Interested in Volunteering for the NAIGC? We are always looking for passionate, hard working individuals to get involved. All currently open positions are listed below. If you are interested in volunteering for one or more of these roles, please apply below. The Operations Organizational
Open Positions
Events Department
The Events Department is responsible for organizing Nationals, developing and maintaining the NAIGC’s event management procedures, and coordinating resources (software, awards, insurance, people, procedures, etc.) among the NAIGC’s sponsored events, including all Regionals and Nationals. The Events Department also is responsible for reviewing and revising competition rules and structures at Nationals and NAIGC sponsored events. To apply for any Events operations positions, please fill out this application form.
WAG Information Coordinator
Description of Role: The WAG Information Coordinator will be responsible for keeping WAG rules and guide documents up-to-date, managing WAG rules website content, evaluating skill submissions, and coordinating the creation of new WAG educational content. The WAG Information Coordinator will report to the WAG Rules Coordinator and be a member of the WAG Rules Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
WAG Nationals Coordinator
Description of Role: The WAG Nationals Coordinator is responsible for determining WAG portion of schedule, assigning sessions, deciding finals qualification numbers and awards numbers, running/planning coaches and judges meetings, confirming/inspecting equipment, and running/delegating sessions. The WAG Nationals Coordinator will report to the WAG Rules Coordinator and be a member of the WAG Rules Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 8 hours/week March-April
WAG Educational Media Specialist
Description of Role: The WAG Educational Media Specialists will be responsible for creating educational videos to help membership learn new skills and better understand NAIGC rules. WAG Rules Specialists will report to the WAG Rules Coordinator and be a member of the WAG Rules Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 4-8 hours/month
Insurance Coordinator
Description of Role: Manages communication with insurance provider for competitions requesting insurance. Tasks include renewing insurance annually, apply for insurance for sanctioned events that request them, work with the Treasurer to make sure payment is made, providing certificates of insurance to sanctioned meet hosts, and obtaining the certificate of insurance for Nationals. The Insurance Coordinator will report to the Event Sanctioning Team Leader and be a member of the Event Sanctioning Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1 hour/week
Healthcare Team Member (NAIGC Fit)
Description of Role: Help provide workouts and videos for NAIGCfit. Provide healthcare services at nationals and other meets. Provide healthcare advice to members via the naigc-strength.com website. The NAIGC is looking for 3 Healthcare team members.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week. Possibly only at Nationals.
Nationals Team Member
Description of Role: Members of the Nationals Team will assist the Nationals Team Leader in all logistical planning related to nationals. Tasks include: banquet and award logistics, DJ/dance logistics, march-in, admissions, equipment layout, schedule, annual meeting, etc.
Time Commitment Expectation: 0-1 hours per week. Increased workload before Nationals.
Nationals Registration Coordinator
Description of Role: The Nationals Registration Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of Nationals registration from the time it opens in January through Nationals in April. They will answer nationals@ emails related to registration, crosscheck club registration pages and send reminder emails to clubs with incomplete registration, and modify registration after deadline has closed. This role will be busiest in the weeks leading up to Nationals, including the days leading up to each fee deadline, and it is expected that the Reg Coordinator is present at Nationals to assist the treasurer with team check-in. It is possible for this role to be shared between more than one person. The Nationals Registration Coordinator will work most directly with the treasurer to facilitate refunds, and with the MAG/WAG team to assist with UAG and decathlon registration. The Coordinator will also communicate regularly with the rest of the Nationals Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 2 hours/week Dec-January; 4-6 hours/week February - March; 6+ hours/week April.
Nationals Volunteer Coordinator
Description of Role: The Nationals Volunteer coordinator will be responsible for planning and recruiting membership volunteers to help at Nationals. Specifically these volunteers will be assisting with score entry during prelims and finals sessions, and also with equipment setup and tear down. This role will be busiest during January - April while actively recruiting and working with membership clubs, but there will still be planning work to be done prior to January. The ideal candidate for this role will be planning on attending and working at Nationals to facilitate on-the-ground coordination of the volunteers. The Nationals Volunteer coordinator will report directly to the Nationals Team leader, and is expected to work closely with the Nationals Coordinator and the rest of the Nationals Team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1 hour/week. Potential for greater time commitment during January - April.
