Sports Instructor

Description

An exciting opportunity to join the team of a progressive YMCA located in vibrant Somerset County, New Jersey. The YMCA is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. With a 150-year-old history, Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) is a pillar of the community and has seven locations across three counties, which collectively serve upwards of 30,000 individuals. GSCY has 100 full-time and 950 part-time employees along with operating revenues to $22+ million.

The Y empowers everyone—no matter who they are or where they are from. To fulfill our purpose of strengthening community for all, GSCY is committed to being an inclusive organization and leveraging our collective impact to address social inequities. To learn more about GSCY, visit our website: http://gscymca.org

The Princeton YMCA is looking for athletic sports aficionados to provide children, teens, and adults with quality, multi-sports classes including Basketball, Soccer, Pre-School Sports, and more. Sports Instructors should be confident in working with a variety of age groups and helping others achieve their goals. This opportunity is ideal for anyone who works well with multiple age groups, loves all kinds of sports, and is creative and adaptive in needs of the participants of the class. This job is fully on-site, not remote.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Sports Instructors at the Y should be innovative, creative, fun, and inclusive of all levels / ability types to provide quality programming that encourages learning, healthy living, development of gross motor skills in youth, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Sports Instructors will create and execute their own curriculum to meet the needs of the participants of the class. 

Requirements

 QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have experience coaching a sport or teaching Physical Education. At minimum, must be an athlete with at least 3 years of experience playing in a team sport.
• Must have experience working with children as young as pre-school up to and including older teens.
• Must be at least 17 years of age.
• Should be comfortable with all areas of sports programming including skill development, safety, fair play, sportsmanship, and fun.
• Must be able to demonstrate and explain sports skills that are being taught to multiple age groups / ability levels and be inclusive of all. 
• Must be alert and have the quick ability to identify and prevent any safety concerns as they arise.
• Will need to be certified in CPR, First Aid, and AED prior to starting in this position.
• needs to be able to create and execute lesson plans for each lesson that encourages learning, growth, and goal achievement appropriate for each ability level and age group.
• Will need excellent communication skills not only to work with participants but to be able to communicate with parents regarding the progress of their child. 
• Must be consistent on a weekly basis and be very minimally absent, if at all, to provide consistency and quality to participants.

Benefits of working part-time at GSCY include:

·  FREE Individual Membership Access to any YMCA in the Nation.

·  10% Discount on most programming at Greater Somerset County YMCA.

·  Access to one of the leading retirement programs "Y Retirement Fund" from the first day of employment.

·  Opportunities for professional development, mentoring, growth, and promotion throughout the YMCA Movement.

·  Supportive and inclusive community for people of all backgrounds and access to Employee Resource Networks.

Greater Somerset County YMCA is a drug free work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information who share our values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.