Careers Job Description
General Description
Queens College is seeking an Athletic Trainer/Olympic Sports Coordinator. This is a full-time (including benefits) position reporting to the Director of Sports Medicine, who serves under the Student Athlete Performance area in the Department of Athletics and Recreation.
Duties include, but are not limited to: general healthcare assistance to 275 intercollegiate student-athletes (injury evaluations, referrals, rehabilitative treatments); provide necessary practice and game coverage for all intercollegiate teams (including travel, late nights, early mornings, weekends, holidays and during inclement weather); assist in summer camp coverage; and assist with monitoring and maintenance of the athletic training room.
As the Olympic Sports Coordinator, the candidate will assist the Director of Sports Medicine with insurance tracking and documentation, scheduling of doctor visits, assist in the recruitment and scheduling of per diem staffers and sharing medical challenges and recovery plans with Head Coaches.
The individual must have the mobility to do the following activities: running, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching or crawling. Candidates must have the ability to lift and/or move heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis with or without assistance.
Position may require attending national and conference meetings; as well as performing other duties assigned by the Director of Sports Medicine.
Apply online- Please include a cover letter, resume as well as three professional references.
Other Duties
The Queens College department of athletics offers varsity, intramural and recreational athletic opportunities to members of its campus community. The college sponsors 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division II level, with the QC Knights competing predominantly in the East Coast Conference. Queens College’s department of athletics encourages all student-athletes to complete a meaningful academic degree program, participate fully in the college community and prepare for life after college athletics. For more information on 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. For more information on Queens College contact us as 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 minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred). BOC certification, New York State Licensure (prior to start of employment), current Professional Rescuer CPR/AED/First Aid certification, a valid driver’s license, working knowledge of and adherence of NCAA rules and regulations, ability to effectively communicate with and relate to student-athletes, coaches, athletic staff and the ability to use relevant computer software.
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
$34,000.00 - $40,000.00
Nov 21, 2016 (Or Until Filled)