Youth Development Coach; Brooklyn

Hourly Rate: $28/hour non-DOE employees; $50/hour DOE employees

The Youth Development Coach will facilitate sport and academic enrichment activities. This person will develop lesson plans to implement the Power Play program model with program participants. This position requires the ability to write lesson plans and facilitate physical and social-emotional learning activities. This person will help promote a positive image of Powerplay’s core mission, values, and purpose.

Power Play NYC is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the lives of girls through sports, helping them grow physically, emotionally, and academically stronger. The nonprofit creates opportunities for girls aged 8-18 by partnering with schools and community-based organizations to conduct after-school and summer programs that emphasize physical fitness and education. Through sports, Power Play builds girls’ confidence and resiliency, and creates safe spaces where girls learn from each other and from strong female role models.

Power Play programming is offered in all five boroughs and is concentrated in low-income, underserved communities and in Title 1-funded public schools.

Power Play serves over 1,800 girls and young women per year through its core programs and citywide events, and across 35 partner sites throughout NYC. Over 97% of participants are girls of color (primarily Black and Latinx), and over 90% receive free school lunch. Participants benefit from a year-round continuum of cohort-based services through three central programs:
Sports Training and Role models for Success (STARS) Series Program, STARS CGI, and 21st Century Learning Communities (21C).

Other duties may be assigned.

• Collect enrollment packets and surveys (pre and post) from school/site contacts within the designated timeframe.
• Data entry of program-based surveys.
• Track attendance weekly and maintain program site roster.
• Complete online timecard by required deadlines.

• The Youth Development Coach will be placed at after-school program site(s). Powerplay NYC will select the coaching sites, based on coach preference and availability.
• Follow designated curriculum and collaborate with co-coach in advance.
• Development of lesson plans and activities in advance and share with site and Powerplay NYC staff.
• Maintain appropriate communication (email, social media, or verbal communication) and physical boundaries with participants and staff.
• Adhere to proper mandated regarding any suspicion of child abuse or neglect to the relevant authorities with support of leadership team.
• Keep Power Play staff informed of pertinent site information, including any challenges in fulfilling site responsibilities.
• Report site injuries via appropriate forms and immediately communicate incidents with Senior Program Manager and Site Coordinators at assigned sites.
• Communicate with Power Play NYC leadership staff regarding conflict resolution, crisis intervention, or emotional distress.

• Attend mandatory training and program meetings.

• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and commitment to the mission, vision and culture of Power Play NYC.
• Must be knowledgeable and skilled in a variety of sports and have prior experience successfully teaching and instructing youth.
• Must have a minimum of 2 years of coaching experience and/or experience as a member of an intercollegiate team is preferred.
• Ability to identify and anticipate problems, analyze situations and recommend solutions/problem solve.
• Proactive, “can-do” approach/attitude; demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness.
• An excellent team player with a positive attitude and the ability to connect and collaborate with others.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with proven ability to interact with a diverse range of individuals both in person and over the phone, applying tact and discretion as situations demand.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of student information.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions and school-age childcare guidelines.
• At least 1 year of…