Marketing Department
The Marketing Department promotes, manages, and protects the NAIGC brand through the managing social media accounts, coordinating outreach within the gymnastics community and the public, maintaining and growing NAIGC’s sponsorships and donor bases, and growing the NAIGC’s membership base to support new clubs. To apply for any Marketing operations positions, please fill out this application form.
Club Outreach Coordinator
Description of Role: The Club Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for managing strategic growth of NAIGC collegiate and community clubs in alignment with the overall G&O team strategy. The Club Outreach Coordinator will identify colleges, cities, and regions with low club involvement and will promote the development of new club teams in that region. The Club Outreach Coordinator will work directly with the New Club Coordinator to facilitate entrance of new clubs into the NAIGC. The Club Outreach Coordinator will also facilitate the development of a platform where prospective members can engage with one another to form clubs within their region.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
G&O Team Member
Description of Role: The G&O Team Member will be a generalist position within the G&O Team. The G&O Team Member will be responsible for assisting the G&O Team Leader, New Club Coordinator, and Gym Partnership Coordinator in day-to-day activities.
Time Commitment Expectation: 0-1 hours/week
Marketing Analyst
Description of Role: The Marketing Analyst will be responsible for managing Google Analytics as needed by the Marketing Department. The Marketing Analyst will develop and maintain a protocol to track the performance of the Marketing Department's initiatives, such as social media posts, advertisements, and the like.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
PR Coordinator (Team Lead)
Description of Role: The PR Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the NAIGC brand in all social media posts and advertisements. The PR Coordinator will also need to work tangentially with the Membership department regarding membership communication. This includes tasks like being involved with Office Hours/town Halls. In the event the additional PR roles are left unfilled then the PR Lead will be responsible for completing that role. It is encouraged that the lead also serves as one of the three PR members.
Time Commitment Expectation: 2-3 hours/week
Digital Engagement Member
Description of Role: Responsible for creating and posting the majority of the social media posts in accordance with our brand guidelines.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Gymnastics Community Ambassador
Description of Role: Facilitates communication between the NAIGC and organizations within the greater gymnastics community. Represents the NAIGC on the USAG Advisory Council and meetings of other organizations when invited. Delivers periodic reports on the state of the gymnastics community and presents any relevant trends to the NAIGC Board. Develops joint initiatives with other gymnastics organizations and submits proposals to the Board for its approval at the In-Person meeting. Along with the President and Executive Director, ensures consistent messaging on behalf of the NAIGC to other gymnastics organizations.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Fundraising Team Leader
Description of Role: Responsible for setting long-term team goals and priorities, facilitating team meetings, and assigning tasks and responsibilities to team members. Also responsible for maintaining and growing NAIGC’s sponsorships and donor bases, identifying and pursuing leads and close opportunities for sponsorships, researching and pursuing grant opportunities, maintaining sponsorship deck, implementing deliverables on sponsorship contracts, and implementing fundraising campaigns.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Fundraising Team Member
Description of Role: Work with the Fundraising Team leader to maintain and grow NAIGC’s sponsorships and donor bases, identify and pursue leads and close opportunities for sponsorships, research and pursue grant opportunities, maintain sponsorship deck, implement deliverables on sponsorship contracts, and implement fundraising campaigns. The NAIGC is looking for 3 Fundraising Team Members.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Membership Department
The Membership Department manages communication between the NAIGC and the membership. This department is responsible for developing surveys to obtain information from the membership, managing human resources for the NAIGC, and administering the NAIGC Scholarship Program. To apply for any Membership operations positions, please fill out this application form.
Mentorship Lead
Description of Role: The Mentorship Lead will be responsible for overseeing the onboarding and training of all first year volunteers. This role will require strong communication skills and be responsible for facilitating communication between mentees and mentors.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Evaluation Lead
Description of Role: The Evaluations Lead role is responsible for overseeing peer evaluations and performance reviews. This role also requires revision and further development of the current internal evaluation process to create a fair evaluation system.
Time Commitment Expectation: 4-5 hours/week during midterm and year end evals. Low time commitment at other times of year.
