Sports and Fitness Manager, Healthy Living Initiative - Harlem Children's Zone (New York, NY)

The Healthy Living Initiative (HLI) is an effort to combat the growing public health problem of childhood obesity. The mission of the Healthy Living Initiative is to encourage HCZ students and their families to incorporate healthy food choices and physical activity into their daily lives. We are currently seeking a dynamic, energetic Sports and Fitness Manager to join our team as part of a comprehensive health, wellness, and nutrition program focusing on middle and high school aged students, and their families. This position reports to the Initiative Lead as part of the central team for the Healthy Living Initiative.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the development, implementation, and assessment/evaluation of the healthy eating, active living sports curriculum across all HLI sites
• Oversee and manage ongoing initiative trainings related to sports programming and training
• Disseminate key physical well being promotion information to Recreation Coordinators to be executed at respective HLI sites as it pertains to healthy eating active living practices for staff, students and their families
• Meet routinely (e.g., once a month) with Recreation Coordinators from HLI sites to provide on-going techincal support/assistance to ensure effective delivery of sports and recreation curriculum
• Co-lead engagements with parents and staff in support of program
• Provide agency wide physical activity programming for HCZ students, parents and staff as needed both competitive and non-competitive
• Coordinate and work closely with staff at various sites to ensure scheduling and implementation of activities
• Conduct assessments and provide progress reports of all HLI sites exercise performance
• Provide on-going education, training materials, and resources to staff and populations with various levels of experience and education
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification, Skills and Knowledge Requirements

• Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology, Physical Education, Recreation or appropriate health related field required; ideal candidate will have some supervisory experience
• Must have experience working with adolescent population in either a community-based organization, health center, or school-based setting
• Must possess extensive knowledge about sports equipment, physical fitness and safety
• Ability to cultivate and develop key relationships within organization and childhood obesity prevention communities
• Demonstrated ability to absorb and utilize new information efficiently
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience with group counseling and training workshop facilitation
• Awareness of and sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of populations served
• Must be able to work flexible hours and perform extensive field work

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