Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach - Olympic Sports

Responsibilities: The Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach is responsible for providing instructional, programming, supervision, and corrective exercise assistance to the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the purpose of building a successful, competitive intercollegiate sports program that also retains and graduates student-athletes.

Benefits Highlights: Excellent fringe benefit package including paid vacation and sick leave; health, dental, life, and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. The University of Iowa is a Big Ten, nationally ranked research university with 30,000 students located in Iowa City. A vibrant community boasting excellent public schools, safe, comfortable neighborhoods, affordable housing, a highly educated population, and numerous cultural, recreational, and sporting opportunities and events contribute to the Iowa City area frequently appearing high on the best-places-to-live listings. Go to “Working at Iowa” to learn more.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree (or international equivalent) in exercise related field;
• CSCCa Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) or NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS);
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience working as a strength and conditioning coach in a collegiate or professional setting;
• Demonstrated extensive proficiency in:
  • designing speed, strength, and conditioning programs in a progressive manner;
  • assisting the rehabilitative phase of injury recovery;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Demonstrated experience in performance management, including effectively teaching and supervising small and large groups of student-athletes;
• Ability to work constructively and collaboratively in a diverse environment, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships;
• Working knowledge of and ability to:
  • Utilize basic office support software (word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets)
  • Operate effectively within a highly regulated team environment.

Desired qualifications:

• Higher education coursework in a related field;
• Experience coaching elite-level athletes at the collegiate level is highly desired;
• Demonstrated experience and working knowledge of
  • NCAA Division I strength and conditioning processes, issues, considerations;
  • Management and implementation of performance/readiness metrics

• Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
• Applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a relevant file to the submission. Applications without both a cover letter and resume will be considered incomplete and ineligible for consideration.
• Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.
• Five professional references will be required at a later step in the recruitment process.
• As a part of the University of Iowa’s review of your application and consistent with its policies and practices, the University may access and/or view information about you that is job-related and publicly available on the internet, including but not limited to information on social media sites. The access, viewing and/or use of such information is governed by the University’s
  Policy on Human Rights
  , as well as state and federal law.
• For questions or additional information, please contact
  tanner-erwin@uiowa.edu
  .