Very cool job...

[elliejay21]

I get emails with all sorts of job postings & this one looked particilarly cool. I'm not qualified, but maybe someone else around here is...

[BTW, if any of you know of any PT or per diem Social Work jobs in the city or on Long Island, I am in the market for supplemental income... particularly in the areas of crisis, psychiatric social work/mental health, public health, healthcare or hospital work.]

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Communications: Community Relations

Coordinator, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) - Major League Baseball (New York, NY)










MAJOR PURPOSE:

Assist in planning, promotion and coordination of RBI program and Community Affairs programs/events tournaments and competitions
Seminars, conferences, special events, etc.
On-field programs
Miscellaneous Community Affairs programs
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinate grant process and reporting for national and local RBI
Interface with public relations and MLB.com to coordinate and maximize event coverage
Interface with MLB.com to maintain and update RBI portal and RBI content on MLB.com
Provide information for press releases and other news or feature items
Maintain and update RBI Administrative Handbook
Respond to requests for information
Compile statistical reports
Develop participant database
Update RBI/Community Affairs web page
Evaluate effectiveness of outreach and RBI programs, and recommend changes
Develop and/or assist with written materials including the following: Newsletters, Brochures, Press compilation
Insure that RBI leagues are in compliance with the following:

Procedures
Tournament deadlines
Insurance guidelines
Legal requirements
MISCELLANEOUS:

Perform research as needed
Represent department on speaking engagements
Perform administrative and other duties as needed
Manage translation of documents when necessary
Attend meetings and conferences as assigned and report back on same
Maintain relationships with program partners, external agencies and organizations
Attend community/charity dinners and functions (outside normal business hours)
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS

Bachelors Degree in marketing, communications, sports management, business
1-4 years experience in community affairs, marketing or advertising, communications or journalism
1-4 years in planning and managing community programs
Verbal and written communication skills
Internet, organizational, management and event planning skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel
Some travel and extended hours (e.g., All-Star Game, World Series)
Some physical work required


Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. yes/no: I have experience in Community Affairs programs

2. yes/no: I have experience promoting the Urban Youth market

3. yes/no: I have extensive knowledge of baseball

4. yes/no: I live in or near the NYC area

5. yes/no: I am proficient in Excel

6. yes/no: I have experience in coordinating youth tournaments


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[$heriff Tom]

Honestly, looking at the job, it appears to be a "cool job" that is only "cool" cause its somehow affiliated with Major League Baseball.

Its a hard-work job, with a lot of knocking on doors, making sales pitches, and dealing with lower income communities, families, and doing everything from trying to secure players and fields, to begging for money.

Its a crappy job. This reminds me of someone going to work for the WWE in their corporate headquarters, and realizing one day they are doing the same trips to the photocopy machine that any other office worker does. Spreadsheets, deadlines, boring conference calls. Except in that case they have a picture of John Cena on their office wall instead of whatever our other companies are selling.

Folks, when looking for a job dont look at who is offering it, look at what it actually entails. Not being cynical, the job opps are appreciated and helpful and encouraged, even, in these times. But dont lose sight of the forest for the trees here. If this was not a job attached to MLB, it would be a terrible, terrible job.

[elliejay21]

Basically, it is a cross between community-based social service work (which I currently do) and event planning/fundraising work (which I have previously done). I am not afraid of hard work and I would love a job like this, but my background is not quite right (no experience with kids or sports organization). I saw a similar job a couple of years ago, coordinating the hockey in harlem program, and unfortunately I did not have the requested qualifications for that, either.