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Posted: 12-May-22
Location: Seattle, Washington
Type: Full-time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: 32,000 (10 mos/yr)
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Internal Number: 150726
Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach (10 mos/yr)
Seattle, WA;
Staff May 12, '22
About Seattle Pacific University:
Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission.
Diversity Statement
As part of our mission of cultural engagement, SPU is committed to building an excellent and diverse staff and faculty. Diversity is an ethos that is inseparable from our Christian faith. At SPU, we recognize diversity as a basic feature of God's creation and a core theme of the gospel. At the heart of our mission-centered commitment to becoming a more diverse community is a desire to represent the breadth of God's kingdom more fully.
We strive to become a workplace of choice and to recruit, develop, and retain faculty and staff who can embrace, value, and engage differences with humility and care. We invite you to join us on our journey by starting a career at SPU! Learn more about SPU's commitment to diversity and opportunities for our employees to deepen their capacity to serve our increasingly diverse student body.
Seattle Pacific University provides reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the application or hiring process please contact the Human Resources Department at (206)281-2809, or email hr@spu.edu. Notification must be given at least five (5) working days before the accommodation is needed.
Job Description:
General Summary: Participate in organization and execution of volleyball recruitment, practice planning and training, scheduling for in season and off season competition, game scouting and coordination, fundraising opportunities, and cultural development in the program.
Job Duties:
- Support student-athlete welfare and good academic standing of team members.
- Provide a positive Christian coaching role model, and spiritual and social development of student athletes.
- Recruit student-athletes and is available for recruiting administration.
- Conform to and is knowledgeable of all NCAA regulations and conference requirements and exhibit proficiency through a passing score on the NCAA coaches examination.
- Participate in organization and execution of team practices and individual workouts.
- Cooperate in specified game assignments, secure up-to-date information by scouting, help maintain the videotape exchange program, helps with off season competition organization and execution.
- Help organize fundraising events such as summer camps and maintaining donor database.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in athletics, related field, or equivalent.
- Two years previous experience in coaching volleyball at the high school, club or collegiate level.
- Certified in basic first aid, CPR, AED.
- Ability to obtain Washington State driver's license, have and maintain a good driving record.
- Knowledge and technical skills necessary to accomplish the assigned task.
- Maturing and contagious Christian faith, knowledge of and willingness to actively support the Christian mission of the University and accept the lifestyle standards of the Christian community.
- The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coaches, students, faculty, administration, community, and especially volleyball athletes.
- Excited to contribute to a positive office working environment and mentoring young women off the court.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledgeable in the GMS system.
- 1-5 years coaching and recruiting experience at the college level, preferably at a place that incorporates GMS coaching.
- Microsoft office proficient (excel etc.), and video editing capabilities in iMovie or similar software.
Additional Information:
Position will remain open until filled. This is a full time, 10 months per year position, with June and July off.
Salary: $32,000 annually (10 month position)
This is a full time position with excellent benefits. SPU pays the employee premium for medical, dental, and vision insurance. SPU makes contributions to an employee HSA account and to a retirement account after one year of eligibility in the plan. Tuition discount program available for the employee and qualified immediate family members.
Application Instructions:
Please submit a cover letter and resume along with the online application.
All SPU employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to submit documentary proof of vaccination unless an exception applies. For more information, see SPU's Vaccination Requirements FAQs web page.
