you will be required to work 8 days total (this will likely
include overnight travel for squash camps/retreats and tournaments and
may span weekends).
Vacation: The position
includes 6 weeks of vacation annually: 1 in Dec, 1 in June, 1 in July
and 3 in August. Some but not all national holidays are off.
Peter Feldman Program Director, Brooklyn CitySquash
