Captain
Role/Duties
Position/job title: Captain
General Duties of Assigned Portfolio
Goal of Portfolio
The Captain’s position is to provide leadership and direction in the rowing program at the Club. The Captain depends on the advice of the Head Coach (and Head Junior Coach, if applicable) and Safety Coordinator, as well as other volunteers to help develop the many programs of the Club. This volunteer pool includes the Rowing Committee and Coaches, as well as other volunteers or committees as required.
At times the Captain’s position has been shared between two individuals. The terminology in this portfolio refers only to one individual, but does not preclude the role being undertaken by two with a shared vote on the board. The Captain’s duties are set out in an appendix to the Club By-law.
Duties and Areas of Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities of the Club Captain include, but are not limited to the following:
- Report to the Board on rowing matters and advise the Board on any rowing issues arising from and impacted by Board decisions.
- Ensure that the Board President is kept informed of all major activities of the portfolio, to support the President’s responsibility to monitor overall Board governance.
- Provides support to the Head Coach (and/or Head Junior Coach, and Introductory Programs & Adult Rowing Manager, if applicable) who recruit and supervise club coaches, depending on the program.
- Provide guidance to all coaches to ensure that all coaches have or obtain appropriate coaching/rowing related training (i.e. NCCP, first aid/safety training, Safe Sport training and Toronto Port Authority and Pleasure Craft Operator’s Permits, police record checks) as described in the RCA Every Coach Certified initiative and the ARC Coach Training Policy.
- In situations of rowing and safety-related conflict, support the coach or Head Junior Coach and provide guidance to a process to determine resolution and consequence (in some cases assisting in the determination of penalties).
- Provide direction to the Head Junior Coach, IP&AR Manager and other coaches concerning the care, maintenance and handling of the Club’s rowing equipment, in particular, to manage the allocation of equipment process that is equitable.
- Approve all entries to regattas.
- Responsible for annual recognition of winning/medal results of Argo crews and individuals at the Double Blue Awards banquet including chairing the annual Double Blue Awards Recognition Committee.
- Provide guidance to the Head Junior Coach and IP&AR Manager in the development of a rolling 3 year boat acquisition priority list, to be approved annually by the Board.
- Provide support to the IP&AR Manager in their organization of LTT, Club Rowing and Masters rowing
- Support the Head Coach (and/or Head Junior Coach, and/or IP&AR Manager if applicable) in their role as representative and Club point of contact at rowing activities (e.g. regattas) on rowing-related issues.
- Work with the Head Coach (and/or Head Junior Coach, if applicable) to develop an annual plan for activity the following year, to be approved by the Board at the annual January Planning Meeting.
- Work with the Rowing Committee to provide the Media Director with materials to allow for the production of media advisories and press releases to local media outlets on Argonaut rowing events and noteworthy Argonaut regatta performance
Sub-committees and Reporting Positions
- Provide support to Head Coach in their leadership of the Rowing Committee (comprised of program coaches or representatives, and IP&AR Manager)
- Chair Double Blue awards committee
- Provide supervision to Safety Coordinator
Evaluation
Director’s performance is evaluated annually through reporting to the membership at the Annual General Meeting
Review and Approval Date
The Board reviews the Board Member Job Descriptions annually to ensure appropriate assignment of duties and responsibilities.
Date: ________________________________
Captain’ Signature: ________________________________
Last updated: December 2021