Youth Team Head Coach

Rock Spot Climbing•Boston, MA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Head Coach at Rock Spot Climbing will plan for and run weekly team and pre-team practices as well as travel/coach for team trips and USA Climbing competitions. All job requirements will be completed under the Head of Coaching and Training. This is a part-time position that will require evening and weekend shifts. You should expect to work 15 hours a week with occasional weeks requiring more hours, especially during competition season, on team trips, or during the summer if you work with our camp programs. Additional hours can be added to make this a full-time position through setting, program management, coaching our adult teams and/or recreational youth classes. Our team members are dynamic individuals who are on board with our Mission and Core Values, noted below.

Requirements

Strong rock climbing experience, indoors and outdoors
Youth coaching experience
The ability to be certified as a USA Climbing youth coach - see general requirements here and background check requirements here.

Nice To Haves

Positive and motivating personality
Experience implementing lesson and training plans
Strong communication skills
Experience working with youth of all ages
Ability to teach advanced climbing technique
Ability to take initiative as well as work as part of a growing team
Ability to engage an audience
Ability to enforce rules and regulations
Detail oriented and organized
Punctual and reliable
Patient

Responsibilities

Provide excellent coaching to our youth team members while maintaining a safe, positive and productive learning atmosphere.
Identify individual areas for growth in our team members and to help create individualized training plans to help them meet their climbing goals.
Establish a positive team environment and act as a positive role model for our youth.
Explain and demonstrate advanced technique with excellence.
Build relationships with our youth team members, their parents, and the general gym community.
Aim to positively promote the gym and our services to help connect our guests to the services that best meet their needs.
Develop and implement a high quality program focused on the individual team members goals as well as the health of the team overall.
Use your past experiences and individualized creativity to help create a program that helps our youth team to best grow and meet their goals.
Work as a team alongside the other coaches and program staff.
Take and implement direction from the Director of Programs as well as the other regional Head Coaches.
Work with our other program staff to ensure our high standards are consistent between locations.
Use multiple administrative tools to help log both team wide and individual training plans, coordinate program schedules, and maintain contact with our other coaches and teams.