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Bethlehem Christian Academy is seeking a dedicated and Christ-centered individual to serve as our Head Varsity Boys Soccer Community Coach. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a competitive athletic program while mentoring student-athletes in their athletic, personal, and spiritual growth. Our coaches play a vital role in developing character, fostering teamwork, and modeling Christ-like leadership both on and off the field. Please review the job description and Statement of Faith below.

Head Varsity Boys Soccer Community Coach Job Description

General Description

Direct Supervisor:                    Athletic Director                                              Schedule:                                Athletic Season                                              Evaluation:                              Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the                                                  provisions of BCA's policy on evaluation of personnel                                                      and this job description. Details can be referenced in                                                    the Policies/Procedures Manual                      

Qualifications/Education Requirements

• -Be at least 18 years of age
• -Ability to positively interact with children, parents, and staff in a pleasant, friendly manner
• -Complete Background check, CPR, First Aid, and other required health and safety trainings

Essential Expectations

• -Overtly support and act in accordance with the school's Statement of Faith, mission, purpose, and philosophy
• -Uphold the school's professional standards of personal presentation, punctuality, professional courtesy, and discretion
• -Maintain professional credentials and/or certification, as appropriate
• -Comply with all school policies and procedures as outlined in the BCA Personnel and Policy Manual
• -Authentically engage in self-reflection and annual personal and professional growth. This includes written goals and progress towards those goals
• -Honor the confidentiality of school, student, family, and employee information
• -Maintain Christian character and professional demeanor on and off campus
• -Represent the school effectively to its constituents
• -Work effectively and collegially with administrators, faculty, and other staff
• -Perform duties and responsibilities as provided in your job description and as assigned

Personal Qualities

• -Have received Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior, maintaining a growing relationship with Christ.
• -Believe that the Bible is God's Word and standard for faith and daily living
• -Be in whole-hearted agreement with the school's Statement of Faith and BCA's philosophy of Christian education
• -Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others
• -Be a member in good standing at a local evangelical church that has a Statement of -Faith in agreement with the school's Statement of Faith
• -Should reflect a balanced quality lifestyle evidenced by personal habits: spiritually, physically, emotionally, and mentally
• -Should be consistent in decision making
• -Meets everyday stress with emotional control and stability, objectivity, and optimism
• -Have skills to establish strong rapport with all stakeholders and the community through positive representation

Public/School Relations

• -Work with the other administration and team members to create a unified K-12 school program
• -Strives to implement a positive, encouraging culture and communicate the positive aspects of our school program to the public in word and deed
• -Have conversations and positive interactions with parents
• -Relate joyfully with students
• -Must work as a team player, assisting other faculty/staff for the good of all students and the school
• -Must display/communicate support for the school and administration to staff, parents, and the community
• -Follow the policy of Matthew 18 regarding disagreements or conflict
• -Have a love for children and families

Professional Growth

• -Continues professional growth through attendance at workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning as requested
• -Maintains membership and any other appropriate professional organizations if applicable

Physical Demands/Working Environment

• -Ability to perform physical demands: significant lifting (up to approximately 30 pounds and occasional lifting of equipment and/or materials weighing up to 50 pounds may be required) carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; frequent stooping, and kneeling. Other physical activities may be required
• -The job requires 5% sitting, 50% walking, and 45% standing
• -Must be able to stand for extended periods of time, bend, kneel, and reach to store/retrieve supplies
• -Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels
• -Visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities
• -Daily personal and close contact with children to provide classroom management and learning environment support is required on assigned days
• -Regular contact with other staff members and building administrator(s) is required
• -The job is performed under some temperature extremes and under conditions with some exposure to risk of injury and/or illness

Duties/Responsibilities: (Responsibilities include but are not limited to)

