AYSO United Staff Coach

POSITION OVERVIEW
A Staff Coach shall prepare and deliver coaching sessions for the assigned teams, attend and coach all team game activities, create a year-round training schedule, and identify tournaments and friendly games. It is also expected that a staff coach delivers a professional customer service experience to the families associated within the club. In addition to team related activities the Staff Coach hold a supervisory role to the Team Coaches. The Staff Coach will also  participate as a mentor coach to the volunteer coaches in the United community.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
•    Conduct practices two times a week (1.5 hrs minimum) during the standard club season (January – May) (August – November)
•    Create a year-round schedule  (practices, games, tournaments)
•    Attend all Friendly, Tournament, and League play games
•    Provide player feedback to families
•    Ensure a positive playing environment for all players (50% playing time)
•    Recruit players to fill roster spots when needed
•    Manage team communications ensuring a high level of customer service. 
•    Serve as a mentor for AYSO Core Coaches (E-mail support, one practice, and one game visit)

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
•    Fosters teamwork throughout the Organization.
•    Promotes AYSO’s Vision, Mission and Six Philosophies.
•    Plans and manages internal communications and awareness of organizational needs, administration and activities.
•    Assists with special projects as directed by the Director of Coaching
•    Associated duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
•    Strong Team Management Skills
•    Enthusiastic, aggressive, self-starter, confident, professional, and a solutions-based problem-solver.
•    Demonstrate excellent communication skills, written and oral. 
•    Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with and maintain relationships with all levels of Parents, Players, Coaching Staff, Directors, Volunteers, Vendors and Program partners.
•    Ability to work independently, cooperatively, and collaboratively as part of a team. 
•    Ability to initiate, coordinate and organize schedules/tasks through to completion accurately and on time.  
•    Successfully pass criminal background check and credit check.
•    Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
These physical requirements are representative of those necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. 
•    Travel locally to practices, games, and tournaments.
•    Vision acuity sufficient to analyze and assure accuracy of written documents.
•    Speaking and hearing sufficient to conduct training sessions and match play..

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 
•    The work environment is typical of a field, and sometimes home office for communication and planning.

ACCOMMODATION
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
By signing this position description, the team member acknowledges that she/he has read and received a copy of it. Team member also acknowledges that this position description supersedes all prior position descriptions and is intended to describe the general content and essential requirements for the position listed above, but that it is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties and responsibilities. Employee is also aware that the Organization reserves the right to add or change the duties of this position at any time.