Assistant Track and Field Coach, Distance

Lesley University • Cambridge, MA

21h

About The Position

Lesley University seeks a part-time Assistant Track and Field Coach, Distance. The Assistant Coach is responsible for supporting the management of the program including practice planning, recruitment, player development, and implementing competition strategy. The Assistant Track and Field Coach will be responsible supporting all aspects associated with the Division III NCAA track and field program at Lesley University. They will help lead the track and field team according to NCAA, North Atlantic Conference and Lesley University standards, rules, and regulations. They will demonstrate awareness of, commitment, and adherence to NCAA and Conference rules to help instruct and develop student-athletes; develop and implement a comprehensive recruiting strategy; make strategic decisions in contest situations; and assistant with administrative responsibilities associated with the program operations, including fundraising efforts and community service. The Assistant Coach will help oversee the traditional season and recruiting efforts. Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities. Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution. At our core, we are a caring and compassionate community bound together by our passion for improving the lives of others through education, mental health, and the arts. At Lesley, we believe actively advancing our own and all other’s potential leads to a just and humane world. Lesley is the only university in the country focused on advancing human potential through the life-time cultivation of professionals in education, mental health and the arts. We share an eagerness to build just and humane communities in a stressful and rapidly changing world.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (required)
• Previous successful collegiate coaching experience and/or experience competing at the college, semi-professional, professional, or international level (required)
• Ability to participate in admissions Open Houses, Accepted Students Day and other new student events
• Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Must have a valid U.S. driver's license or be able to commute to practice/competitions

Responsibilities

• supporting the management of the program including practice planning, recruitment, player development, and implementing competition strategy
• supporting all aspects associated with the Division III NCAA track and field program
• lead the track and field team according to NCAA, North Atlantic Conference and Lesley University standards, rules, and regulations
• instruct and develop student-athletes
• develop and implement a comprehensive recruiting strategy
• make strategic decisions in contest situations
• assist with administrative responsibilities associated with the program operations, including fundraising efforts and community service
• oversee the traditional season and recruiting efforts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time