Sports Director - Cape Ann YMCA
About The Position
As the Sports Director, you will oversee all aspects of sports and recreation programming, ensuring a fun, safe, and engaging experience for participants of all ages. Through strong leadership, thoughtful planning, and hands-on engagement, you will manage staff, develop practice and game schedules, organize clinics and leagues, and ensure program quality and compliance. This role focuses on strengthening parent/child and preschool programs, growing specialized offerings such as pickleball, and building programs that foster youth development, community connection, and a lifelong love of sports. During the summer months, the Sports Director also plays a key leadership role within our day camp programs, providing consistency, mentorship, and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required
- 2–4 years of related experience in a supervisory or leadership role
- Experience teaching and coaching participants across a variety of ages and skill levels
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple programs and priorities simultaneously
- Strong communication skills with the ability to keep staff, participants, and families informed clearly and consistently
Responsibilities
- Oversee all aspects of sports and recreation programming
- Manage staff
- Develop practice and game schedules
- Organize clinics and leagues
- Ensure program quality and compliance
- Strengthening parent/child and preschool programs
- Growing specialized offerings such as pickleball
- Building programs that foster youth development, community connection, and a lifelong love of sports
- Plays a key leadership role within our day camp programs, providing consistency, mentorship, and support
Benefits
- Paid training and professional development
- Advancement opportunities across seven YMCA locations
- Free YMCA membership and program discounts
- Medical and dental insurance for full-time staff
- 3 weeks paid vacation, plus sick and personal time
- 12% employer-funded retirement contribution (vested; no match required)
- Employer-paid life insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
