Basketball Instructor

Griffin Club LA, Inc.; Bellevue, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Discounts on club services and amenit​

Continuing Education

Community Involvement

Paid Time off

Health Insurance

Job summary

The Bay Club Company is seeking a Basketball Instructor to deliver developmental youth basketball programs, ensuring high-quality experiences for members. You will use age-appropriate coaching techniques, maintain safety standards, and foster a positive, engaging environment across multiple age groups.

The role emphasizes teamwork, adaptability, and strong communication with staff and members, with opportunities for professional development and benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of basketball coaching experience.
• Experience working with children in an educational or recreational setting preferred.
• Ability to create and implement innovative youth sport or fitness program lesson plans.
• Passion for youth development and experience working with youth between 4-18 yrs.
• Professional, friendly manner and excellent customer service attitude and abilities.
• Strong verbal communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Enthusiastic, responsible, and dependable team player.
• Self-motivated, takes initiative and willing to acquire new skills.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Youth Basketball Programs: Create engaging and developmentally appropriate activities for a variety of age groups; provide support to ensure every participant is engaged and successful; extensive knowledge of age-appropriate sports coaching and instructional techniques; be flexible and forward-thinking, always have a backup plan and be ready to execute.
• Contribute to an Engaging Team Experience: Understand and live the Bay Club Actions We Live By; be open to performance feedback; work closely with team members to create a cohesive team environment, promoting teamwork and high staff morale; support other team members when critical needs arise, if needed; execute any additional duties as assigned by the pavilion Director and/or Leadership staff.
• Foster a Safe and Productive Environment: Practice excellent group control and effective communication to ensure participants learn skills correctly and prevent injury; use age-appropriate behavior techniques to ensure an emotionally healthy experience; execute programming to develop ancillary skills including social emotional competency, self-care and character-building components; engage in and model positive adult-child interactions between associates and children.
• Communication & Relationships: Effectively and professionally interacts and communicates with senior management, managers, other Associates, vendors, members, staff, and guests; promote harmonious relations among members, staff, vendors, and the community at-large; communicate in a timely manner and follow up, as appropriate; active participation in required events, programs, meetings and trainings; promote TBCC mission and club brand.

Skills

Basketball coaching

Child experience

Youth program design

Youth development

Customer service

Verbal communication

Team player

Initiative

Organization

CPR certified

Job description

Under the direction of the Pavilion Director, theBasketball Instructoris responsibleforproviding recreational experiences that enhanceourathletic programming. Thisindividual ensuresthe delivery of professional, high-qualityprograms to our members while always exceeding expectations. Thisposition will require an extensive knowledge ofrecreational basketball,age-appropriateinstruction,and effective group control,as well as a talent for engaging studentsin activities that support their overall physical and mental health.

Our Culture

Our unique culture is at the heart of all we do and is guided by our values and behaviors. It’s what we expect of ourselves and each other every day. We call it our “Code of Culture”.

Our Code of Culture includes Our Mantra, Our Actions We Live By, and Pete’s Promise:

Our Mantra:

Respect The Past

Accept Responsibility

Pay it Forward

Our Actions We Live By:

Actions We Live By. It’s who we are when we step into our full power.

Keep It Real. Always. We need open and honest discussions. We need courage to speak up and to call things out that aren’t good enough. And we navigate tough conversations with empathy and grace.

Think Ahead. Be An Owner. Always be proactive, not reactive; be on the front foot. If we want to be an owner of this business, we must act like it!

Stay Humble. Hustle Harder. Show up and do the hard work. Be a gritty, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of crew. Know it’s never about one person–we are a part of a powerful team.

One Team. One Voice. Be ONE united team. When we move in the same direction, there are no limits to what we can accomplish.

Be Curious. Ask Why. Stay member curious. We seek to understand, and we never settle. We ask questions to truly understand the core of a matter.

