Part-Time Competitive Cheer Coach for Youth Programs

TNT Kid's Fitness & Gymnastics; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 22,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

TNT Kid’s Fitness & Gymnastics in Fargo, ND is seeking a Part-Time Competitive Cheer Coach to support our competitive teams with safe, high-energy instruction. You will guide athletes through fundamentals, routines, and competition preparation while upholding TNT standards and safety rules.

The role requires dependable, energetic coaching, excellent communication, and the ability to manage practices, events, and travel schedules.

Qualifications

• Ability to create a positive, safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate experience for children and youth.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive, professional relationships with athletes, parents/guardians, coworkers, and leaders.
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, cheerleading fundamentals, proper stunt progressions, spotting techniques, tumbling safety, and performance instruction.
• Ability to learn and consistently apply TNT curriculum, safety practices, coaching expectations, and gym policies.
• Strong communication, teamwork, customer-service, dependability, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, active gym environment; adapt to changing athlete, class, staffing, event, and competition needs; and work independently while collaborating with the TNT team.
• Ability to work assigned afternoons, evenings, weekends, special events, parent conferences, and competition-travel schedules as required by program needs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain all certifications, training, professional memberships, and background-screening clearances required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and implement structured, developmentally appropriate practices for assigned competitive cheer teams.
• Teach and reinforce cheerleading fundamentals, including motions, jumps, dance, stunting, tumbling, transitions, formations, performance quality, routine execution, and competition readiness.
• Teach safe skill progressions and provide spotting, supervision, and instruction consistent with TNT procedures, coach qualifications, and applicable cheer safety standards.
• Maintain active supervision of athletes and consistently enforce TNT safety expectations, gym rules, equipment-use requirements, and incident-reporting procedures.
• Assist with the development, learning, cleaning, and execution of competition routines and choreography.
• Evaluate athlete skills and readiness; provide constructive feedback and communicate concerns or developmental needs to the Competitive Cheer Department Manager.
• Build positive, professional relationships with athletes, parents/guardians, coworkers, and TNT leaders.
• Participate in athlete evaluations, parent conferences, practices, team meetings, competitions, special events, and athlete-progress discussions as assigned.
• Complete assigned administrative responsibilities, including attendance, skill tracking, evaluations, incident documentation, and other required program records.
• Assist with equipment setup, equipment inspection, gym reset, cleaning duties, and closing responsibilities.
• Remain informed about TNT events, team schedules, competition requirements, policies, procedures, and operational updates.
• Maintain all required certifications, training, professional memberships, and background-screening clearances.

Skills

Positive coaching

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Communication

Dependability

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Job description

TNT Kid’s Fitness & Gymnastics in Fargo, ND is seeking a Part-Time Competitive Cheer Coach to support our competitive teams with safe, high-energy instruction. You will guide athletes through fundamentals, routines, and competition preparation while upholding TNT standards and safety rules.

The role requires dependable, energetic coaching, excellent communication, and the ability to manage practices, events, and travel schedules.