Paradox Rocks – Program Manager Position

These are project based positions which may be filled with project staff or volunteers.  One program manager will be appointed per Paradox Rocks Event.

Program managers will be engaged to help support various events and programs held by Paradox Sports.   These PM’s may be paid on a project basis or work as volunteers.  They are accountable to the Executive Director on all matters including scheduling, delivery and infrastructure support; volunteer management; assistance with program promotion and events/outreach coordination, budgeting for event, follow-up and various administrative tasks.

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Recruit participants and sponsors for each event.
• Plan, coordinate and implement programming for persons with disabilities
• Assure safety is upheld in all activities
• Coordinate necessary equipment procurement and maintenance
• Ensure appropriate volunteer training and supervision
• Schedule staff and volunteers to ensure safe and competent execution of all programming
• Assist with program promotion
• Assist with fund raising events
• Contribute to the production of newsletter articles, websites, Facebook, and other promotional materials
• Assist with program budget development
• Maintain program expenditures within budgeted parameters
• Apprise Executive Director regularly regarding program and project status
• Provide on-site surveys and review of programs
• Provide written evaluation of program at the completion of, or during, each program

This position(s) are project based and are all 1099 income or volunteer positions.  If interested in signing up for being one of our Program Managers for Paradox Rocks in 2012, please send a letter of interest to exdir@paradoxsports.org

Join us as we face the walls of vertical ice, learning about the specialized equipment and techniques needed climb vertical waterfalls. Men and women who are missing limbs or eyes or the use of their legs will gather to challenge themselves physically and mentally and, especially to challenge the common perception that an amputee is handicapped or that a blind person must, by default, lead a second-rate life. Malcolm Daly, one of the Founders and an amputee, puts it succinctly: “Ice is the great equalizer. None of us can climb it without adaptive equipment. We just go one step further.”

Registration is now open!

Join us as we face the walls of vertical ice, learning about the specialized equipment and techniques needed climb vertical waterfalls. Men and women who are missing limbs or eyes or the use of their legs will gather to challenge themselves physically and mentally and, especially to challenge the common perception that an amputee is handicapped or that a blind person must, by default, lead a second-rate life. Malcolm Daly, one of the Founders and an amputee, puts it succinctly: “Ice is the great equalizer. None of us can climb it without adaptive equipment. We just go one step further.”

Registration is now open!