Position Title

Sports Desk Assistant

Required Application Type

School Related Personnel

Salary/Pay Scale

$46,279 - $50,094

Job Description

PRIMARY PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inputs and manages records related to the assignment of sports officials, using automated systems.
• Inputs schedules of contests, rescheduled events and corrections using software applications.
• Maintains roster of athletic officials.
• Assigns appropriate officials to all public high school athletic events within Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, and Putnam counties, and notifies officials of schedule.
• Assists in identifying problems related to athletic schedules and/or officials’ assignments and refers them to appropriate superior for resolution.
• Resolves any scheduling conflicts that arise to the mutual satisfaction of the participating schools.
• Maintains extensive, on-going contact with school athletic directors and sports officials both individually and through their respective associations.
• Performs a variety of clerical tasks, i.e., reconciles records for correct school billing, and maintains files by individual sports.

Civil Service Title

Sports Desk Assistant

Job Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:  Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and either: (a) three years of work experience, one of which must have involved public contact, including or supplemented by six months experience entering and retrieving data from a database; or (b) completion of (60) college credits and one year of work experience which must have involved public contact, including or supplemented by six months of experience entering and retrieving data from a database.
• SUBSTITUTION: A Bachelors Degree or a Masters Degree in Communication, Sports Management, or related field may be substituted for the required experience.

* Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications.

* This is a provisional appointment.

Job Category

Clerical

Job Location

Harrison - Interscholastic Athletics

Additional Information