What are the responsibilities and job description for the Goshen Youth Athletic Program Assistant position at Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County?
Youth Athletic Program Assistant
Job Summary:
This position assists in supervising and evaluating activities provided in the Sports & Fitness program area in a high-energy, enthusiastic manner.
Work Hours & Schedule
- 25 hours per week
- M-F from 3:00pm-8:00pm
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintain the health and safety of all children in the assigned area by ensuring that members understand and follow behavioral expectations and that the room is clean, well-lit, ventilated, and free from hazards.
- Utilize Youth Development Strategies to ensure members' self-esteem is maintained and enhanced.
- Assist in providing fun, beneficial, and imaginative programs.
- Support a culture of respect and trust with members.
- Continually model and teach character, morals, and ethics.
- Build positive relationships with member families and the community.
- Act as an advocate for members and the Club.
- Attain approval of schedules for programs and post current schedules.
- Ensure programs begin and end on time.
- Encourage members to make appropriate choices regarding their needs.
- Hold members accountable for their behavior.
- Instill in all members that sportsmanship is more important than winning.
- Build positive relationships with parents of members.
- Perform administrative tasks as required.
Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required
- Demonstrated competence working with youth.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Team player with high energy and strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Self-starter with high expectations for performance.
- Thorough understanding of the Boys & Girls Club mission and purpose is essential.
- Reliable transportation, safe driving record, driver's license, and automobile insurance required.
- Pre-employment drug screening, background, reference, and driver's record checks required.
- Position may require standing/sitting for extended periods of time, dexterity of hands and fingers to operate office equipment, reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, bending at the waist; seeing to review and analyze reports, documents or other reports; hearing and speaking to communicate and provide information to others; speaking to be heard before groups of people; position may require to lift, carry, pull or otherwise move objects between 10-40 pounds
