Responses Accepted Until January 28, 2010, 4 PM (EST).

Team Leader Job Description

A Team Leader is a person who has the responsibility of planning a course towards a particular objective and seeing that it is completed successfully, within the given deadline. He / she must have the ability to lead a cross functional team to develop and execute plans to meet stated objectives. He / she needs to have excellent management skills to coordinate with the entire team and also with the USASA Executive Committee and member organizations. 

Duties of a Team Leader 

•The Team Leader is responsible for looking after every detail of the project. The planning process involves working with a team in order to effectively complete the assigned objective. He / she must state the whole purpose of the objective and assign the team members specific roles.

•The Team Leader is responsible for developing the resource plan in order to complete the objective and determining the budget associated with this plan. Once finalized, the Team Leader will monitor spending and progress against this plan in order to ensure the team stays on time and within budget.

•The job of the Team Leader also involves developing and maintaining a good relationship with the USASA Executive Committee and any other existing committees whose responsibilities may encompass all or parts of the objective. He / she should act as a link between the parties. One also should have the ability to deal with problems that may arise within the team or issues with the member organizations. One should conduct regular meetings with team members to stay up to date on the status of the project and also to make certain changes and improvements, if necessary, to achieve the desired results. The Team Leader needs to prepare and present reports to the Executive Committee on the progress of the objective on a regular basis.

•It is the job of the Team Leader to supervise whether the team members are working efficiently. He / she is like the captain of a ship who should have the capability to motivate and influence them to put in all their efforts to accomplish the given objective successfully.

•After the objective is completed, the Team Leader should conduct a meeting with the team to evaluate the whole project and to discuss the results. Here, the Team Leader should identify the key factors that led to the completion of the objective and also those that were not beneficial, so that they can be avoided in the future.

Team Leader Key Competencies and Skills

As the job of a Team Leader carries huge responsibilities, he / she needs to have certain important skills. Two of the most important skills required to become a Team Leader are planning and organizing. Along with these, the Team Leader should have a variety of other competencies, as mentioned below.

•Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills

•Excellent business management skills

•Team management skills/experience

•Ability to resolve conflicts

•Effective problem solving skills

•Financial management skills beneficial but not a necessity for all objectives

•Project Management back ground would be beneficial but is not required

•Free of conflicts of interest (i.e. you cannot own an online registration company if you wish to work on the registration objective)

Additionally the Team Leader should have attended the USASA Strategic Planning Task Force Summit held in Phoenix.

Implementation Team Members:

Team members don't have specific initial responsibilities, but their participation is critical to the team's success. Team members must agree to:

•Be enthusiastic and committed to the team's purpose.

•Be honest and keep any confidential information behind closed doors.

•Share knowledge and expertise and not withhold information.

•Ask questions, even seemingly "dumb" ones. Often the new perspective of "inexperienced" team members can provide insight.

•Fulfill assigned duties in between meetings.

•Respect the opinions and positions of others on the team, even if the person has an opposing view or different opinion. Be supportive of any outcomes that result from the team's work (even in instances where you disagree).

•Specific skill sets will vary by objective, however, a general knowledge of the USASA membership needs would be beneficial.

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