Youth and Sports Team Lead

5 months ago

Edmonton, Canada Free Play for Kids Inc. Full time

**Youth & Sport Team Lead**

**Job Summary**:
As a “Youth & Sport Team Leader” you are incredible with kids, have amazing relationships

skills and love sports. The job is perfectly suited to anyone who has played lots of sports and holds a degree in education, social work or childcare.

Your main role, as a “Youth & Sport Team Leader,” is to be the captain You're the glue that holds your staff team together, ensures the plan of the day is delivered at the highest levels, and that families in your care feel safe to Play, Belong, and Grow.

**Education & Qualifications**:
A degree or diploma in Education, Social Work, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Sociology, Youth Work, Early Childhood Education or equivalent.
- Experience working with kids such as coaching, social work, in school services, after
- school programs, day homes or summer camps.
- Experience coaching or delivering sport and play is a major asset.
- Experience playing a variety of sports is a major asset.
- Experience managing or leading a team is a major asset.
- Standard First Aid Certification and CPR training.
- Respect Group Certifications: Respect in Sport and Keeping Girls in Sport.
- Valid driver’s license with no at fault accidents.
- Clear Criminal and Vulnerable Sector check.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support families to register for the programs hosted at your site.
- Maintain the attendance list to ensure proper check-ins and check-outs are conducted daily.
- Help schedule your team of multi-sport coaches to ensure they know their shifts and to find coverage for days they are away.
- Ensure your team has the practice plans for each day and understands the sessions they are delivering alongside you.
- Lead the execution of the curriculum and lesson plans in Free Play’s four core sports of Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, and Flag Football.
- Make sure the gyms, fields, or classrooms in the school are booked for Free Play use and that all the equipment we need is on site and in good shape.
- There will be tournaments for the 24 different school sites to all come together and play each other. You’ll be coaching your teams in each space through friendly, fun, competition.
- Occasionally, you’ll take your school on field trips
- Conducting formal and informal skills assessments for program participants.
- Completing additional training and certifications as required through the Free Play training program.
- As the main liaison with your school site, your role is to be a great holder of space and excellent at relationships with teachers in the school and parents and guardians.

**Skills & Knowledge**:

- Amazing with kids
- Loves to move, play and participate
- Strong sport knowledge and ability to learn and teach new movement skills
- Fun, outgoing, strong servant leader
- Organized and able to manage multiple tasks
- Detail-oriented
- Oral speaking/presentation skills
- Willing advocate for children in sports
- Shows servant leadership
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Service oriented
- Strong oral and written communication
- Adaptability and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Continuous learner
- Reliability
- Respect for / understanding of cultural diversity

**Position Conditions**:
This is a part-time position from 1-5:30pm, however the daily work schedule may vary depending on youth programming schedule. Job is performed in a school and recreation setting, but work setting may vary depending on projects.

Free Play for Kids respectfully operates on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our community.

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20 per week

**Salary**: $22.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Edmonton, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- This job requires Sports Expertise. Do you play/ Coach Sports?

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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