Youth Sports Coach & Mentor — Transform Lives in Baltimore

Coach Across America; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Coach Across America in Baltimore City seeks a Youth Sports Coach & Mentor to guide teen and elementary students through sports-based development, mentoring, and leadership activities. You will help youth build communication, teamwork, discipline, confidence, resilience, and healthy decision-making while forming meaningful relationships with caring adults.

The role includes planning and leading practices, mentoring teen coaches, piloting an elementary outreach in Sandtown/West Baltimore,

Qualifications

• Must meet all eligibility requirements for the Coach Across America/AmeriCorps program.
• Must be able to successfully complete the required 1,700-hour full-time service term.
• Strong interest in mentoring, coaching, and developing young people through sports.
• Ability to build appropriate and consistent relationships with teenage and elementary-aged youth.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
• Reliable, mature, professional, and able to demonstrate integrity and good judgment.
• Willingness to receive feedback and participate in ongoing coaching and training.
• Comfortable leading or assisting sports practices, games, clinics, mentoring activities, and youth leadership programming.
• Previous experience in coaching, mentoring, teaching, camps, recreation, athletics, or youth development is preferred but not required.
• Ability to serve a flexible schedule averaging approximately 35–40 hours per week, including afternoons, evenings, and periodic Saturdays/weekends.
• Ability to pass all required background checks and complete all required training and service-term requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a coach and mentor for teenage and elementary-aged youth in Baltimore City.
• Plan, set up, lead, and assist with sports practices, skills-development sessions, fitness activities, games, and youth development activities.
• Build consistent and positive mentoring relationships with youth participants.
• Use sports to reinforce teamwork, communication, discipline, perseverance, responsibility, leadership, and healthy decision-making.
• Help develop teenage participants as youth coaches by preparing them to lead younger children.
• Teach teen participants coaching, communication, leadership, and teamwork skills.
• Observe teen coaches and provide constructive feedback and encouragement.
• Help design and pilot an elementary-aged youth sports outreach initiative in Sandtown/West Baltimore.
• Develop and facilitate age-appropriate sports activities for elementary-aged participants.
• Support programming at neighborhood schools and community sites.
• Assist with program equipment, activity planning, and program logistics.
• Gather participant feedback and program information to help evaluate and improve programming.
• Support existing 10:12 Sports programs, including football, basketball, year-round mentoring, summer programming, youth leadership activities, and school- and community-based sports opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
• Complete required attendance, program evaluation, service-hour documentation, and Coach Across America/AmeriCorps reporting related to youth-development responsibilities.
• Participate in required trainings, team meetings, coaching, and professional development opportunities.
• Other duties as determined by your supervisor.

Job description

Coach Across America in Baltimore City seeks a Youth Sports Coach & Mentor to guide teen and elementary students through sports-based development, mentoring, and leadership activities. You will help youth build communication, teamwork, discipline, confidence, resilience, and healthy decision-making while forming meaningful relationships with caring adults.

The role includes planning and leading practices, mentoring teen coaches, piloting an elementary outreach in Sandtown/West Baltimore,