Highline Premier FC, Goalkeeper Coach - IMMEDIATE NEED, Youth Soccer

Highline Premier FC • Burien, WA

121d • $75 - $150 • Onsite

About The Position

Highline Premier FC is seeking a passionate and experienced Goalkeeper Coach to lead position-specific training and support goalkeeper development throughout the club. The coach designs and delivers developmentally appropriate training to build technically proficient, confident, and tactically aware players, and works with team coaches to integrate goalkeepers into each team’s style of play and development plan. The ideal candidate is positive, player-centered, organized, dependable, collaborative, and committed to long-term player development across different ages and experience levels.

This is a part-time, hourly position serving Burien, West Seattle, and surrounding communities. The schedule is primarily weekday evenings and weekends, with additional seasonal events and programs as assigned. The coach reports to the Director of Coaching and may also support team coaching assignments, camps, clinics, tryouts, tournaments, and other seasonal programming. The anticipated wage range is $75 to $125 per hour, with placement based on relevant experience, qualifications, responsibilities, and program scope. Additional assignments and compensation are not guaranteed.

Highline Premier FC is a community-based youth soccer organization serving nearly 500 players from U8 through U19. Its teams compete in the Regional Club League, Elite Academy League, and Washington Premier League. The club describes its environment as demanding, organized, and nurturing, grounded in player development, competitive standards, integrity, and a lifelong love of the game.

The role involves coaching outdoors in varying weather and field conditions, traveling reliably between fields and club events, and working weekday evenings and weekends. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation, including extended periods of standing, walking, demonstrating, and coaching; goalkeeper movements and technical demonstrations; and occasional lifting and carrying of equipment weighing up to 35 pounds. The employee must reside in Washington State by the start of employment. Employment is at will. A background check through US Club is required, along with applicable background checks, SafeSport training, and other risk-management requirements. New hires must verify identity and authorization to work in the United States.

Requirements

• At least two years of goalkeeper playing or coaching experience.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor youth athletes.
• Experience working with players in individual, small-group, or team environments.
• Strong understanding of foundational goalkeeper techniques and principles.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with players, families, coaches, and staff.
• Strong organizational skills, dependability, and attention to player safety.
• Commitment to HPFC’s mission, values, player-development philosophy, and professional standards.
• Ability to successfully complete required background checks, SafeSport training, and other applicable risk-management requirements.
• Current First Aid, CPR, and AED certification, or ability to obtain certification within a timeframe established by HPFC.
• Ability to perform the position’s essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, including extended standing, walking, demonstrating, and coaching; goalkeeper movements and technical demonstrations; and occasional lifting and carrying of equipment up to 35 pounds.
• Ability to work weekday evenings and weekends and travel reliably between training fields and club events in Burien, West Seattle, and surrounding communities.
• Residency in Washington State by the start of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of competitive goalkeeping or goalkeeper coaching experience.
• Experience designing and delivering structured goalkeeper-specific training.
• Experience coaching goalkeepers across multiple age groups.
• U.S. Soccer Grassroots License or higher.
• Goalkeeper-specific coaching education or certification.
• Commitment to continued coaching education and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver developmentally appropriate goalkeeper training aligned with HPFC’s curriculum and performance standards.
• Teach handling, shot-stopping, distribution, positioning, footwork, decision-making, and communication.
• Develop goalkeepers’ confidence and ability to contribute to team possession and tactical play.
• Adapt training sessions to the developmental needs of different ages and experience levels.
• Collaborate with Head Coaches and Directors of Coaching to integrate goalkeepers into team training, tactics, and style of play.
• Provide clear, consistent, age-appropriate feedback to players.
• Communicate professionally with players, families, coaches, and club staff.
• Support goalkeeper identification and player evaluations during tryouts and other assessment periods.
• Monitor player progress and communicate relevant observations to team coaches and club leadership.
• Create a safe, inclusive, organized, and high-energy training environment.
• Maintain attendance and player-development records as requested.
• Assist with the care, organization, and appropriate use of goalkeeper training equipment.
• Attend assigned training sessions, staff meetings, tryouts, camps, clinics, and club events.
• Follow HPFC policies, safety procedures, curriculum expectations, and professional standards.
• Maintain required certifications, training, and risk-management clearances.
• Contribute positively to HPFC’s coaching culture and player-development environment.
• Perform other related coaching duties reasonably assigned by the Director of Coaching.

Benefits

• Access to HPFC’s 401(k) retirement plan, including a club matching contribution, subject to plan terms.
• Medical and dental insurance eligibility for employees regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week.
• Washington State paid sick leave in accordance with applicable law.
• Opportunities for coaching education and professional development.
• Reimbursement for approved business travel and other authorized employment expenses in accordance with club policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed