Assistant Youth Sports Coach

Department: Tu Ha’ Buts Youth Center

Reports To: TYC Director, Julie Youngs

Time Status: .5 FTE (12-20 hours a week)

SUMMARY:. The Assistant Youth Sports Coach will assist the Youth Sports Coach with chaperoning and coaching tournaments, providing after-school, weekend and school-break activities. The Assistant Youth Sports Coach will assist with maintaining program supplies and identifying the need of new supplies as needed. Must be able to work evenings and weekends.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following.

• Uphold all Tribal and departmental policies, protocols, rules and requirements.
• Help organize, implement and provide overall supervision of planned, daily program activities.
• Provide direct supervision to program participants at all times and ensure an enjoyable and safe sporting experience.
• Value the feelings and skill-building of players equally, ensure fair playing opportunities for all players.
• Support a positive work environment.
• Maintain inventory, organize and store program sports equipment and related supplies. Identify and plan for equipment needs.
• Maintain and encourage a clean and professional environment where sports are being instructed.
• Model values of fairness, honesty, sportsmanship, patience, respect and responsibility.
• This program involves planning and conducting practices, games and events that are intended to occur outside school hours. Must be available to work evenings and weekend hours.
• Assist with encouraging parent involvement and recruiting volunteers and specialists to assist in youth sports development.
• Communicate instructions and directions using clear, simple language.
• Prepare incident reports accurately, consistently and in accordance with established timelines. Communicate to supervisor in writing, accident and discipline situations which require corrective action. Seek guidance from supervisor in unusual circumstances.
• Attend required training and staff meetings.
• Support volunteers assisting with coaching, mentoring and/or chaperoning.
• Learn and use age-appropriate coaching techniques and practices.
• Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 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.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports. And correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Must have a current Washington State Driver’s License; current CPR/First Aid Certification. Successful applicant must also pass a WATCH and Tribal background check.

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.

The employee will frequently be required to sit, talk and hear. Occasionally be required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee will occasionally be required to lift up to 25 pounds. The vision requirements for this position are distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more.) Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point.) Depth perception (three-dimension vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships.)

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.

The employee will occasionally be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

DRUG FREE WORKPLACE: The successful candidate will be required to have a urinalysis for drug and alcohol screening in accordance with the Tribe’s Drug Free Workplace Policy.

INDIAN PREFERENCE: Indian Preference will be exercised in the hiring of this position in accordance with the Tribe’s Personnel Policies.

CONTACT: Human Resources Department (360) 426-9781.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Current High School Student in good standing or High School Diploma or GED and one year experience working with youth.