Sports Coordinator (PT Hourly)

YMCA of NorthWest North Carolina; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The YMCA of NorthWest North Carolina seeks a Sports Coordinator to develop relationships with participants, parents, and staff, and to promote a mission-driven atmosphere across youth and adult sports programs.

Ideal candidates will have extensive knowledge of major sports, strong communication skills, and a commitment to the YMCA mission. Schedule varies by season with evenings and weekends required.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop relationships with participants, parents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Lead Site Supervisor for youth and adult sports programs, ensuring practices and games begin and end on time and safety is maintained.
• Serve as lead contact for parents and volunteers, manage voicemails/emails and coordinate with the Sports Senior Director.
• Lead recruitment, screening and training of volunteer coaches for youth programs, ensuring adherence to the YMCA Code of Conduct.
• Oversee the sports staff payroll and schedule, and participate in sports leadership meetings.

Job description

Description

Job Summary

The Sports Coordinator must have an enthusiastic personality with an ability to develop relationships with participants, parents and other staff. They must have an extensive knowledge of the major sports and a desire to use that knowledge to grow professionally with the YMCA. They should present themselves in a professional, caring manner and have excellent communication skills. They should also learn and understand the YMCA’s mission and best practices in order to help foster and ensure all sports practices, games and events at the Y have a mission driven atmosphere.

Schedule: Varies according to season and program needs. Evenings and weekends required. Possible schedule includes Monday-Friday 4pm-8pm (3-4 times a week), Saturdays 8am-4pm with occasional morning or midafternoon meetings monthly. 20-25 during the season, 10-15 hours during off-season.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as Lead Site Supervisor for all youth and adult sports programs ensuring practices and games begin and end on time, monitoring weather and field conditions to make appropriate cancellation decisions to ensure participant and staff safety, and officiating games as needed.
• Serve as lead contact for parents and volunteers for the branch. Responsible for returning voicemails and emails in a timely manner and reporting any communication needed to the Sports Senior Director.
• Serve as Lead Coach and main contact for all pre-school sports programs such as but not limited to Rookie Basketball, Rookie Soccer, Rookie Football and Rookie T-Ball.
• Recruits, screens, and trains youth sports volunteer coaches to lead teams of participants each season and ensure these volunteer coaches adhere to the YMCA Code of Conduct.
• Leads all aspects of highly efficient and effective sports officials’ team including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, developing, scheduling and holding staff accountable on a daily basis.
• Follow registration calendar timeline that includes coaches meeting, roster distribution, practice and game dates and make up dates.
• Conducts coach’s meetings for youth sports as well as orientations and captain’s meetings for adult sports programs.
• Ensures equipment is well-maintained, safe to use and properly inventoried after each season and completes all necessary field and court markings which include but are not limited to soccer, flag football, baseball, volleyball and basketball.
• Use DAXKO to run reports, view rosters, track payroll, etc
• Responsible for sports staff part-time payroll.
• Attend sports leadership meetings
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED required, Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred.
• CPR/First Aid/AED- must obtain certification within first 90 days of employment
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)- Preferred
• Personal training background- Preferred
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service
• Possess strong sense of responsibility
• Energetic, devoted, mission driven, confident, respectful, adaptable, team oriented individual
• Punctual
• Extensive knowledge of rules for basketball, volleyball, flag football, soccer and / or baseball preferred
• Ability to work with children of all ages required
• Ability to accept supervision, critique and guidance required
• Good communication skills with children, coaches and parents required
• Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience and self-control required