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The Old Dominion Region is accepting resumes from interested applicants to fill the position of Juniors’ Coordinator within the Old Dominion Region. Interested applicants are requested to send a one page resume not later than May 15, 2019 to the Commissioner at ODRegion@comcast.net and indicate if they desire to apply to be the Junior Coordinator for both the boys’ and girls’ programs or if they desire to apply to be the Junior Coordinator for only one of the two programs.
Basic responsibilities and duties include:
Serve as the overall coordinator for all aspects of the girls’ and/or boys’ Junior volleyball programs in the Old Dominion Region.
Develop programs and procedures to foster the growth of Junior volleyball in the Old Dominion Region especially at the grass roots level.
Obtain, select, and approve tournament sites for all Junior tournaments held in the ODR.
Receive tournament registration forms and fees.
Select teams for Junior tournaments based on criteria contained in the ODR Handbook.
Announce teams selected for Junior tournaments three weeks prior to the tournament. Publish playing pools and formats at least one week prior to each tournament but never later than the Wednesday preceding a tournament date.
Coordinate with the ODR Webmaster to post tournament dates & locations, tournament pools and formats, and tournament results on the ODR web site Juniors’ page.
Use results from ODR tournaments to determine overall standings in each age group to be used for seeding purposes in all ODR tournaments. Ensure these standings are posted to the ODR web site Juniors’ page.
Coordinate with the ODR Referee Chair to ensure sufficient supervising referees are assigned to each ODR Juniors’ tournament.
Serve as the Tournament Director for ODR Bid Tournaments and Regional Juniors’ Championships in addition to being responsible for all matters pertaining to those tournaments.
Attend a yearly Junior Assembly meeting scheduled by USA Volleyball. This is usually held on the Monday or Tuesday immediately prior to the USA Volleyball Adult Open Tournament.
Attend other meetings scheduled by USA Volleyball where region Junior Coordinators are invited.
Serve as the Juniors’ Coordinator on the Administrative Staff of the Old Dominion Region. Attend ODR BOD meetings scheduled by the Board and report on the activities of the region Junior members.
Coordinate with the ODR Registrar to resolve any individual registration issues for all Juniors’ clubs, teams, and players; or issues with any membership registration system USA Volleyball uses.
Author and provide updates as necessary for the Juniors’ section of the ODR Handbook.
Provide timely input when requested on information of interest to the Juniors’ community for a Region Newsletter.
Be prepared to perform other duties assigned by the Commissioner or Board of Directors.
