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ORGANIZATION: Special Olympics Southern California
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GOAL/IMPACT
Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) is dedicated to creating opportunities for our athletes to find strength, success, confidence, and joy on and off the playing field. Making each competition meaningful to the athletes and their families is important. The Awards Ceremony Team is part of the Games Management Team (GMT) - the backbone to successful competitions- which is responsible for carrying out the mission, planning, and conducting high quality games. The Awards Ceremony Team ensures an efficient system of delivering competition results, staging the athletes to receive awards, and incorporating law enforcement to award the athletes medals.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist with the recruitment of additional Awards Ceremony Team members
- Secure and organize medals/ribbons from SOSC office to be presented at competition
- Assist with location and arrangement of awards area(s) including stands
- Coordinate awards presentations for all sport venues
- Identify awards presentation leaders (law enforcement) for individual sports venues (as needed)
- Run competition results to Nerve Center for recording
- Manage awards volunteers to ensure the flow of athletes from competition venues to the awards recognition area
- Provide a safe and efficient flow of athletes to and from the awards area and adhere to all Special Olympics policies regarding awards
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About Special Olympics Southern California
Location:
4241 Jutland Dr. STE 201, San Diego, CA 92117, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Our vision is to promote acceptance, inclusion, and wellbeing for people with intellectual disabilities through sports.
Description
The mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Our vision is to promote acceptance, inclusion, and wellbeing for people with intellectual disabilities through sports.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1800 Oak StreetSuite BBakersfield, CA 93301
DATE POSTED
February 4, 2020
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Event Planning / Management
- Outdoor Recreation
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- COMMITMENT • Minimum 1-year commitment to gain experience and build infrastructure. 2 years preferred • Prepping the awards & medals before the event requires approximately 2 office visits the week leading up to competition, approximately 90 minute
- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS • Understanding of event management, sports, Special Olympics programs or volunteer activities • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent organizational skills and initiative to improve proc