HR Team Member
Description of Role: The HR Team Member role is to serve as the Teams "Jack of All Trades" for the team. The HR Team Member is required to be involved in all areas of HR and assist the Team however the Team Lead deems fit. The NAIGC is looking for 2 HR Team Members to join the team.
Time Commitment Expectation: as needed
Survey Coordinator
Description of Role: The Survey Coordinator (or team if many interested) will reach out to other department heads for potential questions to include on the Nationals survey, the End of the Year survey, or any other survey that arises throughout the year. This individual or group will then generate and format the survey to be sent out to membership.
Time Commitment Expectation: 2-4 hours/month
Office Hour Team Member
Description of Role: The Office Hour team will engage with the general membership on a regular basis to be available for any questions or concerns the membership may have. The spirit of this team is to provide transparency and be accessible to membership. The NAIGC is looking for 3 Office Hour Team Members and encourages volunteers of all backgrounds to apply.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/month, One person hosts a once a month office hour (typically 45mins to 1hr).
Townhall Coordinator
Description of Role: The Townhall Coordinator will initiate and organize the townhalls. Organizing the townhall includes (but not limited to): reaching out to relevant/ knowledgeable Ops members to participate in the townhall, creating slides for the presentation, negotiating a date and time for the townhall.
Time Commitment Expectation: periodically, one townhall every 2-3 months. Time commitment is dependent on frequency and intensity of townhall topic.
Regional Coordinator
Description of Role: There will be one Regional Coordinator (RC) per Region. We are currently looking for RCs to represent the South Central, Midwest, Northeast, Mid Atlantic, and Southeast regions. Regional Coordinators will facilitate each respective Regional competition. Specifically, they will initiate the bid process and work closely with the host club to plan a high quality competition, and make every effort to create a competition consistent in timing, rules, and format with the other NAIGC Regions. Additionally, RCs will work with the RR to maintain an up-to-date list of contact information for every club in the region, maintain an up-to-date calendar of competitions in the region, and assist in distributing critical and time-sensitive announcements and surveys to the region.
Time Commitment Expectation: 2-4 hours/week
Communications Team Leader
Description of Role: The Communications Team Leader is responsible for leading and overseeing the Communications Team, organizing meetings, delegating tasks, and filling any empty roles or responsibilities when necessary. The Team Leader is also responsible for answering and delegating all info@emails.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Communications Team Member
Description of Role: The Communications Team is responsible for facilitating 2-way communication between the NAIGC and its members, answering and redirecting info@ emails, sending monthly announcement emails, and organizing all other membership communications (office hours, town halls, newsletters). The NAIGC is looking for 4 Communications Team Members.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1-2 hours/week
Technology Department
The Technology Department develops and maintains the NAIGC’s technology resources, performs IT tasks to support the operation of the NAIGC, and fabricates and maintains hardware resources. To apply for any Technology operations positions, please fill out this application form.
Developer
Description of Role: Software developer working on NAIGC custom software. This will predominantly involve web development in PHP. Exerperience in CSS, HTML, Javascript, and SQL also handy. The NAIGC is looking for ~6 software developers to join the team.
Time Commitment Expectation: 3 hours/week
IT Team Leader
Description of Role: Leads IT team, maintains and seeks out new IT resources for the productivity of the organization. IT resources include any third party resource used by the NAIGC such as G Suite, electionbuddy, iContact, Dreamhost, etc.
Time Commitment Expectation: 3 hours/week
IT Member
Description of Role: G suite manager
Time Commitment Expectation: 2 hours/week
IT Member
Description of Role: IT roles as needed
Time Commitment Expectation: 2 hours/week
Webmaster
Description of Role: Responsible for NAIGC Wordpress site. Tasks include: Manage admin rights of other Wordpress site users, instruct new users on updating their pages, manage Wordpress plugins, perform misc content updates and respond to noted site errors, generate and new web pages, and revise site layout periodically.
Time Commitment Expectation: 3 hours/week
Quartermaster
Description of Role: Responsible for maintaining and upgrading various hardware resources.
Time Commitment Expectation: 1 hour/week
For any questions, please contact info@naigc.org.