The Florida Panthers are a community focused organization led by an authentic management team that served our country and now serves the South Florida community. The organization is on the rise and is experiencing success both on and off the ice. Led by General Manager Bill Zito, the Panthers are coming off their best season in franchise history, entering the 2024-2025 season as Stanley Cup Champions. Off the ice, the business is experiencing growth across all key metrics and our revenue is at an all-time high. The organization is expanding outside of Amerant Bank Arena via the renovation of the FTL War Memorial in downtown Fort Lauderdale. This state-of-the-art ice facility features two regulation-size rinks, including a new team practice rink with stadium seating, and a 4,000-capacity music theatre for live entertainment. The future is bright, and we are very proud of what we are building in South Florida.
Job Title: Amateur Hockey Coordinator
Department: Community Relations
Reports To: Director, Amateur Hockey
FLSA: Exempt
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Amerant Bank Arena
Job Summary:
The Amateur Hockey Coordinator is responsible for building, developing, and maintaining a range of hockey and fan development programs both on and off the ice. The ideal candidate will play a key role in growing relationships between rink partners, families, teachers/ educators, and other key partners in the south Florida community.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
- Coordinate scheduling, staffing, and logistics of on-ice and off-ice hockey programs, including serving as the primary point of contact for participants.
- Responsible for managing registration platform for all youth programming.
- Create, implement and oversee Panthers Kids Fan club using different marketing strategies including game day tabling.
- Establish and maintain relationships with ice rink owners, operators, and program directors.
- Work with both current and new community partners to develop strategies to grow the sport of Floorball
- Coordinate and run Floorball clinics for community organizations.
- Willing to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and occasional travel.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in the business field or recreation management
- Preferred 1 - 3 years of program and league management experience
- Strong organizational and administrative skills, with attention to detail.
- Previous experience in organizing and coordinating sports programs, preferably in hockey.
- Effective communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in using software for scheduling, registration, and data management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is an exempt (salary) position. Must be able to work flexible hours, nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
At the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Arena Operating Company, Panthers IceDen, Sanza Food Service, War Memorial Benefit Corporation, and FLA Team Shop, we strive to make every employee feel valued and respected for who they are and the unique contributions they make. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful company, which is why we aim to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) into all aspects of our culture and our business.
We welcome all to apply and join our team.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
