Director of Athletics

Athletic Director

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist throughAspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation. Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

The Athletic Director is responsible for supervising, managing and evaluating the entire athletic program at the school site, with a close eye on managing the funds allocated to the high school athletic programs in accordance with APS guidelines. The Athletic Director is also responsible for building the athletic program up within the community and being the liaison with a variety of community athletic programs, assisting in the selection, placement and evaluation of coaches within the athletic program and working the maintenance staff to keep the indoor and outdoor athletic facilities in impeccable condition.

Essential Functions

• Ensure eligibility of athletes for program participation
• Schedule and coordinate supervision of all home and away athletic contests or programs
• Oversee SCIAA, TSSAA OR TMSSSA eligibility status of coaches and follow their rules and regulations
• Work with coaching staff to develop goals for program improvement and assess progress consistent with APS philosophy, goals and guidelines
• Develop and manage the athletic budgets tied to coaching objectives, consistent with established department priorities, and supervise fundraising
• Manage inventory of supplies and equipment including requisition, storage and issuance
• Ensure that budget allocations for the program are tied to coaching objectives and are consistent with established department priorities
• Ensure safety standards are met in all facilities

Outreach and Communications

Additional

Qualifications

The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office, classroom / school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammate's well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools, we offer our full time employees exceptional benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans, life insurance / long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program. Pay rate for this position type is reflected here : $28.56 an hour