Youth Soccer Coach

**Benefits**:

- Employee discounts
- Flexible schedule
- Free uniforms

**About Us**
Soccer Shots is an engaging children's soccer program specialized for children ages 2-8 years ,with a focus on character and skill development. Our caring team positively impacts children's lives on and off the field through best-in-class coaching, curriculum and communication. We are passionate about what we do, and are looking to add people to our team who feel the same

**Compensation**
Our coaches start at **$20/hour**, with an opportunity to increase to **$24/hour **based on experience level.Session timeframe is 1 hour in total and coaches are generally assigned between 4-8 sessions per week pending coaches availability and willingness to travel.

**Qualifications/attributes**
Soccer Shots coaches are:

- Driven-looking to help children, learn, grow and meet their goals
- Passionate-possesses a love for sports, education and enjoys being a role model
- Safety-conscious - #1 priority is the safety of children under their care
- Caring - engage with each child through specific and positive affirmation
- Prepared -plan ahead and conduct each session according to the provided curriculum
- Professional
- commit to doing what is expected of them as an outstanding coach and "face" of Soccer Shots
- Energetic - bring Soccer Shots to life by creating a fun and positive atmosphere that leaves a lasting impression on each child

**Job description/responsibilities**

Preparation:

- Completion of training program
- Reviews online curriculum (prepared for you ahead of time, and aligned with Pennsylvania early education standards)
- Maintains equipment in proper condition and arrives on time to set-up field for session

Coaching:

- Ensures the safety and well-being of every child interested in your care
- For childcare sites, gathers children from classroom and returns after the session
- Conducts and prepares for fun and positive 35- to 45-minute sessions, following the weekly Soccer Shots curriculum

Communication/Administration:

- Effectively communicates using age-appropriate language that aligns with supplied curriculum
- Communicates timely with the supervisor about any changes, challenges, or important information
- Completes the online attendance sheet directly, following each session
- Returns maintained equipment and leftover supplies to the supervisor upon completion of each season

The job description above is a part-time position requiring fewer than 15 hours of work per week. Soccer Shots programs are seasonal, that’s employment is also seasonal.All employment is at-will.

**We offer our coaches adequate training**
- We put every Soccer Shots coach through our comprehensive training program to receive certification that includes learning the use of provided developmentally appropriate coaching curriculum.
- We constantly reevaluate an update our curriculum to stay current childhood education, standards
- Our age-appropriate curriculum, places an emphasis on character development as well as skill building
- Our coaches, attend training meetings at the beginning of each season
- Our coaches are routinely evaluated and provided feedback for growth and development
- Our coach selection process evaluates not only the ability to coach soccer, but, more importantly, the ability to engage and inspire children

**More About Soccer Shots**
Soccer Shots is annually listed among the top franchises in youth fitness and recreation, and our expert-approved curriculum sets us apart from other enrichment programs. Soccer Shots has more than 140 franchises nationwide and in Canada, and we're the official 2-to-5-year-old program for the US Youth Soccer Association.

You’ll laugh. You’ll break a sweat. And you’ll go home at the end of the day knowing that you made a difference. Feel free to reach out with further questions.

Call us: (814) 808-KICK