Director of Women's Golf Program
Director of Women's Golf Program
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Job Description
The Director of Womens Golf Program position is responsible for supporting and coordinating all aspects of womens golf providing significant contributions to the development of studentathletes through mentorship guidance leadership opportunities community building and a commitment to social justice. This position is also responsible for the administration of all phases of varsity intercollegiate athletics with guidelines from Bates College the NCAA and NESCAC including compliance scheduling competitions travel planning data management practice schedules and roster management.
- Provide leadership supervision and development for womens golf to support studentathletes in the areas of athletic competition skills conditioning personal development and professional growth.
- Attend and serve as the coach at all scheduled team practices competitions and additional team functions/events.
- Motivate students and staff to participate in an atmosphere of sportsmanship professionalism and respect among studentathletes coaches and other intercollegiate athletic teams.
- Provide training necessary through skills and conditioning to enable students to compete safely and competitively.
- Develop a comprehensive and systematic recruitment plan with a focus on recruiting and retaining highly qualified studentathletes.
- Working in collaboration with Admission identify and recruit highly motivated studentathletes in accordance with Bates College NESCAC and NCAA regulations in order to enhance team success both athletically and academically.
- Have an awareness of the lifestyle of studentathletes in a highly competitive academic and athletic environment at a DIII institution.
- Demonstrate interest in the academic progress work and achievement of studentathletes.
- Nominate studentathletes for awards and recognition within sport membership organizations and the Department of Athletics as deserving.
- Serve as a caring empathetic and engaged advisor and mentor to studentathletes having a knowledge of campus resources to refer studentathletes when necessary.
- Hold studentathletes accountable for team expectations and ensure studentathlete adherence to the StudentAthlete Code of Conduct.
- Manage team social media presence across platforms for the publicity promotion and recognition of the team.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents alumni and the community adhering to professionalism.
- Schedule and conduct regular practice sessions adhering to governing bodies such as Bates College the NCAA and NESCAC.
- Maintain familiarity with all rules and regulations required by governing bodies for compliance including completing the NCAA rules test annually.
- Manage and remain accountable for expense control administration of the team budget and projected fiscal year needs.
- Collaborate with athletic training personnel regarding studentathlete health and safety including medical clearances injury prevention and rehabilitation of studentathletes.
- Respond to student academic concerns as identified in Bates Reach in Collaboration with faculty and student affairs especially coursework due to team travel or competition.
- Coordinate team fundraising efforts in partnership with Advancement in order to augment resources for valueadded programming.
- Attend all athletics department meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications necessary to meet the requirements of the position:
- Bachelors degree required.
- Masters degree in an appropriate area of specialization preferred.
- Experience playing or coaching the sport collegelevel preferred.
- Experience and/or demonstrated success in supervising young adults and managing programs preferred.
- Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must be flexible collaborative and have a positive attitude.
- Ability to establish rapport quickly with students and their families while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
- Knowledgeable about the skills and tactics of the sport
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
- Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
- Proficiency in basic data management systems game film editing programs and basic computer applications (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint).
- Willingness and ability to learn additional applications as needed.
- Ability and willingness to travel (by car air train or bus) domestically and internationally as needed.
- Ability and willingness to work weekends evenings and other nontraditional schedules.
- Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a toptier small liberal arts college.
Benefits
Bates College offers competitive salaries access to library and athletic facilities and a supportive collegial environment in a drug and smokefree workplace.
About
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines secondlargest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.
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Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
