Part Time Program Lead Boys and Girls Volleyball Coach

## Description

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

**ROLE SUMMARY**

The Program Lead for both Girls and Boys Varsity Programs is responsible for the oversight of athletic training; coordinating the strength and conditioning workouts with the Strength and Conditioning coach; providing technical support and training to athletes, and overall communication as appropriate to the sport. Coaches have responsibilities not only to the students under their supervision, but also to the parents, the school, and the community.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Key Responsibilities**

• Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as deep listening skills to gain understanding.
• Cultural Competence: Possesses and applies the skills, values, and principles that acknowledge, respect, contribute, and work effectively across cultural differences. Recognizes the unique value, prospectives, strengths, and challenges of every person who comes to the Oakwood community.
• Emotional intelligence: Demonstrates high levels of self/social awareness, self-management, empathy, curiosity.
• Relationship Management: Positivity collaborates and builds/maintains authentic and trusting relationships. Demonstrates high levels of discretion and confidentiality.
• Personal Growth: Demonstrates commitment and curiosity to ongoing learning and development.
• Collaboration: The interpersonal and intrapersonal qualities one will leverage to collectively solve a problem or make progress towards a common goal. The ability to work with others to complete a project or task or develop ideas or processes.

**Essential Functions**

• Exhibits and mentors the scholar-athletes in good sportsmanship and fair play.
• Attends league meetings and completes all required trainings/certifications
• Attends mandatory coaches’ meetings and trainings.
• Attends pre-season Athletics meetings (in evening) with parents/guardians.
• Monitors the conduct of their scholar-athletes during practices and games.
• Provides a safe environment for the scholar-athletes by checking the playing area and equipment before each practice and game.
• Prevent injuries to the best of their ability through thoughtful, balanced workouts and practices.
• Instructs scholar-athletes in the basic rules and fundamentals of the sport.
• Implements Athlete registration and evaluations and maintains the evaluation base.
• Reports match scores to CIF and Social Media outlets.
• Send weekly communication email to scholar-athletes and their parents/guardians with a look ahead to the coming 1-2 weeks (practices and games), objectives for the week, and any other pertinent information.
• Regularly communicates with scholar-athletes, parents/guardians, and the Athletics Department to ensure a positive experience for all scholar-athletes/team.
• Upholds Oakwood’s core values.
• Fosters an inclusive team environment.
• Travels to and from competitions scheduled by yourself and the AD.
• Travels to potential overnight trips during the entire season, which includes regional and state playoffs.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**

While performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent must be able to do the following

• Stand for extended periods
• Sit for extended periods
• Bend and reach for filing and other job-related functions
• Climb up and down stairs
• Bend, stoop, and lift to move and retrieve materials
• Pull, push, and lift
• Reach both above and below shoulder height.

Specific visual abilities include the following

• Close vision
• Color vision
• Depth perception, and
• The ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to visually inspect work.
• Manual dexterity to operate computer and other office equipment required.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

## Qualifications

**REQUIREMENTS**

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• Three years minimum of related coaching experience is preferred.
• Valid CPR/AED/First Aid Certification (American Red Cross/American Heart Association)
• General knowledge of best practices in interscholastic athletics and specifically Indoor Volleyball.
• Must have a Driver’s License and be able to drive a 7-passanger mini-van