Boys Program Coordinator

Boys Program Coordinator

Position Type: Part time 

Organization Information:

Riverside Hawks Hope Health & Hoops Inc.

490 Riverside Drive 

New York, NY 10027

Website:

www.riversidehawks.org

Mission Statement

The Riverside Hawks promote athletic achievement, educational excellence and character development for our student athletes. We accomplish our mission by meeting the following objectives:

• Providing academic guidance and support through our afterschool and tutoring programs.
• Working with our young people to establish and achieve their short- and long-term personal goals.
• Promoting the development of strong moral character and the value of fair play.
• Offering a support system to our families to ensure our young people become successful in all of their pursuits.

Who We Are

The Riverside Hawks Academic/Athletic Program is a year-round organization serving more than 700 boys and Boys, ages 5-17, who live primarily in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. Founded in 1961 by the Riverside Church, it has long been nationally recognized for its success and leadership in the field of youth development. The goal of the program is to help our students leverage basketball, to attain better academic outcomes, attend high performing high schools and go to and graduate from college.

The success of our basketball program is legendary and evidence by the number of alumni who have used sports to have academic success in college. Many of our students have had tremendous athletic success in college and ultimately have played or are playing professionally. These former Riverside Hawks students include Nate Archibald, Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson, Malik Sealy, Chris Mullin, Elton Brand, Donovan Mitchell, Rafer Alston, Omar Cook and Ty Jerome.

The Riverside Hawks are unashamedly seekers of excellence in every facet of our program. We are committed to promoting general health, educational advancement, character development and spiritual development through our program. Our program has a tremendous reputation for supporting academic excellence. Over the last three years 100% of our students have graduated high school and gone on to attend college.

The Riverside Hawks Program is under the auspices of Riverside Hawks Hope Health and Hoops, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The Board of Directors and Associate Board are comprised of a highly committed, diverse group of professionals, who are dedicated to building upon the outstanding Hawks tradition of developing children and teenagers through a holistic process.

POSITION DETAILS

The Boys Program Coordinator is a highly visible role across the entire organization and, due to the historic success of the program, across the country. The Boys Program Coordinator will work directly with the Executive Director and play a leadership role in helping to manage the athletic and academic initiatives associated with all Boys students connected to the Riverside Hawks program. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Energetic with strong personal commitment to the mission of the program and the educational advancement of underserved youth. 
• Possesses creative and strategic thinking skills that enable a demonstrated ability to develop, evaluate, prioritize and implement projects. 
• Excellent oral and written presentations skills, detailed oriented and the ability to convey our program mission and goals persuasively.
• Ability to work with senior program leaders and different internal and external constituents to ensure compliance with safety protocols and policies and procedures applicable to the program and the successful implementation of all initiatives related to the Boys programs and teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work directly with Executive Director and Director Operations on the following:

• Boys Athletic Programming - Oversee athletic activities of all Boys middle school and high school teams. 

• Meeting regularly with student athletes and their families to discuss their individual development and goals;
• Recruiting and reviewing coaches and working with coaches to manage tryouts and recruit players to program.
• Working with all coaches to ensure basketball certifications are all completed and maintained and all coaches are managing team responsibilities appropriately and appropriate communication with students and families is regularly provided.
• Ensuring that all coaches provide consistent athletic instruction, including coaching, and acting as assistant coach for teams, as needed.
• Working with Executive Director and Director of Operations and Programs to develop appropriate tournament selection and travel schedule (as applicable) for all teams.
• Working with Community Program Director and Director of Operations on Boys focused community-based basketball training and development programs for Middle School and High School Boys.

• Boys Academic Programming - Extend the reach of our academic programs to all of our student athletes on our Boys middle school, travel and Academy teams. Working with program and education focused staff on:

• Providing high school (catholic, public and prep (day and boarding)) and college guidance and application assistance.
• Coordinating participation in our test prep courses (i.e. SSAT, SAT, ACT, TACHS, etc) and homework assistance, tutoring and writing programs.
• Coordinating group and individual high school, college and cultural institution visits, as well as participation in our other Riverside College Bound activities, such as monthly seminars and workshops.
• Supporting Riverside’s relationships with our education partners, such as Inspiring Young Minds. 
• Providing regular periodic reports to parents regarding the student athletes’ educational progress and opportunities.
• Ensuring report cards are submitted by all students.
• Meeting with coaches, student and parents to ensure students are taking advantage of academic offerings and are attending tutoring as and when necessary.

• Other Areas of Assistance

• Working with Director of Operations to ensure fundraising efforts are successful and team fee collections and expenses are in line with budget and that tournament payments and travel expense reimbursements are submitted timely.
• Working with boys coaching staff to ensure all compliance related paperwork is submitted and there is full participation in all health and safety protocol trainings and special events (including gala, shootathon, alumni visits etc) and community focused athletic and academic programs.