Athletic Coordinator

Effingham County Board of Commissioners • Springfield, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Coordinates County athletic programming, supports daily athletics operations, trains and directs assigned staff, manages volunteer-coach documentation, assists with events and public communications, and serves participants, families, and community partners. The workbook lists Athletic Lead as nonexempt but does not assign a department or code. Proposed code 29ATHL is unique in the complete registry and is Proposed - Pending HR Approval.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three years of experience organizing recreation or athletic activities.
• Ability to distinguish work direction and recommendations from final personnel, legal, financial, purchasing, and policy authority.
• Ability to apply program rules consistently, identify conflicts or safety concerns, document material events, and obtain assistance when escalation is required.
• Ability to use office software and approved recreation systems to maintain accurate schedules, rosters, reports, and screening records.

Nice To Haves

• College-level coursework or vocational training in recreation, sports management, public administration, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating leagues, tournaments, volunteers, part-time staff, or community athletic events.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the daily operation of assigned athletic programs and coverage in consultation with the Director and Assistant Directors.
• Plans and implements leagues, evaluations, tournaments, track meets, all-star activities, community events, and other assigned athletic programming.
• Recruits and trains part-time staff and provides work direction within approved staffing procedures; routes hiring recommendations and personnel actions to authorized officials.
• Confirms that volunteer-coach applications and required background-screening documentation are completed and routed through the County's authorized process before participation.
• Monitors athletic functions, travels with teams when assigned, addresses routine participant concerns, and escalates safety, conduct, policy, or disciplinary matters outside delegated authority.
• Provides coaching, task feedback, and documented performance information to assigned staff; formal disciplinary and final evaluation authority is Pending HR Review.
• Prepares flyers, approved news releases, brochure content, photographs, schedules, rosters, reports, and other communications for assigned programs.
• Represents the department at approved public meetings, professional-development activities, and Georgia Recreation and Park Association committees within delegated authority.
• Maintains program, participant, volunteer, screening, training, incident, and personnel-related records using role-based access, minimum-necessary use, retention, correction-history, audit-trail, and secure-handling requirements.
• Records all hours worked, including required travel, training, meetings, event setup and cleanup, remote work, tournament, weekend, call-back, and after-hours work.
• Assists other Recreation and Sports Management employees with related programs, events, public information, and operational work.
• Performs related duties consistent with the classification and delegated authority.

Benefits

• Effingham County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable performance of the essential functions of the position, consistent with applicable law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED