Assistant Men's & Women's Soccer Coach

The Assistant Men's and Women's Soccer Coach shall have the primary responsibilities to execute Soccer coaching strategies that include on and off-the-field performance. Building a competitive team in the competition; including, but not limited to player discipline and wins on the court. This position will report directly to both the Head Men's & Women's Soccer Coach.

Essential Functions:

• Assisting the head coach with the overall management of the Soccer programs, establishing and adhering to policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines in compliance with guidelines of the University, NAIA, State, and Federal Laws.

• Assist with organizing and directing all aspects of the Soccer programs: organizing practice sessions to enhance the team's performance as a highly visible sport.

• Enforce a consistent discipline policy and the code of conduct for both players and the team.

• Assisting with strategies for the recruitment of athletes and developing a regionally and nationally competitive team. This will include video services and operations tasks for recruiting, game analysis, scouting, and instructional training purposes.

• Coordinate with Head Coaches on meetings before and during the season.

• Make sure safety and proper skills and techniques are being taught.

• Assist the Head Coaches with team evaluation and ensure that the team is organized and within the code of conduct.

• Assist with mitigating low-level grievances and complaints between coaches and parents.

• Manage recruiting strategies through scouting, attending tournaments, and home visits, by the Sun Conference and regulations.

• Work to raise funds through the development of activities, camps, and/or clinics to enhance the Soccer Programs.

• Participate in institutional professional development and training. Display behavior consistent with professional ethics and the FMU faculty and staff handbook.

• Provide administrative efforts, events and programming, game operations, research, and presentation. This also includes but is not limited to team communication and hospitality guidelines. Representation at various South Florida business functions, industry conventions, business seminars, and meetings as directed.

• The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that logically relate to the position.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to handle information of sensitive and confidential nature in the utmost professional manner.

• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, initiative, resourcefulness, and personal accountability.

• Excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, and time management skills.

• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse constituents.

• Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Lifting is required (i.e., set-up of scorers' table, etc.), and some manual labor is expected.

• CPR and AED Certified.

• Moderate physical activity. Requires handling objects of average weight up to fifty (50) pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.

• Note: In compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA), those functions of the job that are identified as essential are required to be performed with or without reasonable accommodations. Requests to facilitate the performance of essential functions will be given careful consideration.

Florida Memorial University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.