Executive Function Coach

Beyond BookSmart, Inc.; Rhode Island; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Virtual Executive Function Coach, where your passion for helping others can truly shine. This role offers the opportunity to empower clients through personalized coaching, focusing on executive function skills that enhance their lives. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive team, you'll engage with clients from diverse backgrounds, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their goals. This innovative company values integrity, kindness, and a growth mindset, making it an exciting place to advance your coaching career while making a meaningful impact. If you are enthusiastic about transforming lives and fostering success, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Access to a Network of Professionals

Webinars by Experts

Resources for Skill-Building

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for coaching and transforming lives through executive function skills.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct online coaching sessions, maintaining clear communication with clients.
• Document coaching sessions and follow up with clients regularly.

Skills

Coaching

Communication

Relationship Building

Attention to Detail

Resourcefulness

Executive Function Skills

Technology Proficiency

Education

Master’s Degree in Education

Equivalent Work Experience

Tools

Google Workspace

Online Documentation Portal

Video Conferencing Tools

Job description

Part-Time Virtual Executive Function Coach - Rhode Island (Remote) JobID: 237

• Date Posted:
  9/6/2024
  
  
• Location:
  Remote - Rhode Island
  
  

Become a Beyond BookSmart Executive Function Coach

Beyond BookSmart is an executive function coaching organization focusing on helping individuals successfully identify and meet goals meant to elevate and enhance their lives. We are a values-based company looking to hire individuals who share our passion for Executive Function Coaching. The ideal candidate is someone who is enthusiastic about helping clients, primarily through 1:1 coaching, finding solutions to seemingly impossible challenges, is open to new ways of thinking, operates from a growth mindset, communicates effectively and builds relationships through kindness, integrity, and courage.

New coaches will join a team of highly credentialed, dedicated professionals passionate about helping others tap into their potential to meet the challenges of life while setting goals and soaring to new heights. We provide online coaching throughout the United States and around the world. Our clients and coaches come from all walks of life, and we hire individuals from a variety of backgrounds to best meet the needs of our customers. If you share our values and enthusiasm for helping others find strategies to meet their goals and find success, please consider joining our team.

Requirements

1. Enthusiasm for coaching clients and using executive function skills to transform lives.
2. Resourceful and have attention to detail.
3. Proficiency in communicating complex concepts in simple and sometimes creative ways.
4. Ability to build strong relationships with clients, caregivers, and colleagues through live meetings, virtual communications, and documentation of coaching sessions.
5. A schedule that allows you to consistently provide a minimum of 15 hours of coaching per month, with the ideal goal of 25+ hours. This typically involves meeting online with several clients each week for 45-60 minutes each, along with brief check-ins between sessions. Coaches are also expected to meet with client caregivers as needed. While you may not be immediately matched with enough clients to meet this requirement, you will build your roster over the course of your first 3-6 months of employment.
6. Clear and timely communication is essential for our clients and our company to run smoothly. In addition to the time spent in coaching sessions, our coaches follow up with clients between coaching sessions by text or email and maintain client notes on an online portal for all coaching sessions conducted. Additionally, as a virtual company, we rely on email as our primary communication method. Coaches must be able to check email daily and display a high level of competence for clear and professional virtual communication.
7. A Master’s Degree in Education or a related field applicable to Executive Function skill building is required or equivalent work experience.
8. We are looking for seasoned professionals with at least three years of rich and diverse experience working with individuals with executive function deficits.
9. Experience supporting K-12 and college students, teaching at online schools/virtually, supporting business executives, or supporting career development and transitions.
10. Experience working one-to-one with individuals, preferably as a special education teacher, speech and language pathologist, school psychologist, counselor, general education teacher, or in higher education, with experience with individuals with ADHD and other learning challenges.

Coaches are evaluated on the following core competencies: Executive Function Skill Development/Fandom, Written Communication, Active Listening, Facilitation, Productive Relationships, Problem Solving, Resourcefulness, and Flexibility.

Coaches must be comfortable with technology, including Gmail and Google WorkSpace (especially Drive, Docs, and Sheets, GCalendar), an online database to track student progress, various study websites, apps, and web conference platforms, specifically Google Meet.

Must have a quiet, dedicated workspace clear of disruptions for client, training, and internal professional meetings/sessions, with an internet connection stable enough for video conferencing (mbps over 50).

All executive function coaches will be required to use their cell phones for client communication, phone calls, and texting.

Must be authorized to work in the United States of America. Visa sponsorship is not available for candidates living outside the country of this position.

Hiring Process

For consideration, please fill out our application for employment. You will also need to provide a resume/CV, a cover letter, and a short video introducing yourself to the hiring team. Candidates who meet our criteria will be contacted via email and invited to a video conference preliminary interview. Candidates who advance in the hiring process will be invited to review a short module about the Beyond BookSmart approach to coaching and participate in a final interview conducted through a web conferencing platform. Before being offered a position, candidates will have a short meeting with a member of the Coach Development Team.

Once offered the position, coaches will be required to fill out employment paperwork, including providing a certificate of completion for mandatory reporter training. BBS will conduct background and reference checks. All applicants will be required to complete a federal I-9 form to verify employment eligibility as part of the hiring process.

All coaches are required to attend all preliminary training and pass subsequent assessments to be officially hired and serve as a coach with Beyond BookSmart.

Compensation and Benefits

Starting pay is $40/hr for online coaching. Coaching sessions are typically 45-60 minutes weekly. Coaches may have the opportunity to advance to higher rates of pay depending on their performance and tenure with the company after 1 year of consistent coaching.

Training rates for coaches are $20/hr. Prior to being matched with clients, coaches must participate in company-provided live training sessions. In addition, throughout the onboarding process, coaches will have continued professional development training. This includes live virtual group meetings and individual support at the start of one’s coaching journey.

Coaches will also have access to many additional resources and professional development opportunities as a benefit of being a Beyond BookSmart Executive Function Coach. These include webinars facilitated by leading-edge experts, built-in support for each client related to customer service, access to a network of seasoned professionals all committed to the success of our clients, and a library of more than 300 tools to support executive function skill-building.

General Responsibilities

Coaching sessions are typically 45-60 minutes weekly online. Our coaches provide check-ins with clients between their sessions, often via text, maintain notes for each client through our internal documentation portal and google drive/documents, and follow up with parents/clients after each coaching session. We strongly encourage candidates to visit our website to learn more about who we are and what we do before applying.

Candidates that live in the following states will be considered:

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.

Disclaimer

Beyond BookSmart is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.