Careers Job Description
General Description
Queens College is seeking a Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track (Indoor and Outdoor) Coach. This is a full time position reporting to the Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics.
This position is responsible for all aspects of the Cross Country and Track program, including (but not limited to) recruiting, academic monitoring, budget oversight, fundraising, community service, alumni cultivation, supervision of assistant coaches, and college and department programming involvement. Candidates must embrace the Division II philosophy; and have entrepreneur and cultivation skills that would contribute to the financial success of the department and institution. The successful candidate must also have strong supervisory, administrative (including computer) and compliance skills. Preference will be given to coaches who can demonstrate successful recruiting and coaching of student athletes in the areas of sprints, jumps and hurdles.
Other Duties
The Queens College Department of Athletics offers varsity, intramural and recreational athletics opportunities to members of its campus community. The college sponsors 19 varsity NCAA Division II sports, with the Knights competing in the East Coast Conference. Queens College's department of athletics encourages all student-athletes to complete a meaningful academic degree program, participate in the college community and prepare for life after college athletics. For more information on Queens College Athletics, please visit www.queensknights.com.
Located on a beautiful, 77-acre campus in Flushing, Queens College of the City University of New York enjoys a national reputation for its liberal arts and sciences and pre-professional programs. Each year Queens College has been cited by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s 100 “Best Value” colleges, thanks to its outstanding academics, generous financial aid packages, and relatively low costs. In addition, U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges (2011) ranks QC among the top 10 public universities in its category “Best Universities—Master’s (North).” The college opened its first residence hall in August 2009. For more information on Queens College, see www.qc.cuny.edu.
Queens College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.
Qualifications
Qualified applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Degree preferred); demonstrate a minimum of three years serving as a successful head or assistant college coach at a NCAA Division I or II institution or five successful years as a NCAA Division III or Junior College institution. Applicants must demonstrate a history of successful individual or team regional or national accolades. He/she must be an effective public speaker, positive/personable, and demonstrate successful recruitment and graduation of high academic achieving students, coordination or participation of community service and college engagement activities, and camps and clinics. Successful northeast region recruiting is a plus.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Athletics and Recreation
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Jan 08, 2018 (Or Until Filled)