High School Liaison Officer

Application Deadline

Your responsibilities will include;

• Work with Tunza Sports ‘Field Operations’ Team
• Serve as a primary representative to high schools
• Create and maintain a record of high schools with a hockey program
• Make High School Visits and high school hockey games
• Build a recruitment schedule and strategy based on specific, targeted high schools
• Build and maintain relationships with prospective students and their parents
• Assists with the recruitment/enrollment of Tunza players in primary school
• Keep inventory of recruitment materials and other specific high school documents
• Create a network of referral sources
• Develop annual recruitment plans based on specific strategies for prospective students
• Build a network of relationships with high schools to enhance outreach
• Develop presentations showing the benefits of recruiting players from Tunza program
• Maintain a system to track the status and progress of our players in high school
• Play a lead role in planning special events, and processing admissions packets
• Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with high school coaches to solicit their support for lucrative scholarship offers
• Work with Tunza coaches to match talent with schools
• Form essential links with the schools
• Communicate findings with Tunza coaches to prepare athlete expectations accordingly
• Organize friendly games between potential high schools with Tunza senior players
• Explain high school scholarship offers providing information and facilitate applications
• Provide tutorial support and appropriate advice and guidance for better grades
• Help facilitate the admissions process by providing players with essential application information
• Advice and counsel prospects, applicants, and players on High School admissions policies, procedures, and requirements
• Play a lead role in the scholarship negotiation to ensure successful delivery of promise
• Review and regularly evaluate the effectiveness of each high school hockey program
• Follow up with Tunza players in high school to report progress and facilitate renewal of athletic scholarship

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications/Business/Marketing/Performing arts/Education
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in admissions recruitment or client services
• Be well equipped to explain organization mission and goals
• Experience in sales or marketing that involved heavy volume of interaction
• Prior experience in the development and delivery of information in person, electronically and via the phone
• Proficiency in the use of Office Suite and prior exposure to a database system
• Proficient organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience in relationship management, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Customer service-oriented attitude required
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work in multi-disciplinary environment
• Well-honed leadership qualities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be well versed with cultural and social barriers of underprivileged communities
• This position requires traveling to regions in areas that are remote and poor

You might be a good fit if you,

• Are effective at working with large groups
• Are persuasive and a big influencer on decision making
• Can create standard documents and reports
• Reflect a spirit of cooperation in working with coaches
• Have a professional demeanor that is outgoing, detail oriented, personable, and motivated

Key details

• This position CANNOT be combined with another position
• Location: Varied
• Compensation: Travel Expenses
• Work schedule: February- May
• Duration: 1-3 Years
• Minimum age required: 20 years