What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coordinator, Umpire Operations position at Major League Baseball?
Major League Baseball is seeking an enthusiastic candidate for a Coordinator position in the Umpire Operations group, which falls under the larger Baseball Operations department. Our goal is to find individuals willing to learn about the nuances of umpiring, while also possessing the necessary skills and traits to aid in supporting our Major and Minor League Umpires on and off the field. As a member of Umpire Operations, you will be fully immersed in our department and given the resources to learn, grow, and develop with visibility into the numerous aspects of our Major League Umpiring and Umpire Development efforts.
You will assist with day-to-day administration of various evaluation systems and the rules of the game, while also engaging in discussions to generate ideas on how to grow umpiring as a whole from the local level all the way to professional baseball as well as gaining efficiencies in the multitude of operational challenges with staffing the thousands of MLB and MiLB games played each season.
Responsibilities :
- Contribute to the daily, mid-year, and year-end evaluation processes for Major and Minor League Umpires using various internal systems including BLUE, SURE, and ZE.
- Assist in the organization and logistics for Umpiring Department meetings, MLB Umpire Camps (“MLBUC”) and other events.
- Act as a point of contact for Major and Minor League Umpires on multiple administrative-related topics.
- Assist with the posting of games in the SURE system for evaluation by the Umpiring Department supervisory staff.
- Provide quality checks of and develop metrics to measure the data in various Umpiring centric systems.
- Aid Umpiring Department with operational oversight and auditing of budgetary constraints for various Major and Minor League events (e.g., Spring Training, Instructional Leagues, etc).
Qualifications & Skills :
Pay Range : $65,000 - $72,500
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.
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Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players : empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us ataccommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Salary : $65,000 - $72,500
