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Head Women's Water Polo Coach (casual/hourly position)

Employer
Denison University
Location
Granville, OH

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Employment Type
Part Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Position TypeCasualClassification TitleCasualPosition TitleHead Women's Water Polo Coach (casual/hourly position)Position NumberPay Grade LevelSalaryHourly RateDepartmentAthleticsPosting NumberS 121300682Full or Part TimePart TimeNumber of Months9Position End DateFTEWork Schedule

Hourly paid, non-exempt position. Part-time hours, as needed. Practice schedule will have to be worked out with the Director of Aquatics.

Basic Function

Organize and develop all aspects of the women’s water polo program. Conduct daily operation of the water polo program and the recruitment of student-athletes. Perform additional teaching or administrative assignments for the department as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

Lead, develop and manage the water polo program. Ensure the safety and conduct of the team and comply with the university and the Collegiate Water Polo Association.

Plan all aspects of the program; Manage team selections; Prepare teams for competition through practice and conditioning; Develop and apply team rules; Develop game strategies and line-ups, and effectively motivate and communicate with the student-athletes.

Schedule practices and matches; Oversee budget management; Organize home and away matches and travel to away matches; Support the academic success of the athletes; Supervise student manager and work in collaboration with the equipment, support staff and Director of Aquatics; Provide appropriate information for publication and press releases.

Recruit talented and academically qualified student-athletes to the women’s water polo team; Identify and contact prospective students, arrange campus visits, develop printed recruiting materials, meet with prospective students who have self-selected an interest in water polo in the college application process, and assist the Admissions Office with special events.

Participate actively in the university community, and serve on appropriate university and department committees.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of coaching experience, certifications and education is required. Candidates must have a sound knowledge and successful experience in coaching water polo; must have the ability to teach the game, and demonstrate the ability to work with individuals of diverse background and experiences; working knowledge of all Collegiate Water Polo Association rules and regulations.

The individual must have current certification in first aid, CPR and AED prior to coaching. The candidate must have a current and valid driver’s license and must be insurable under Denison liability insurance policy.

Preferred Qualifications

3 or more years of coaching and/or collegiate playing experience. Demonstrable experience working with individuals of diverse background and experiences. Demonstrate an understanding of and/or experience in a residential, liberal arts college environment.

Physical Demands

Must be able to demonstrate in water technique and skill.

Contact(s)Lynsey WhisnerContact Phone/Extension740-587-5733Contact Emailwhisnerl@denison.eduOpen Date07/14/2019Close DateOpen Until FilledYesSpecial Instructions to Applicants

Applications will be reviewed as received. Position open until filled.

Additional InformationDenison University Background Check Statement

The final candidate will undergo a background check as a conditional offer of employment.

Denison University EEO Statement

To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socio-economic background. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison, please see our Diversity Guide. Denison University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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      <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, Denison offers an authentic education in the fine arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Founded in 1831, Denison is one of the earliest colleges to be established in the old “Northwest Territory,” west of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Ohio River. Denison is located in Granville, Ohio; 27 miles east of Columbus, the state capital.<img alt="denison_university1.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university1.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p>Innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in the pursuit of knowledge and the cultivation of independent thinking. And because Denison is a residential college, students are deeply engaged as citizens of the campus community. They learn from one another in a rigorous academic setting, but also in rich social, cultural and political environments.</p> <p>As a residential undergraduate liberal arts college, Denison is among those places that have been called “distinctively American” in their contribution to higher education worldwide. In fact, it is one of a select number of institutions that today defines the type.</p> <p>Confident in the distinction of its graduates and advantaged by unusual resources, Denison has pointedly resisted the tendency in higher education to add layers of graduate degrees, professional schools, and service functions beyond the scope of baccalaureate education of the highest order. Entering its 177th year, Denison has maintained a fully residential campus based upon the well-tested premise that learning flourishes in community.</p> <p>Denison selectively admits successful, confident, and motivated students who seek to take advantage of highly participatory learning within classroom, laboratory, and studio and who expect to learn and grow through their investment in the challenges and opportunities of college life.<br /> The college attracts matriculants from across the country and more than three dozen nations. Denison engages students with outstanding professors in small classes that encourage men and women to take a high degree of personal responsibility for learning. Students pursue a major field of study selected from 39 areas offered by 28 disciplinary departments and interdisciplinary programs in the divisions of Natural Science, Humanities, Social Science, and Fine Arts as well as complete a sequence of General Education and a personalized curriculum of electives from across the college.</p> <p><img alt="denison_university2.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university2.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left;" typeof="foaf:Image" />A Denison education is not just for a living but for a life. Denison graduates are educated to be curious, resourceful, and reflective. They are expected to begin a life of learning at Denison, not complete it. They are well prepared for the rapidly changing world of the 21st century.</p> <p>Nothing defines a Denison education more than the mutually enriching relationships that develop between students and faculty. The heart of the college is a full-time faculty of almost 200. These men and women, who hold the most advanced degrees in their fields, are selected on the basis of pedagogical and scholarly ability and are encouraged to be innovative teachers whose continuing growth in their discipline through active scholarship allows them to be among the best at their craft. They look forward to the challenge and stimulation of their students even as they seek to draw the best efforts from them. Many Denison students come to regard professors as mentors, who frequently oversee students' independent scholarly projects.</p> <p>Denison’s faculty is committed to undergraduate education. As teacher-scholar-advisers, their principal responsibility is effective teaching informed by the best scholarship. Faculty members place a priority on working closely with students, interactive learning, and partnerships with students in original research. Denison’s low student/faculty ratio allows for close supervision of independent research and collaborative work in small groups and classes.</p> <p><img alt="denison_university3.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university3.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p>At Denison, men and women learn and grow in community, and the residential character of the campus is more than a convenience but a way of engaging the full student body in a shared enterprise. The college actively seeks academically superior students who bring diverse talents, interests, backgrounds, and experiences, believing that out of the classroom as well as within learning takes place by sharing, questioning, and growing together. Denison students have unusual opportunities to participate in the arts, in athletics and recreation, in service to others beyond the campus, in student organizational life, and in campus governance.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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