YBA Site Coordinator (Part Time)

The Site Coordinator is responsible for implementing daily summer league logistics and acting as lead coach for summer league activities.  Site Coordinators are responsible for tracking daily attendance and leading occasional one-one-one coaching sessions designed to develop assistant coaches as baseball instructors, youth development specialists, and community leaders.   

Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Site Coordinators commit to supporting the youth baseball and character development initiatives of the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. This includes the Academy’s summer instructional league, which immerses underserved youth in The Academy Way – a positive culture of teamwork, effort, continual learning, and a love of baseball. 

This is a part time position working an average of 34 hours per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Warmly welcome and greet participants and their families.
• Assist in the distribution of snack before programming begins and dinner at the conclusion of each session.
• Take a lead role in implementing baseball/softball instruction and lead Team Time.
• Maintain supplies for baseball/softball-and other physical activities.
• Manage all volunteer coaches at their site.
• Lead measurement and evaluation efforts at each site.
• Ensure Summer League character development curriculum is being followed and administered.
• Implement tailored baseball instruction to young Scholar Athletes.
• Help Scholar-Athletes develop baseball skills learned on the diamond into life lessons that can help them succeed in the classroom and their community.
• Tracking daily attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in coaching youth sports.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in youth development preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to be prepared and organized for every event day.

• Knowledge of baseball/softball rules.
• Commitment to achieving the articulated objectives of the Academy for Scholar Athletes, staff, and the community at-large.
• Demonstrated leadership and motivational skills.
• Embody the qualities of a strong role model for the Academy’s Scholar Athletes.
• Uphold Core Values: Excellence, Performance, and Accountability. These core values set the tone in everything we do, help us succeed on and off the field, make a difference in the community and provide the best guest experience in sports.  It is important that the person in the position commits themselves to these core values so that we can constantly move forward in the same direction – Together.

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Field: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a baseball coach encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Summer League Site Coordinator will be subject to inside and outside environmental conditions and will be exposed to inclement weather of varying degrees. Job requires the Summer League Site Coordinator to function in a high activity sports venue. While performing the duties of this job, the Summer League Site Coordinator is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, run, jump, and climb up/down stairs.

Compensation:

The projected wage rate for this position is $20.00 - $32.00 per hour. Actual pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s: qualifications, skills, expertise, education/training, certifications, and other organization requirements. Starting salaries for new employees are frequently not at the top of the applicable salary range.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Nationals are dedicated to offering equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.