Woman's Cross Country Assistant Coach

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Woman Cross Country Assistant Coach

Department: Athletic

FLSA Class: Exempt

Reports To: Cross-Country Woman’s Head Coach

Status: Seasonal/Part-time

Location: College Place, Main Campus

Grade: N/A

Created: 2024

Updated:

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Woman Cross Country Assistant Coach

Department: Athletic

FLSA Class: Exempt

Reports To: Cross-Country Woman’s Head Coach

Status: Seasonal/Part-time

Location: College Place, Main Campus

Grade: N/A

Created: 2024

Updated:

Position #: 10341004

Compensation: $2,500 to $2,500 Annually

Benefits: This position is not eligible for benefits.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Assistant Coach for Women's Cross Country plays a vital role in supporting the head coach in the
management and development of the women's cross-country program. This position involves actively
contributing to the coaching strategy, training sessions, and overall athlete development. The Assistant Coach
will collaborate with the coaching staff to create a positive team culture, focusing on fostering athletes'
technical skills, physical conditioning, and mental resilience. Additionally, involvement in recruitment efforts,
academic support, and administrative tasks will be integral to the success of the women's cross-country team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Strategic Planning:
   

• Contribute to the development of training plans and competition strategies.
• Provide support during races, including race-day logistics and strategic guidance.

1. Team Development:
   

• Assist in planning and conducting effective training sessions to enhance athletes' technical skills,

endurance, and race readiness.

• Provide individualized coaching and feedback to support the development of each athlete.
• Contribute to fostering a positive and inclusive team culture that prioritizes teamwork,

sportsmanship, and personal growth.

• Support initiatives aimed at creating a cohesive and supportive team environment

1. Recruitment and Retention:
   

• Assist in identifying and recruiting talented student-athletes, including attending events, evaluating

prospects, and maintaining communication with potential recruits.

• Collaborate with the coaching staff to create a comprehensive recruitment strategy.

1. Administrative Duties:
   

• Assist with day-to-day administrative tasks, including scheduling, travel arrangements, and

equipment management.

• Ensure compliance and track all players academic success, NAIA eligibility, and progress towards

a degree.

1. Community Engagement:
   

• Assist the head coach on the organization and participation in community outreach program for

men's and women's cross-country team(s).

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• Assist in representative of the women's cross-country program in community outreach initiatives.
• Cultivate positive relationships with alumni, fans, and local running organizations.

1. Performs other duties as assigned formally or informally, orally or in writing
   

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

“Non-essential” If a duty takes up less than 5% of the employees’ time and is not viewed as a critical function
it is likely considered “non-essential” within the context of the ADA. These duties could be reassigned to
another employee in order to allow a disabled individual to hold the position.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED & GIVEN

Supervision Received: Employee has broad management responsibility for a large program or set of related
functions. Administrative direction is usually received in terms of goals; review is received in terms of results.

Supervision Given: Yes

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: High school diploma required or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Bachelor’s degree in Business preferred.

• Licenses/Certifications: CPR
• Experience/Skills

• Years of experience: 1-3 years
• Quality/Compliance: Achieving a standard of excellence with our work processes and
outcomes, demonstrating strong attention to detail, honoring University policies and all
regulatory requirements, and maintaining confidentiality.

• Customer Focus: Striving for high customer satisfaction, going out of their way to be helpful
and pleasant, making it easy as possible on the customer rather than our department or the
University.

• Communication: Balancing listening and talking, speaking and writing clearly and accurately,

influencing others, keeping others informed.

• Collegiality: Being helpful, respectful, approachable and team-oriented, building strong working
relationships and a positive work environment, and ability to relate to and work with diverse
groups of people.
Initiative: Taking ownership of work responsibilities, doing what is needed without being asked,
following through.

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• Efficiency: Planning ahead, managing time well, being on time and dependable, being cost

conscious, thinking of better ways to do things.

• Coachability: Being receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.
• People management: Setting clear expectations, reviewing progress, providing timely feedback

and guidance, holding people accountable.

ADDITIONAL JOB-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum: Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Use of MS Outlook is a requirement. Preferred: Proficiency
with Front Rush, and video scouting program(s) used.

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WORK CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT

Job Conditions: Frequent: computer use, fast-paced work, unscheduled interruptions, and speaking, reading,
and understanding English. Occasional: travel, working more than 40 hours/week, on-call weekend work,
and after-hours work.

Lifting/Moving: Frequent: Pushing, Pulling, Lifting and Carrying 50-100 pounds.

Physical: Stooping, kneeling, crouching and/or crawling, Walking and/or running, moving from one
location to another, Standing, Sitting, Climbing or balancing, Reaching, handling, fingering, and/or feeling
i.e., computer use, sports), Talking and/or hearing, using feet/legs to control equipment and seeing/vision.

Environment: Indoor, Outdoor in mild to inclement weather, Wet/Dry Conditions, Cold/Heat, and
Noise/Vibrations. Occasional: Fumes/Dust/Odors.

Equipment: Computer, copy machines, weight training equipment, whistle, timing equipment, and trail
management equipment.

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