Employment Opportunity
POSITION: Field Team – Communications Department (Spring/Summer 2017)
JOB DESCRIPTION: The Metropolitan Golf Association, located in Elmsford, N.Y., is seeking Field Team members to assist the Communications Department throughout the MGA’s Championship Season. The assignments involve traveling throughout the tri-state area (can be region specific) to MGA Sectional Qualifying Rounds for Championships and overseeing the live scoring operation. He/she will also assist with scoring and other general tasks at MGA Championships.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
At Sectional Qualifying Rounds:
- Input tournament players’ scores into software for live scoring
- Publish full tournament results on www.mgagolf.org
- Write a brief press release summarizing the events of the day
At MGA Championships (as needed):
- General live scoring assistance: Collect and input scores; walk with a group for an 18-hole round and input hole-by-hole scores via tablet
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong writing and communications skills
- Ability to work with PCs, tablets and smartphones
- Ability to travel by car throughout tri-state area and work long days several times a week
- Working knowledge of/interest in golf
- Knowledge with HTML preferred
- Ability to work with cameras and photography knowledge a plus
COMPENSATION: Per diem rate per event and mileage reimbursement for all travel
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2017
CONTACT: Send résumé and cover letter to Helen Stock, Director of Communications, at hstock@mgagolf.org
ABOUT THE MGA: The Metropolitan Golf Association, founded in 1897, is one of the nation’s oldest and largest golf organizations, serving more than 550 member clubs and 140,000 golfers in the greater Metropolitan New York Area. The MGA is a not-for-profit organization offering its members a wide range of core services such as handicapping, course rating and measuring, and insurance programs, and conducts some of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious regional championships. The MGA also has a charitable Foundation, founded in 1992, which conducts a wide variety of youth and educational programs. For more information on the MGA and MGA Foundation, please visit www.mgagolf.org.