• -Properly plan and execute all practices, games, and team building activities
• -Ensure all activities are closely monitored/supervised maintaining a safe physical environment
• -Regularly evaluate athletes for injury or incapacity
• -Provide adequate/proper equipment and instruction
• -Ensure athletes are conditioned properly for practice/games and communicate any inherent risks
• -Follow the Emergency Response Protocol and provide Emergency care as needed
• -Work with the Athletic Director to select, train, and supervise assistant coaches
• -Ensure to match/equate athletes
• -Provide/Maintain safe transportation and provide insurance disclosure as needed
• -Responsible for all aspects of the assigned athletic team
• -Flexible to work with middle school and elementary feeder programs
• -Assist in maintaining high academic standards for all student athletes
• -Work cooperatively with other head athletic coaches to operate a well-balanced athletic program
• -Foster among the athletes, parents, and spectators an appreciation of the values of athletics, a desire to win, an attitude of good sportsmanship, and a sense of pride in self, team, and school
• -Work directly with the strength and conditioning coach to help with the training, conditioning, and performance of the athletic team
• -Lead, supervise, and assist other coaches in their efforts with teams assigned to them
• -Be present and personally direct the team at all contests and to be present at as many other team's games as possible
• -Recommend to the athletic director the type and quantity of equipment/supplies needed to conduct a successful program
• -Ensure uniforms and equipment are accounted for and well maintained
• -Perform other duties related to the position of athletic coach requested by the athletic director
• -All other duties as assigned

B. God:  There is one and only one living and true God.  He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe.

1. God the Father:  God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. (Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 John 5:7.

2. God the Son:  Christ is the eternal Son of God.  In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. (Matthew 1:18-23; Mark 1:1; 3:11; John 1:1-18)

3. God the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service. (Genesis 1:2; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14; Hebrews 9:8, 14; 2 Peter 1:21; Revelation 1:10; 22:17)

C. Creation: We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin.  (Gen. 1-2; Ex. 20:11)

D. Mankind:  Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. (Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5, 7, 18-22; 3; 9:6)

E. Salvation:  Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. (John 3:3-21,36; Romans 1:16-18; 5:8-10; 10:9-10,13; Ephesians 2:8-22)

F. Eternal Security and the Purposes of Grace: Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. (John 1:12-14; 10:27-29; Romans 5:1-10; 8:28-39; Hebrews 11:39-12:2)

G. The Church:

1. We believe that the local church, which is the body and the bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons. (1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27)

2. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.  (1 Tim 2:9-14; 3:1-15)

3. We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external ty or control. (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Rom. 16:1, 4; 1 Cor. 3:9, 16; 5:4-7, 13; 1 Pet. 5:1-4)

H. The Kingdom: The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age. (Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 3:2; Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 11:10,16; 12:28; 1 Peter 2:4-10; 4:13; Revelation 1:6,9; 5:10; 11:15; 21-22.)

I. Stewardship and Giving:  God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer's cause on earth.  (Leviticus 27:30-32; Deuteronomy 8:18; Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew 6:1-4 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 6:19-20; 12)

J. Separation: We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord. God commands His people to separate from all religious apostasy, unbiblical behavior and appearance of evil.  (Rom. 12:1-2; 14:13; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; 1 Thess. 5:22)

K. The Second Coming and the Eternal Destiny of Man: God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth. (Ps 89:3-4; Dan 2:31-45; Zech. 14:4-11; 1 Thess. 1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Rev 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6)

L. Education:  Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. (Deuteronomy 4:1, 5; Nehemiah 8:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 4:8; Colossians 2:3,8-9; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:14-17; Hebrews 5:12-6:3; James 1:5; 3:17)

M. Evangelism and Missions: It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians 3:1-11)

N. Cooperation:  Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ's people. (Judges 7:21; Ezra 1:3-4; 2:68-69; 5:14-15; Nehemiah 4; 8:1-5; Mark 2:3; Acts 1:13-14; 2:1ff.; 4:31-37; 13:2-3; 15:1-35)

O. The Personality of Satan:  We believe that Satan is a real being, the author of sin and the cause of the fall of man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man. (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt. 4:2-11; 25:41; Eph 6:12; Rev. 20:10)

P. Civil Government:  We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions:  1) the home, 2) the church, and 3) the state.  Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word.  (Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 2:13-14)

Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. (Genesis 1:27; 2:7; Matthew 6:6-7, 24; 16:26; 22:21; John 8:36; Acts 4:19-20; Romans 6:1-2; 13:1-7)

Q. The Christian and the Social Order:  In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including but not limited to adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. (Exodus 20:3-17; Leviticus 6:2-5; Deuteronomy 10:12; Psalm 101:5; Micah 6:8; Zechariah 8:16; Matthew 5:13-16,43-48;; Mark 1:29-34; 2:3ff.; 1...