NJ/NY Gotham FC (“Gotham FC” or “the Club”) is a National Women’s Soccer League (“NWSL”) team representing New Jersey and New York. The team plays at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ.
The Role:
Gotham FC is seeking a Community Relations Coordinator that will support the Community and Social Impact Manager in executing the Club’s community/social impact programs and events, outreaching to new community and youth organizations in the NJ and NYC area, and fostering community partnerships aligned to Gotham FC's community & social impact strategy. The role will have an emphasis on events (inclusive of Gotham FC game days, events in the community, as well as community partner events). Candidates with experience in Events/Operations are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Game Day community/social impact program operations, including hosting guests and managing all program components pre-game, in-game, and post-game, as well as supporter relations
- Lead the outreach and securing community and youth representatives for home game day torch lighting ceremony, ensuring all logistics are managed and executed accordingly
- Outreach to new community and youth organizations in the NJ and NYC area; management of existing community and youth organization relationships
- Lead Gotham FC’s comp ticket game day experience program from outreach to ticket distribution to transportation booking to results tracking
- Create and manage the “No Ticket Goes Unused” program in collaboration with the Sales Team
- Manage the community webpage(s) and ensure community contact forms are viewed and answered in a timely manner
- Manage community impact tracking throughout the season for accurate data and reporting
- Support all community and partnership programming such as youth camps, community events, sponsorship events, etc.
- Support Community Impact Manager with applicable home game day relations needs and away game watch parties
- Support Community Impact Manager with supporter relations and player relations
- Create and manage gear donation drops to community/youth organizations
Qualifications:
- Minimum 1 year in a Community/Social Impact and/or Events/Operations
- Ability to foster genuine relationships with a diverse group of individuals
- Highly organized and detail oriented
- Ability to review and report on relevant data, and form thoughtful suggestions based on analysis
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Knowledge of the surrounding NY and NJ area, youth soccer programs, teams, and community organizations
- Highly creative with the ability to think outside of the box
Capability & Other Characteristics:
- Ability to act as a brand ambassador for Gotham FC, always leading with the utmost professionalism
- Demonstrate the highest level of integrity
- Possess a deep passion for women’s sports and generating excitement for the team and the brand within the community
- Passion for community and social impact, especially across women’s advancement, youth access to soccer, LGBTQIA+ rights & advocacy, and sustainability
- Passion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Bilingual Spanish preferred
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to stand comfortably for several hours at a time
Location:
Based at Gotham FC’s business office, which is located at 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, on a hybrid working schedule which consists of three core in-office/in-person days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and two non-core days (Monday and Friday), with the option of being in the business office or remote. Ability to attend all home games and any mandatory events (including on weekends and evenings) as well as away games, as necessary. A willingness to travel for other business-related needs, as they arise. Ability to work at the team’s soccer operations office in Whippany, New Jersey, as needed. Gotham FC requires its associates to live in its market, that is, within reasonable commuting distance of Gotham FC’s offices and practice facility and Red Bull Arena.
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Gotham FC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. We are committed to broadening the pool of qualified talent for consideration, including those who have been historically underrepresented. We strongly encourage people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply.
Job type: Full-time Exempt position
Salary range: $50,000 - $55,000
Benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision benefit plans available for Employee and Family, Employee funded 401(k) option
This job description is a broad summary of the essential job functions and general duties for this position, the additional job duties that may be required from time-to-time, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. The Community Relations Coordinator may be required to and must be willing to perform other duties as assigned, to meet organizational needs. This job description may be modified from time to time, at the sole discretion of Gotham FC.
This employee must follow and enforce all policies and procedures formulated by Gotham FC and be a role model for the organization.
The existence of this job description does not modify the employee’s “at-will” status. That is, unless a signed employment contract specifying a term of employment exists between Gotham FC and the employee or his/her/their representative, both Gotham FC and the employee will have the right to terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without reason or notice, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
