Head Coach Women’s Soccer– Intercollegiate Athletics

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Head Coach Women’s Soccer– Intercollegiate Athletics

Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Generous benefits include paid time off including holidays and vacation, retirement match, and tuition remission for employee and dependents. Details at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location: Intercollegiate Athletics
Position Status: Full-time
Hours: Varied
Position Number: 381700/10-1006
FLSA Status: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the general direction of the Director of Athletics, the Head Women’s Soccer Coach is responsible for supervising, planning, and coordinating the activities of the University women’s soccer program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identifying and recruiting athletically and academically qualified prospective student-athletes to achieve roster goals and competitive success.

Head Coach Women’s Soccer– Intercollegiate Athletics

Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Generous benefits include paid time off including holidays and vacation, retirement match, and tuition remission for employee and dependents. Details at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location: Intercollegiate Athletics
Position Status: Full-time
Hours: Varied
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Position Number: 381700/10-1006
FLSA Status: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the general direction of the Director of Athletics, the Head Women’s Soccer Coach is responsible for supervising, planning, and coordinating the activities of the University women’s soccer program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identifying and recruiting athletically and academically qualified prospective student-athletes to achieve roster goals and competitive success.

Organizes, schedules and leads training sessions, game preparation and strategy, and off-season training regime.

Hiring, supervising and evaluating assistant coach and program volunteers.

Oversees administrative duties including scheduling, team travel, budgets, student-athlete eligibility and academic process.

Supports academic goals and maintains a high academic standard.

Attends all mandatory coaches/staff meetings.

Works with the Assistant Athletic Director for Budget to create and adhere to the women’s soccer program budget.

Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics in conjunction with the women’s soccer program.

Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as required.

Completes other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree an accredited institution or an additional four years of coaching experience

4-6 years of demonstrated coaching experience at the collegiate or club level or any equivalent combination of experience and training

Knowledge of and the ability to ensure compliance with NCAA Division I and conference rules and regulations and to operate within these guidelines

Strong leadership, supervisory, and communication skills

Availability to work nights and weekends as well as travel for away games

Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community

Ability to initiate and follow through with work responsibilities

Valid driver’s license required

Preferred qualifications:

2+ years as a head coach at the collegiate or club levels

Competitive success within an NCAA program

Experience working with and improving the performance of student-athletes

Leadership experience

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Commitment to the University’s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University’s Mission. Demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others).

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Catholic in its mission and ecumenical in spirit, Duquesne University values equality of opportunity as an educational institution and as an employer. We aspire to attract and sustain a diverse faculty and staff that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic goals and enriches our campus community. We particularly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups and support dual-career couples through our charter membership in this region's HERC (http://www.hercjobs.org/oh-western-pa-wv/).

We invite applicants for this position to learn more about our university and its Spiritan heritage by visiting http://www.duq.edu/about/mission-and-identity/mission-statement. Those invited to campus for an interview may be asked about ways in which they see their talents contributing to the continued growth of our community and furthering its mission.

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.