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