<p>Position Title: Athletics Director</p> <p>Payroll/Personnel Type: 10 Month</p> <p>Reports to: School Principal</p> <p>Shift Length: 8 Hours a Day</p> <p>Union Eligibility: Not Eligible</p> <p>Position Summary:</p> <p>Under the direction of the School Principal, the Athletic Director provides educational leadership to effectively oversee all aspects of all athletics activities for the purpose of providing the best possible athletic experience for students.</p> <p>Essential Functions:</p> <ul> <li>Organizes and administers the overall program of 9-12 extracurricular athletics </li><li>Prepare and submit the equipment budget for Athletic Program </li><li>Supervise and evaluate all coaches during the athletic season </li><li>Participate in the recruitment, selection, orientation, and mentoring of coaches </li><li>Assure all coaches meet District and MSHSAA requirements </li><li>Develop Activity Program policies and practices </li><li>Maintain an Activity Program Handbook </li><li>Mediate concerns between parents, coaches, and/or staff </li><li>Enforce MSHSAA, District, and PHL academic and citizenship eligibility compliance standards </li><li>Prepares and verifies all athletic event schedules </li><li>Cancel and reschedule events as warranted </li><li>Provide local media with game results and pertinent information related to the athletics program </li><li>Serve as liaison between the school and community </li><li>Coordinate the preparation of activities for contests </li><li>Contract officials for non-league competition </li><li>Check game fields for readiness </li><li>Complete end-of-season reports </li><li>Assist as school representative to the Public High League </li><li>Maintain an inventory of athletic equipment and supplies </li><li>Work with the facility maintenance staff to develop an athletic facilities maintenance plan </li><li>Coordinate and supervise training and conditioning programs for athletics </li><li>Provide supervision, as assigned by the school administration, at athletic contests </li></ul> <p>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:</p> <ul> <li>Apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exist </li><li>Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagrammatic, or schedule form </li><li>Compute discount, interest, profit, and loss; commission, markup, and selling price; ratio and proportion, and percentage </li><li>Perform reading, writing, and speaking at an intermediate level </li><li>Ability and personality necessary to work effectively with school administrators, colleagues, parents, other individuals, community and school groups and organizations; must demonstrate positive, effective "people skills" </li></ul> <p>Experience:</p> <ul> <li>2-3 years of supervisory experience </li><li>experience as a high school athletic director or coach </li></ul> <p>Education:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree (required) </li><li>Master's Degree (preferred) </li><li>Certified Athletic Administrator (CAA) (preferred) </li><li>First aid and CPR certification or eligibility for certification (required) </li><li>Valid Missouri Teaching Certification (required) </li></ul> <p>Physical Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle </li><li>Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body </li><li>Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree </li></ul> <p>Working Conditions and Environment:</p> <ul> <li>Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment </li><li>Very limited or no exposure to physical risk </li></ul> <p>Disclaimer:</p> <p>The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.</p> <p>SLPS believes in taking care of its employees. We offer a fully-insured health care plan along with some amazing perks! Here are some of the highlights of our benefits plan and perks, but you'll want to check out www.slps.org/careers for all of the details.</p> <ul> <li>Fully-paid health insurance for self </li><li>$30,000 of tuition reimbursement (certificated staff) </li><li>$40,000 group term life insurance </li><li>Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs </li><li>Pension plan </li><li>Robust wellness programs </li></ul> <p>Please note benefit and perk eligibility may vary by employee status, employment date, and job classification.</p>