Youth Climbing Team Coach (Part-Time)

Session Climbing; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 30,307 - 41,328; Part time

Job summary

A local climbing gym in Santa Rosa seeks a part-time Team Coach responsible for instructing youth climbing teams. The role involves working under Head Coaches to adapt curricula, ensure safety, and foster a positive environment. Candidates should have climbing experience, a passion for teaching kids, and relevant certifications such as Safesport. This position offers competitive pay, between $22-$30, based on experience, in a supportive, engaging atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Experienced indoor & outdoor climber in bouldering, top rope, and lead climbing.
• Sound understanding of climbing techniques such as footwork and movement efficiency.
• Patient and passionate about working with kids at various ability levels.
• Bring a creative, fun approach to climbing instruction and curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Review curriculum and work with Head Coaches to meet team needs.
• Ensure safety of youth team members at all times.
• Attend competitions and trips to gyms for your team.
• Be a role model for team members.

Skills

Indoor & outdoor climbing experience

Understanding of climbing techniques

Passion for working with kids

Creative approach to climbing instruction

Collaboration with other coaches

Education

Active Safesport Certification

Active First Aid and CPR Certification

USAC Certification (preferred)

Job description

Description

Summary:

A Team Coach is responsible for instructing climbing teams at Session Climbing. They will work directly under the Head Coaches to coach team members in a creative and challenging environment. Team Coaches will have the opportunity to work with the recreational and/or competitive youth teams. All teams will focus on learning, growth, and building connections. A Team Coach will work with their teams, adapting the curriculum to meet the team member’s needs, and facilitating a supportive, safe, and healthy team community spirit.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: [Note that this is not intended to restrict the tasks that may be assigned.]

- Review the curriculum and work with the Head Coaches to ensure that the needs of your team members are met

- Establish and maintain a positive, driven, and supportive culture

- Ensure the safety of youth team members at all times

- Keep all necessary coaching certifications up to date

- Stay informed on current and new training techniques

- Develop and maintain a professional relationship with all team parents

- Develop and maintain professional relationships with all youth team members

- Regularly assess current progress and future goals for all team members

- Meet with the Head Coach regularly to go over current progress and future goals for your students

- Attend competitions, trips to other gyms and outdoor climbing areas for your team

- Be a good role model for team members and representative of the Session team in and out of the gym

- Follow all Session policies

- Regular attendance and schedule adherence

- Other duties as assigned

Compensation:

$19-$25, BOE, Part Time Offering

Requirements

Required Skills and Abilities

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.

- Experienced indoor & outdoor climber in bouldering, top rope, and lead climbing

- Sound understanding of climbing techniques such as footwork, body positioning, movement efficiency, route reading, etc.

- Patient and passionate about working with kids at a variety of ability levels and with a variety of learning styles

- Bring a creative, fun approach to climbing instruction and curriculum; make learning how to climb enjoyable and engaging

- Interested in creating high-quality training curriculum and programming for Team Session ? Excited to collaborate with other coaches to facilitate an exceptional team experience for our climbers and parents

- Preferred: minimum one-year coaching experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

- Active Safesport Certification

- USAC Certified preferred

- Active First Aid and CPR Certification

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.

- Constantly: 6 or more hours

- Ability to use hands to grasp and arms to reach to propel oneself up and down a climbing wall and/or use belay device and rope system

- Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

- Ability to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl

- Ability to talk and hear

- Ability to wear harness, helmet

- Vision:

- Color Vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Temperature-controlled indoor work environment

- Exposure to airborne chalk particles

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time. All employees are to maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers, management and stakeholders.