Part-Time Basketball Coach / Mentor - Rebound Elevate

Good Shepherd Services•Brooklyn, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Rebound Elevate is a job readiness program that incorporates basketball to engage participants and explore careers in sports. The program serves young adults, who are disconnected, justice involved, overage and/or under-credited. In close collaboration with the Career and Success Coach and the Rebound team to apply principles of job and workforce readiness to the skills necessary to succeed on a basketball team and in life.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
Must be able to engage young people and set structure and limits in a group setting.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based and/or youth development perspective.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with older youth ages 18-26 preferred.
Knowledge of Trauma Informed Practice a plus
CPR, First Aid & AED Certification a plus

Responsibilities

Coach basketball three times a week during Elevate Cohort Session.
Develop sports curriculum that reflects the principles of workforce readiness and careers in sports management.
Support Rebound program basketball sessions and special events throughout the year.
Attend and participate in staff meetings and funder events.
Create a youth and family development, strength’s-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
Assist with Program Recruitment and Marketing
Build Partnerships via community canvasing, tabling events, and facilitation of presentations.
Collaborate with Good Shepherd Service programs.
Document classes/workshop planning as required.
Utilize technology daily to execute job functions including computers, tablets and phones to perform administrative tasks, data entry, virtual workshop facilitation, word processing, email correspondence, text messaging, social media marketing and internet navigation/research.
Provide alumni outreach and support including career counseling, referrals and skill development.
Ability to respond to physical needs of participants during programming in workshop and sports activities.
Lift, move, and transport objects weighing up to 50 pounds across sites for events/programming.
Travel is required across sites, partnership locations and special events up to 50% of the time.
Occasionally ascends/descends stairs in different locations that vary in accessibility.
Perform other duties as assigned.