Job Description

Athletics Director

• Code: A-2025-01-30-263
• Department: Secondary
• Position Type: Leadership
• Location: JVLR (Jogeshwari East), OGC (Goregaon East)
• Experience: 10 – 12 years
• Vacancies: 2
• Job Description:

  SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES  

  • Planning and overseeing athletic programs during the academic year. In association with the Heads of School
  • Obtaining necessary approvals for coaching allowance/s to be paid to the respective coaches through communication with the Finance/HR departments.

  • Identify and facilitate Professional Development opportunities for the coaching staff.
  • Recruiting, supervising and evaluating coaches to the highest standards and in alignment with the OIS mission and core values.
  • Delegating day-to-day operations of the program while maintaining effective overall supervision.
  • Evaluating the performance of individual coaches along with the Head of Division.
  • Ensuring that coaches uphold the rules, policies and protocols according to the guidelines outlined within the OIS Athletic Handbook.
  • Providing guidelines and criteria to student-athletes and parents for written communications/descriptions of program offerings, fixtures and achievements.  
  • Working with the Head of Division to staff the program with competent, qualified personnel.
  • Working with the Head of Division to ensure policies, programs, objectives and goals are consistent with best practices locally and worldwide, and that they align with the school’s mission, core values and policies.
  • Supervising the School Nurses and working with the Facilities and Security teams to ensure that support services and emergency response systems are maintained at the highest standards to ensure the health and safety of the children.
  • Preparing, managing and overseeing the annual budget of the Athletic Department.
  • Development, coordination, and implementation of programs and activities.
  • Responsible for development, coordination and implementation of collaborative programs, activities and competitions with local and international institutions as appropriate, including but not limited to the MISSL, DSO and MSSA.
  • Coordinating and organizing student travel.   
  • Arranging officials/referees/judges and mediating disagreements between coaches/referees, if any.
  • Leading the scheduling and directing of tournaments and events.
  • Collecting records of each high school and middle school team for each season from the respective coaches.
  • Organising inventory of all uniforms and supplies and arranging for team photos.
  • Planning and executing special events for Middle School and High School student-athletes, including awards ceremonies. Ordering plaques, trophies and awards when needed, preparing event certificates.
  • Ordering materials and approving/supervising expenditure for each activity.
  • Representing the school at conferences, AD networking events (AD meetings) and any other activities involving the participation of OIS teams/groups.
  • Approving and monitoring the use of the school campus by external groups in coordination with the Facilities, Security and the Administration teams.
  • Collaborating with and supporting the logistics needs of the ECA programs within the school.
  • Overseeing communications with all constituencies while ensuring that all messages are timely, easy to understand, easily accessible, and supported by the appropriate levels of detail.
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining the Activities and  Athletics calendars, daily bulletin announcements, etc

  General  

  Support community related activities in the promotion of the ‘life of the school’.  - Provide support for other activities as deemed appropriate by the Head of School within the scope of  responsibilities as teacher. 

  Any other duties that may, from time to time, reasonably be required within the general level of  responsibility of the post. 

   

  Review  

  This Job Description will be reviewed as part of the School’s Appraisal Process. It may also be reviewed by mutual agreement outside such a cycle at the request of either the Head of School or Athletics Director.  

   

  Framework  

  To support the post holder in the fulfilment of the terms of this Job Description, Oberoi International School undertakes to provide, within the limitations of available resources:  

  • OIS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of students, faculty, staff members and visitors to its campuses, and expects all members of the OIS community to share this commitment.
  • A full and appropriate induction programme  
  • Ongoing Professional Development opportunities linked to the strategic plan and agreed goals   
  • Personal and professional support as appropriate.  
  • Equality of opportunity in career progression.