Freeride Head Coach - Seasonal

Essential Duties

• Recruit, organize, and manage program coaching staff including staff scheduling, performance planning, and evaluation.
• Assist to hire, train, manage Big Mountain Team administration staff within budget, promote efficiency, and keep workload manageable.
• Provide leadership of daily training for program participants.
• Communicate effectively with parents and athletes.
• Prepare and implement technical teaching progressions, methodologies and content for daily training for athletes in conjunction with Program Senior Manager/Director.
• Set and maintain courses and closures, following course setting standards of the IFSA and RMFSA.
• Have high standards for safety in all training environments.
• Assure that all facilities and equipment are properly maintained and stored.
• Video and conduct video analysis sessions with participants on a regular basis.
• Conduct athlete goal setting meetings at start of year, review throughout season, and at the end of the season.
• Cookordination team travel to Big Mountain events and other local, regional and national competitions.
• Responsible for athlete supervision, van transportation, team captain's meeting representation, accommodation, lodging check in/out, and on-hill coaching duties at these events.
• Provide positive feedback on a daily basis to participants and submit written mid-season and year-end evaluations on each participant.
• Assist athletes and their families in obtaining equipment from ski manufacturers' representatives.
• Conduct program orientations for parents and athletes.
• Participate in coaches meetings, briefings, and other professional functions as directed by Freestyle/Freeskiing Senior Manager/Director.
• Provide regular feedback and evaluations to Big Mountain coaching staff.
• Plan for spring, summer and fall on and off snow ski and conditioning camps and dry land activities in conjunction with the Freestyle/ Freeskiing Senior Manager Director and Sports Performance Manager.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill And Ability Requirements

• IFSA coaches certification level I
• 3-5 years coaching experience
• Administrative experience of a full-time ski program or previous experience as a head or full-time coach
• Current knowledge of IFSA and RMFSA rules and competitive coaching experience is desirable.
• High school diploma or equivalent is also essential.

Physical Demands And Working Conditions

• Mountain Environment
• The primary physical environment in which this position works is out of doors with a high exposure level to cold, snow, wind, rain, bugs, sun, high altitude, extreme heights, lightning, etc...
• The degree of strenuous activity within the job is considered to be high.
• Often lifting a weight of 50 pounds throughout the day is common.
• Additional strenuous physical activity may include walking or hiking upon uneven, challenging terrain with heavy tools or equipment.
• Exposure to:
• Chemicals required for cleaning, de-greasing, and painting
• Ultra Violet radiation from the sun enhanced through lack of atmospheric filtration at work altitude.
• Fumes produced in activities ranging from cleaning to painting to fabrication of metal products.
• Noise generated by snowmobiles, lift equipment, and tools may require hearing protection to be worn.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.

Travel Requirements

• Position will require travel to IFSA regional, National and Nor Am competitions throughout the season.

Other Duties As Assigned

• This position description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities for the role described above. With the evolution of Winter Park Resort, the responsibilities of this position may change as may the dates associated with many of the tasks.
• During these times of change, this position requires the flexibility and willingness to accept new responsibilities and potentially transfer others.
• It will also be the responsibility of any employee of Winter Park Resort to be a positive influence on the transformation of the resort and its associated lines of business.