In order to keep PAYSA vibrant and growing, we need a strong and engaged Board.

The PAYSA Board of Directors is comprised of player parents and other members of the community interested in maintaining PAYSA’s place as one of the city’s largest and best-run youth sports organizations.  The Board typically meets quarterly to tend to the behind-the-scenes business that makes each fall season a successful one. Tasks include establishing policy and coordinating volunteer activity, which ranges from buying uniforms and equipment, to forming teams, to establishing schedules and planning season-ending activities.

We are currently seeking candidates for the following Board positions:

Director – Recreation Programming 

Role & Responsibility: The Director of Recreation Programming  shall coordinate the activities of the Fall In-House Leagues, including but not limited to: preparations for Fall In-House registrations, recruitment and management of volunteers, assignment of players to teams, and scheduling of games, shall attend a representative selection of games to monitor coaches, parents, players, referees, and field conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage 4-5 coordinators
• Desire to learn and operate in the GotSoccer registration platform

Time Commitment:  This position will work in tandem with the Director – Recreational Programming and has a small amount of baseline activities throughout the year, and functions  mostly in July & August.

Assistant Director – Recreation Programming 

Role & Responsibility: The Assistant Director – Recreation Programming shall assist with the coordination of the activities of the Fall In-House Leagues, including but not limited to: preparations for Fall In-House registrations; recruitment and management of volunteers; assignment of players to teams and scheduling of games; shall attend a representative selection of games to monitor coaches, parents, players, referees, and field conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage 4-5 coordinators
• Desire to learn and operate in the GotSoccer registration platform

Time Commitment:  This position will work in tandem with the Director – Recreational Programming and has a small amount of baseline activities throughout the year, and functions  mostly in July & August.

Director – Communications

Role & Responsibilities: The Director – Communications shall be responsible for planning, scheduling, and promoting PAYSA communications through the various social media channels, emails, newsletters, and web pages. This role works in conjunction with the individual Board Members to develop content, advertising, and in-season promotional items and announcements for publishing. This role also supports our Community Engagement activities by documenting and reporting them through said channels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills
• Diligence and attention to detail
• Experience with creating and editing web content
  • WordPress a plus
• Social media management

Time Commitment:  ~2hours/week.  This position ramps up in the March/April & July/August timeframes as we begin enrollments for our Spring & Fall programming, respectively. 

Registrar

Role & Responsibilities:  The registrar shall own and maintain our player/coach/parent database and update the necessary records as needed; shall work with the Rec & Travel Directors to enable the registration process for our programming; maintain accurate lists of payment status; facilitate reporting of program enrolments to SoccerME; work with the Treasurer to ensure payments are properly recorded in the system. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of or willingness to learn the GotSoccer online participant data basing.
• Diligence and attention to detail.

Time Commitment:  ~2hours/week.  This position ramps up in the March/April & July/August timeframes as we begin enrollments for our Spring & Fall programming, respectively. 

Director of Skills Programming

Role & Responsibilities: The Director of Skills Programming shall coordinate the activities of Winter Futsal/Indoor and Spring Skills Clinic, including but not limited to: leading collaborations with outside groups, coordinating enrollment, identifying playing spaces, selecting coaches, maintaining master team schedule, compiling equipment/uniform requirements and attend a representative selection of games to monitor coaches, parents, players, referees and playing conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good organizational skills with attention to detail
• Desire to learn and operate in the GotSoccer registration platform

Time Commitment:  This position will work in tandem with the Director – Recreational Programming and has a small amount of baseline activities throughout the year, and does speed up a bit in October/November and March/April as our Winter and Summer Programming approaches.

Referee Assignor

Role & Responsibilities:  The Referee Assignor works to ensure all PAYSA games have appropriate referee coverage; maintains a list of available referees; provides game assignments to selected referees; coordinates payments of referees; assists to ensure referees have required certifications; serves as agent to referee pool; acts as referee advocate on Board of Directors; attend annual referee assignor meetings.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Existing Assignor Certification or willingness to become certified. 
• Ability to serve as agent/confidant to pool of referees. 
• Desire to conduct mentoring and facilitate referee development programs. 
• Ability to negotiate last-minute schedule and availability troubleshooting. 

Time Commitment:  ~2 hours/week.  This position works in parallel with Spring and Fall Soccer programming.  There is an element of continuous improvement and referee development that may stretch a little beyond the actual game season.   

If you’re highly organized and have both a strong sense of teamwork and a great sense of humor, please contact us!