Adaptive Sports Coordinator

Position Summary:

Develop, organize, and implement high quality YMCA Adaptive Sports programs for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with an initial focus on developing and launching adaptive basketball programming. Working directly in programs as needed, creating a safe, positive and inclusive atmosphere that promotes participant safety and engagement in accordance with YMCA policies, practices and procedures.

This role is part-time, approximately 15 hours per week, with flexible scheduling based on program needs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage, direct and coordinate assigned adaptive sports programs
• Develop and launch adaptive basketball programming, including program structure, participant recruitment, staffing and volunteer needs, equipment, scheduling, registration, and program delivery
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, schedule and direct personnel and volunteers as needed
• Review and evaluate staff performance, develop strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals
• Ensure program operates within budget and that program fees are collected
• Assure compliance with state and local regulations as they relate to program areas
• Ensure YMCA program standards are met and safety procedures followed
• Provide for upkeep of assigned program facilities and equipment
• Maintain relationships with participants, families/caregivers, and other organizations and agencies related to assigned programs
• Maintain proper records/department files
• Organize special events for participants
• Assist in YMCA fund raising activities
• Assist with Program Committee meetings
• Assist in the marketing and distribution of program information
• Compile program statistics
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of and participation in program
• Adapt program activities and delivery as appropriate to support participant needs, abilities, engagement, and success
• Provide administrative and operational support to other adaptive programs as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum age 18
• One year or more experience as a coordinator or supervisor of programs
• Two years or more experience working with youth and/or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Experience with adaptive recreation, sports, or inclusive programming preferred
• Basic computer skills/knowledge required
• Fluency in second language preferred

Y Culture:

• Build relationships with a diverse membership base in culturally responsive ways, connect members with one another and to the YMCA
• Exhibit Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility
• Complete required training and certifications within established guidelines
• Arrive on time ready for shift, clock in/out within timekeeping system

Embrace Team Leader Core Competencies:

Mission Advancement:

• Models and teaches the Y’s values
• Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives
• Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition
• Cultivates relationships to support fundraising

Collaboration:

• Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives
• Builds relationships to create small communities
• Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict
• Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience
• Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support

Operational Effectiveness:

• Provides others with frameworks for making decisions
• Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities
• Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team
• Effectively creates and manages budgets
• Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress

Personal Growth:

• Shares new insights
• Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change
• Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology

Physical and Mental Demands:  The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands:

Ability to plan, lead and participate in a range of activities in indoor/outdoor settings. Staff may occasionally lift children who weigh approximately 50 pounds. Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise program activities. May be required to push or pull large rolling cabinets along linoleum floors with the help of another person on a daily basis, may be required to roll and set up cafeteria tables, may be expected to lift 22 gallon storage boxes. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; may use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with members, staff, volunteers, and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied individuals.

Working Conditions:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically interaction with others is busy, constant and occasionally interruptive. Work may be demanding at times. May require ability to work irregular hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job descriptions represent a general outline of job duties, functions and qualifications. They are not intended to be comprehensive in nature. In addition, jobs evolve over time and therefore their description may not reflect the precise nature of the position at a given point in time.