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) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Athletics and Recreation
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Jan 08, 2018 (Or Until Filled)