Youth Sports Program Staff - Various locations

Position Summary

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The Youth Sports Program Staff uses excellent interpersonal and communication skills to relate to, coach, and support participating youth in YMCA sports. The Youth Sports Program staff provides an environment of learning, teamwork, positive energy, and above all, fun!

Essential Functions

• Assists or leads a range of active and fun sports clinics
• Set up and take down necessary equipment for the scheduled program, ensuring it meets required safety standards
• Provide needed support, life skills, and a quality program experience to program participants aged 4-13
• Be an active listener pre clinic, during the clinic, and post clinic to ensure participant satisfaction and retention
• Follows all safety, emergency, and child abuse prevention policies, procedures, and standards as established and implemented by law, and the Y.
• Reports and maintain proper documentation of incidents/accidents as they occur.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings as scheduled to interact with employees and exchange ideas for programming and member engagement
• Support youth in relating to others, managing complex emotions, and building collaborative teams and lasting friendships with one another

Qualifications

• At least 16 years of age
• Experience playing and/or coaching sports and able to teach gross motor skills
• Completion of YMCA program-specific certifications upon hire
• Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds

Work Environment & Physical Demands

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be stationary and upright. The employee must be able to move around the work environment and demonstrate skills involving bending, stretching, and kicking body parts. The employee frequently is required to use oral expression and comprehension skills to communicate with staff and program participants. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.