Job Description

Title: Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

Position Purpose:

The part time Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach is a 10 month academic year position working in the Department of Athletics. This position is responsible for the development and implementation of strength and conditioning programming, providing significant contributions to the development of student-athletes through mentorship, guidance, community building, and a commitment to social justice. This position is also responsible for the administration of policies related to strength and conditioning within varsity intercollegiate athletics, adhering to guidelines from Bates College, the NCAA, and NESCAC.

Job Duties:

Essential Duties:

• Assist the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach to design, organize, implement, supervise, and administer multi-faceted training protocols and modalities that are orthopedically safe and physiologically sound for student-athletes.
• Collaborate with Head Coaches to build strength and condition programs that meet the needs of their teams and individual student-athletes.
• Provide training necessary through skills, strength, and conditioning to enable students to compete safely and competitively.
• Administer and evaluate performance tests and assessments in partnership with head coaches to track student athlete progress and determine effectiveness of training.
• Assist in the management of the strength and conditioning facility, including inventory and regular scheduled maintenance of equipment, ensure cleanliness to prevent disease transmission.
• Works closely with the Sports Medicine staff to ensure student-athlete safety.
• Assist in the training, management, and oversight of student workers employed in the strength and conditioning facility.
• Motivate students and staff to participate in an atmosphere of sportsmanship, professionalism, and respect among student athletes, coaches, and other intercollegiate athletic teams.
• Serve as a caring, empathetic, and engaged advisor and mentor to students athletes, having a knowledge of campus resources to refer student athletes when necessary.
• Engage in professional development with an eye towards gaining new knowledge in the realm of current best practices, successful coaching pedagogy, training/skill development, and risk management.

Administrative Duties:

• Assist the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with scheduling and conduct strength and conditioning sessions adhering to governing bodies such as Bates College, the NCAA, and NESCAC.
• Maintain familiarity with all rules and regulations required by governing bodies for compliance.
• Attend all athletics department meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Current CPR, AED, and First Aid certification required.
• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Certified Strength & Condition Specialist (CSCS), and/or Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA), Strength and Conditioning
• Coach Certified (SCCC) required. OR in the process of obtaining a required certification.

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of strength and conditioning coaching required and within an intercollegiate environment preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of sport skills, training, and strategies for competition in a highly-competitive conference required.
• Managing and maintaining a strength and conditioning facility.
• Demonstrated success in supporting students from underrepresented groups, including students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, first-generation-to-college students, and low-income students.
• Ability and willingness to travel (by car, air, train, or bus) domestically and internationally as needed for competition.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships with clientele such as students, staff, faculty, and co-workers.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and listening) skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills for successful documentation, planning, and execution.
• Proficiency in basic data management systems and basic data management systems and basic computer software (e.g. Microsoft Word and Excel, Power Point, WordPress (website), Google Docs, email, and calendaring)
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, evenings, and other non-traditional schedules.
• Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a top-tier small liberal arts college.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, access to the library and athletic facilities, and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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