Children's Soccer Lead Coaching Coordinator

THE COMPANY

Youth Athletes United was created to provide the best programming and service in the market for youth sports, starting with their first sports experience. Our goal is to provide an experience where every child is an athlete. The long-term impact will allow us to create healthy habits at a young age, teach life skills and increase youth activity across the board.

Soccer Stars has been in the youth soccer business for over 22 years and have been recognized as the largest operating program in the US.

POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Support operations to maximize productivity and efficiency of the Soccer Stars coaching team, as well as to ensure that all coaches act in accordance with Soccer Stars philosophies and procedures.

Salaried part time position (5-10 hours a week) intended to supplement role as an hourly Soccer Stars class coach (20 hrs a week)

Reports to Region General Manager

Responsible for Coaching staff onboarding, training and supervision

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Represent a position of ambassador, to mentor and guide the coaching team

Supervise and evaluate coaches to ensure the overall quality of the program

Mentor and develop all coaches at all levels

Filter and relay coach feedback

Have immediate discussions whenever possible with coaches about their performance face-to-face or via telephone and email

Develop and implement monthly coach training and execute coach training timeline

Observe coaches and input observations’ data into the coaching development review forms

Monitor, supervise, and record training activities and program effectiveness

Build and maintain positive relationships with coaches and instructors to ensure staff welfare

Liaise with parents and caregivers to receive feedback on staff performance and the program content

Ensure curriculum is always implemented in accordance with Soccer Stars quality standards

Staffing:

Fill urgent coaching needs daily and oversee all scheduled events (on location or remotely)

Scan schedule for the following days and coming weeks to ensure schedule is fully staffed and in accordance with Soccer Stars child-to-coach ratios and appropriate coaching levels

Ensure coordination of weekday and weekend schedule is seamless

Ensure consistency with our product by staffing coaches for entire seasons

Manage schedules for all coaches; ensure these employees time is being maximized

Communicate directives effectively to coaching staff

Coordinate with General Manager in analyzing and assessing the schedule to plan for future season

Marketing/Outreach:

Continually promote and help advertise the Soccer Stars brand

Assist with flyering, demo classes, festival booths, or any grassroots marketing

Maintain mutually beneficial relationships with schools, recreation departments, community centers, partnership programs, and other facilities through supervision, coaching, and effective communication

Develop, implement and evaluate recruitment strategies to perpetuate the quality and quantity of coach and instructor applicants in all Soccer Stars programs

Administrative:

Identify, developing and assessing sources of quality coaching candidates

Write lesson plan activities during the observations in order to enrich the class curriculum

Review and screen potential candidates through the interview process

Guide new hires through New Hire paperwork and the stages of their coaching development

Continually identify coach performance and promote and demote as necessary

Keep track of performance and frequency in fulfilling Soccer Stars quality

Help complete and update quality coaches training curriculum (Yearly Training Program)

Identify assistant coach & coach of the season selection

Continually evaluate the effectiveness of trainings and develop new engaging training methods

Equipment:

Maintain records of equipment movement throughout the region

Perform routine audits of locations to ensure inventory and quality of equipment, as well as maintenance and upkeep of facilities

Communicate equipment needs to head office to ensure a timely delivery

Project Work:

Lead sections of the seasonal Kick-Off meetings with the Regional Coordinator

Coordinate with General Manager to approve purchasing, disbursement, and inventory of program equipment

Coaching Duties: (Based on seasonal class schedules and paid at hourly rate)

Use Soccer Stars curriculum to deliver high-quality instruction to children and families

Teach an energetic and motivating class, connect and challenge each child, and help them to accomplish motor development goals. Effectively and clearly communicate issues to the office and provide solutions.

Equipment set-up and break-down.

Provide hands-on individual and group attention to children.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will:

Have experience in a leadership or management position (volunteering included)

Have sales experience

Be familiar with the google suite of products (Gmail, Calendar, Drive)

Enjoy/ and or have experience working with kids or in childcare of any kind (volunteering included)

Be energetic and growth minded

The minimum requirements for this job are:

Must pass a background check

Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent

Must be available Saturday mornings 8am-1 pm

Must be able to move around, use coaching equipment, and keep with kids during classes

Willing and able to work 30-40 hours of work per week

Benefits

COMPENSATION

Hybrid salary duties support hourly coaching responsibilities

Future ability to transition to fulltime Salaried position

Profit sharing bonus

Bonus for each new location that signs up for classes (for schools, daycares and other similar institutions)

BENEFITS

Health and Dental Insurance

PTO

401k with 4% Match

Part Time