UACS SFH Group Leader

Netter Center for Community Partnership

Part time

JR00126383

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Posted Job Title

UACS SFH Group Leader

Job Profile Title

Temporary Employee - Non-Exempt

Job Description Summary

Founded in 1992, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships is the University's primary vehicle for advancing civic and community engagement at Penn. It brings together the resources and assets of both the University and the wider community to help solve universal problems such as poverty, health inequities, environmental sustainability, and inadequate, unequal education as they are manifested in the University's local geographic area of West Philadelphia and Philadelphia at large. The Netter Center develops and helps implement democratic, mutually transformative, place-based partnerships between Penn and West Philadelphia that advance research, teaching, learning, practice, and service and improve the quality of life on campus and in the community. The Netter Center works with and serves as a model for other higher education institutions across the United States and around the world.

The Netter Center’s university-assisted community schools (UACS) is a strategy to educate, engage, empower, and serve all members of the community in which the school is located and engage students (K-16+) in real world, community problem solving. UACS collaborates with partners to advance teaching, research, learning and service, as well as the civic development of their students. The Netter Center UACS implements summer enrichment and youth employment programs for West Philadelphia children and youth.

Job Description

The UACS Sports, Fitness, and Health (SFH) Group Leader supports during-school and after-school programming at six University-Assisted Community School (UACS) partner sites in West Philadelphia.

UACS uses athletics as a vehicle for youth development, leadership, mentorship, and community engagement. The UACS SFH Group Leader helps deliver high-quality, age-appropriate sports programming while supporting a cross-grade leadership model connecting Penn Division I student-athletes, high school student leaders, and K-8 youth.

A primary focus of the position is Young Quakers (YQ), Penn’s youth athletics initiative designed to expand access to high-quality sports programming for K-8 students. The position works with Penn student-athletes to translate their sport expertise into engaging, developmentally appropriate practices and helps them strengthen their skills as youth coaches and mentors.

The position also supports the Cross Grade Sports (CGS) program, which prepares high school students to coach and mentor younger participants. Through training, observation, and feedback, the position helps student leaders develop communication, facilitation, teamwork, and leadership skills while creating positive experiences for K-8 youth.

Key Responsibilities

Sports Programming & Coaching

• Support implementation of sports-based programming across UACS partner schools.

• Collaborate with Penn student-athletes and coaches to develop age-appropriate practices, drills, games, and skill-building activities.

• Help student-athletes adapt their sport expertise for elementary and middle school participants of varying ages, abilities, and experience levels.

• Provide guidance on practice structure, skill progression, group management, inclusive coaching, and youth mentorship.

• Support consistent, engaging, and developmentally appropriate programming across sports and school sites.

Leadership & Youth Development

• Train and coach high school students serving as mentors and coaches for K-8 participants.

• Provide observation, feedback, and ongoin