Strength and Conditioning Trainer

Killeen ISD; Killeen (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Killeen ISD is seeking a Strength and Conditioning Trainer to collaborate with coaches and enhance athlete performance while helping prevent injuries.

You will design programs, oversee daily facility operations, and maintain equipment, records, and athlete progress reports. A Bachelor's degree plus CSCS/SCCC and CPR/First Aid are required, with summer camp planning and UIL awareness as assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• CSCS or SCCC certification required; non-certified hires must obtain within twelve months of hire date.
• CPR / AED / First Aid certified.
• Knowledge of strength and conditioning and coaching techniques.

Responsibilities

• Program design and guiding student-athletes and coaches through a regimen of exercises to optimize performance and decrease injury potential.
• Coordinate and schedule daily operations of the strength training facility.
• Maintain all strength and conditioning facilities and repair/replace equipment as needed.
• Collect and maintain records for athletes; provide longitudinal performance reports to coaches.
• Create and review individual workout sheets for each assigned sport.
• Set up speed, agility, and quickness workouts and return equipment to storage.
• Maintain inventory of all equipment and ensure compliance with training model from grades 7–12.
• Plan, organize, and direct summer strength and conditioning camps for high school and junior high.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Strength and Conditioning Trainer

Reports To

Principal

FLSA Status

Exempt

Summary

To collaborate cooperatively with the coaches and serve as a consultant to them on improving the performance of their athletes in the athletic arena while aiding in the prevention of injuries.

Essential Responsibilities And Duties

• Program design and guiding student‑athletes and coaches through a regimen of exercises to optimize performance and decrease injury potential.
• Responsible for coordination and scheduling of all the daily operations of the strength training facility.
• Maintain all strength and conditioning facilities in the school, including but not limited to repairing or replacing equipment as needed.
• Collect and maintain records for athletes participating in the school's strength and conditioning program. Provide a longitudinal report to each coach following the administration of performance testing.
• The creation, distribution, and review of all individual workout sheets given to each assigned sport.
• Setting up and taking down of all speed, agility and quickness workouts that are scheduled daily, to include the return of all equipment to its proper storage location.
• Maintain a current inventory of all speed and strength training equipment within the school facilities.
• Design of and monitor compliance of a vertically aligned fundamental training model from grades 7‑12.
• Plan, organize, and direct summer strength and conditioning camps for both high school and junior high students.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and conducting in‑service training for coaches in the school to include junior high feeder programs so that all may work cooperatively and effectively to implement the program.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid Texas teaching certificate preferred
• National Strength & Conditioning Association Certified (CSCS) or Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association Certified (SCCC) required. Non‑certified hires must obtain the required certification within twelve months of hire date.
• CPR / AED / First Aid certified

Special Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of strength and conditioning and coaching techniques and procedures
• Knowledge of University Interscholastic League (UIL) rules
• Ability to instruct and supervise student athletes
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and various social media platforms (Twitter and Instagram)

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Physical Demands

• Frequent standing, kneeling, squatting, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, and twisting
• Walking, climbing stairs/ladders, grasping, squeezing, extending/flexing wrist, reaching overhead, and driving
• Lifting and carrying (15‑44 pounds) frequently, occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds and over)
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat
• Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Noise level usually moderate/loud
• Frequent district‑wide travel to multiple campuses as assigned

Revised Date: March 7, 2022

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills that may be required.