Site Coordinator, Everyday Play Program

POSITION SUMMARY  

CPF’s free citywide sports programs for children are among the most ambitious and successful in New York City and the country. Everyday Play offers all of our core sports (tennis, golf, track & soccer) at specific park locations to allow students to try a variety of different activities every day for a 6-week period over the summer. The program is scheduled to run in 3 parks in 2024: Kaiser Park - Brooklyn, Baisley Pond Park - Queens & Pelham Bay Park - Bronx.

CPF is seeking to hire experienced youth coaches or PE teachers to serve as the site coordinator for each of the locations. The program is held Monday - Thursday, from 9am - 12pm.  Site coordinators will serve at the main point of contact on-site for all program staff, parents and students. The site coordinator will be a seasonal employee of our  CityParks Play department and report to the Director of Operations.

Compensation: $30 per hour

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate and teach daily lessons  
• Organize  groups of approx # children in an orderly and safe manner
• May be required to transfer 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

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Advanced playing ability and thorough knowledge of tennis rules and etiquette
• Ability to work with diverse constituencies, both internal and external to CPF
• Exceptional communication skills and work-ethic
• Willingness and ability to travel to various park sites
• Group-teaching experience preferred, preferably with children
• Applicants will be subject to a background check and SafeSport training through USTA Net Generation

ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION

At City Parks Foundation (CPF), we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming New York City 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.

Community engagement includes Partnerships for Parks, a public-private program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, which supports and champions a growing network of community leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of our neighborhood parks and the Parks and Open Space Partners-NYC coalition of conservancies and alliances. We also administer the NYC Green Fund, a regranting program for parks and open space nonprofits and grassroots organizations.

We produce SummerStage, the iconic 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.

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.

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.