Position/Title: Sports Counselor

Employment Period: Jun 27, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022

Salary Range: $15 - $18 per hour, based on experience (7-35 hours / week M-F)

ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION

City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At CPF, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through arts, environmental education, sports, and community building programs for all New Yorkers. Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks mean thriving communities.

• Free golf, tennis, track & field, soccer, and fitness programs bring high-quality instruction and equipment into areas where few organized athletic opportunities exist. We offer leveled training, year-round scholarship coaching, and special pro events.

• We produce SummerStage, the largest free, outdoor performing arts festival in NYC, presenting world-class artists from across the globe and our own neighborhoods on our mainstage in Central Park and in local parks in all five boroughs, and our Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and roving PuppetMobile present marionette puppet theater throughout New York City.

• Partnerships for Parks, a public-private program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, supports and champions a growing network of community leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of our neighborhood parks.

• We connect youngsters to nature in the urban environment through progressive, experiential teaching. Using parks as classrooms, we provide learning experiences and hands-on activities in urban forests, coastal areas, and gardens.

POSITION SUMMARY

CPFs free beginner sports programs typically reach over 12,000 children at over 60 citywide parks, providing fun, accessible opportunities for kids to stay active all summer. City Parks Foundation has safely delivered programming in 2020 and 2021 and will continue to follow all NYC and NY State safety protocols for COVID-19. Instructors will be trained in June to teach a standardized curriculum developed by City Parks Foundation and will be seasonal employees of CPFs Sports Department. Our program sites are throughout NYC however staff are usually assigned to work in their borough of residence.

We are seeking full and part-time sports instructors to deliver programming in: tennis, golf, soccer and track & field for Summer 2022:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate and teach daily lesson plans

• Organize large groups of children in an orderly and safe manner

• May be required to carry equipment to/from sites

• Monitor weekly attendance and maintain accurate records of class participants

• Answer questions from parents and promote whenever possible to the community

• Arrive promptly to various designated and appointed park sites