Head Coach, Men's Volleyball

Opportunity

You’re a driven leader with a proven track record in coaching, ready to inspire and develop high-performance student athletes. You have a strong understanding of a student-centered approach that focuses on students’ academic, community, leadership, and cultural growth. As an experienced industry professional, your expertise in sport-specific policies, procedures, and processes is key in ensuring the success of our athletics program.

If this sounds like you, we need your talents! Apply to the Men’s Volleyball, Head Coach position, and join our dedicated and supportive team.

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$18,000 to $22,000 annually.

Do what you love. Be good t’s how Douglas College defines a great career. It’s a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC’s Top Employers. We love what we do. And we’re looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada’s best degree-granting colleges even better.

Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.

The Men's Volleyball, Head Coach position is a part-time contract position that receives direction from the Manager, Athletics & Recreation Operations. The Head Coach leads in the sport‑specific program delivery and has an understanding of sport‑specific and sport governing bodies (PACWEST, NWAC and CCAA) policies, procedures and protocols. They will have a strong understanding of a student-centered approach focusing on the development of the whole student (high academic achievement, leadership development, and community service and culture development).

The Head Coach is also responsible for ensuring that safe facilities and equipment are provided, current methods of physiological injury prevention are used, and that the coaching staff are properly certified. A key responsibility includes implementing and following through on fund and friend-raising initiatives working with alum and other groups. The Head Coach will also develop recruiting networks through contact with secondary school athletes, coaches, clubs, teachers, parents, clinic/camp programs, academies, etc.,

and help promote the team through the local media, community and school districts.

These responsibilities will be fulfilled through coordination, planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategies. There is an expectation that proper training techniques for athlete academic, motor, skill and mental development will be supported by all coaching and athletic staff. Successful candidates must be team players who work respectfully and cooperatively with the Director, Athletics and Recreation, Managers of Athletics & Recreation Operations and Royals Athletics staff in scheduling, facility issues, travel planning, budgeting, apparel and completing necessary administrative requirements.

Superior interpersonal, teamwork, organizational, leadership, coaching, and technical skills are also required.

• NCCP Coaching certification is required with a minimum three years of coaching experience at the post-secondary or senior high school level.
• A Bachelor’s degree is preferred and a class IV BC Driver’s License would be an asset.
• Recruit, develop and mentor student-athletes with high athletic skills and great character.
• Develop perennial national contenders.
• Create a community of loyal supporters and partners eager to contribute to developing a top-of-class team.
• Provide coaching leadership in the ongoing development and improvement of the student-athletes, coaching staff and the overall program.
• Fully embrace the Royals culture.
• A demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and inspire student-athletes aged 17-25.
• Good understanding of the PACWEST and CCAA leagues, their policies and expectations.
• Success at Provincial or National Championships is an asset.
• Experience in recruiting student-athletes.
• Strong communication, motivational, and organizational…