Service Forward

Ruthlessly Consistent

Do the Right Thing

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS

Facilitate Youth Basketball Programs

• Create engaging and developmentally appropriateactivitiesfora variety ofagegroups
• Provide support to ensureeveryparticipantis engaged and successful
• Extensive knowledge of age-appropriate sports coachingand instructional techniques
• Be flexible and forward-thinking, always have a backup plan and be ready to execute

Contribute toanEngagingTeamExperience

• Understand and livethe Bay Club Actions We Live By
• Be open to performance feedback
• Work closely with team members to createa cohesiveteam environment, promoting teamwork and high staff morale
• Support other team members when critical needs arise, if needed
• Execute any additional duties as assigned by the pavilion Director and/or Leadership staff

Foster a Safe and Productive Environment

• Practice excellentgroupcontroland effective communicationto ensureparticipants learn skills correctlyand prevent injury
• Use age-appropriate behavior techniques to ensure an emotionally healthy experience
• Execute programming to develop ancillary skillsincludingsocial emotional competency, self-care andcharacter-buildingcomponents
• Engagein and modelpositive adult-child interactions betweenassociatesand children

Communication & Relationships

• Effectively and professionally interacts and communicates with senior management, managers, other Associates, vendors, members, staff, and guests.
• Promote harmonious relations among members, staff, vendors, and the community at-large.
• Communicatein a timely mannerand follow up, as appropriate.
• Active participation in required events, required programs, requiredmeetingsand required trainings.
• Ensure the TBCC mission and club brand is upheld in all aspects ofprogramoperations
• Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow through and response
• Promote the company’s safety goals and actively work towards ensuring a safe working environment.
• Interpret and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Actively further Club objectives and continuously support improvement and positive change, which includes participating on corporate designated committees to improve the company and business operations.
• Make professional development a consistent priority.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Minimum of one year of basketball coaching experience
• Experienceworking with children in an educationalor recreationalsettingpreferred
• Ability to create and implement innovativeyouth sport or fitnessprogramlesson plans
• Passionforyouthdevelopmentandexperience working with youth between 4-18 yrs.
• Professional, friendly manner and excellent customer service attitude and abilities
• Strong verbal communication and conflict resolution skills
• Enthusiastic, responsible, and dependable team player
• Self-motivated, takes initiative and willing to acquire new skills
• Well organized and detail oriented
• CPR certification required

WORKING CONDITIONS/ PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to arrive at work on time for all scheduled work shifts required
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays required
• Position requires daily public contact
• Specific vision abilities required, but not limited toclose vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• This position deals with outside personnel such as members and clients on a regular basis with contact in various forms such as in person, phone and email.
• The location of the position changes frequently from indoors to outdoors as property extends to both environments. However, extreme environmental conditions do not exist.
• It is sometimes necessary to problem solve in difficult situations.
• It is necessary to adapt to a frequently changing environment.
• Sitting and standing is as needed
• Requires occasional physical exertion such as bending, twisting, sitting, stooping, and use of hands and fingers
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel;and reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to climb or balance and occasionallystoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally sit for extended periods and regularly walk around the facility
• Must occasionally talk and hear
• Occasional lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must have the ability to demonstrate safe exercise and perform equipment techniques
• Must have the ability to perform CPR and administer first aid as needed
• It is necessary for the position to travel independently to property locations on a minimal basis

JOB DESCRIPTION REVISION

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. This job description replaces all previous descriptions for this position.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Bay Club Company ("TBCC") provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race (and all traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed (including, but not limited to, religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, and breastfeeding, and other related medical conditions), sexual orientation and identity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, actual or perceived national origin/ancestry, accent or ability to speak English, age, disability, marital/familial status, source of income, veteran status, citizenship status, political activities or affiliations, medical condition, genetic information, persons with AIDS or AIDS-related condition, or persons who are victims of domestic violence.

$17.13 - $19.00 / hour

Other Compensation and Benefits

At the Bay Club, we offer programs and perks that cultivate a healthy and active workplace environment. Here are the perks you can expect in your benefits package:

• Competitive Compensation
• Discounts on club services and amenities
• Continuing Education
• Community Involvement
• Paid Time off*
• Health Insurance*

*Offered to Full-Time associates. Full-Time status eligibility starting at 25 average hours of work per week.

Additional County Ordinances

LA County: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.