Soccer Program Lead

Responsibilities

• Contact Athletic Directors and Coaches of Girls and Boys soccer teams to encourage participation in our programs.
• Develop and maintain an ongoing relationship with area soccer coaches.
• Cook up all referees needed for each league.
• Submit all required dates for gym use to the Fitness/Rec management team at least one month in advance of event.
• Submit food and beverage needs to the Fitness/Rec management team at least one month in advance.
• Submit a Team Calendar listing all events with cost and marketing needs to Fitness/Rec management team one month in advance.
• Schedule time with Recreation and Fitness Management team to go over lesson plans, and age groups, etc.
• Have approved lesson plans written out and ready to be passed out to additional staff.
• Provide all necessary information for registration forms and to promote the event to the Marketing Department at least four weeks in advance.
• Coordinate with Recreation and Fitness Management team ages of teams, uniform, prices, staffing needs, etc.
• Be in charge of finding coaches for each team, running parents meetings, having teams post their lesson plans for practices, securing all registration monies prior to the start of league play, coordinating games with other teams, home and away.
• Provide all necessary information for registration forms and to promote the event to the Marketing Department at least four weeks in advance.
• Will be in charge of all soccer open gym times, keeping accurate track of stats, collecting guest passes and entering into kiosk, keeping order in the gym and taking care of any disturbances, requesting additional staff as appropriate, developing and launching Futsal and Futsal Jr programs, advertising - provide all necessary information for registration forms and to promote the event to the Marketing Department at least four weeks in advance, ensuring all open slots have been filled, collecting all fees, contacting and scheduling referees for games, creating schedules, coordinating staff for stats, clock, water, etc., ordering uniforms/shirts (if needed), providing event information to manager for entry into Kiosk system.
• Adult Leagues - Collecting fees from members, contacting and scheduling referees for games, creating schedules, coordinating staff for stats, clock, water, etc., ordering uniforms/shirts (if needed), providing event information to manager for entry into Kiosk system, providing all necessary information for registration forms and to promote the event to the Marketing Department at least four weeks in advance.
• Kroc Park - Assisting with all aspects of opening and closing activities of the park. All other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Fitness and Recreation Management Team.

Requirements

• A person of good character.
• Able to follow directions.
• Willing to work a variety of schedules as needed for programming.
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate clearly in English.
• Must be able to work well with others.
• If this person will be needed to drive as part of their responsibilities, then they will need to have a valid driver’s license and be able to pass a Salvation Army 12 passenger driving test.