Soccer Without Borders, Coach-Mentor (Part-Time)
About Soccer Without Borders Colorado
Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is a non-profit organization that uses soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing newcomer refugee, asylee, and immigrant youth with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success. SWB’s programs provide youth who are traditionally excluded from extracurricular opportunities with a platform for positive engagement, an avenue for personal growth, and a toolkit for a brighter future.
SWB’s vision is to build a more inclusive world through soccer – one in which all youth have the opportunity to reach their inherent potential. Newcomer youth are one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States, facing complex barriers to integration, academic success, health, and happiness. SWB’s model is rooted in research, which helps us understand the complex factors that affect the youth, families, and communities with whom we work. SWB’s model includes four organizational lenses: access and inclusion; sport and health; youth development; and trauma-informed practices. Each lens represents a body of research that informs our program design. SWB programs integrate the three pillars of soccer, education, and community, in order to support our participants’ growth and social integration.
SWB Colorado provides services for newcomer youth in East Denver (Arapahoe and Denver Counties), North Denver (Adams and Denver Counties), and in Weld County (Cities of Evans and Greeley). Coach-Mentors with SWB Colorado support the following program types: TEAM programs for middle school and high school aged youth during the Fall and Spring school year seasons; Summer Camp programs for K-12th grade aged youth in June and July; the Youth Leaders Program for high school aged participants; and Clinics that serve as gender equity accelerators, community events, or as adjacent programming for community clinics providing resources to newcomer families.
Work Description
Coaches bring our mission to life every day through their work on and off the field, delivering quality programming and engaging in authentic community building. The Part-Time Coach-Mentor will be part of an innovative and inclusive organization that is made up of a passionate group of people who are united by the shared belief that sport can positively shape the lives of youth.
Role Expectations and Responsibilities
The Coach-Mentor position is a unique opportunity to build skills and gain experience in co-leading direct service programming at a community-based organization, while simultaneously gaining exposure to a growing national and global organization with a vision of a more inclusive and equitable world through soccer. Part-Time Employees must abide by all SWB policies regarding the safeguarding of children, confidentiality & privacy, and representation of Soccer Without Borders in the public arena, as outlined in the Staff Handbook.
This position has two primary areas of responsibility:
1. Direct Service (90%): Coach-Mentors work directly with newcomer youth and families. Collaborating with Soccer Without Borders team members, Coach-Mentors design and facilitate practices, games, league play, team-building activities, and community events throughout the season. The Coach-Mentor helps recruit and retain players by building an inclusive, safe space where all youth experience a sense of belonging and have the opportunity to learn and grow. The Coach-Mentor will learn the Soccer Without Borders “FAMILY” coaching model creating an environment where everyone has an opportunity to learn and grow. The Coach-Mentor also facilitates regular circles, which are key to SWB’s program model, because they create spaces for youth to develop social-emotional and leadership skills through reflection, voice, and connection.
2. Program Support (10%): Coach-Mentors support youth and families to overcome barriers to participation through youth and family engagement. Coach-Mentors are responsible for helping SWB communicate the impact of programming to funders in grants and to supporters on social media through the timely monitoring and reporting of activities and attendance, as well as by collecting surveys, stories, photos, and videos from our youth and families. The Coach-Mentor may assume other responsibilities to meet the unique needs of local program sites.
Rate of Hourly Pay: $20.00
Schedule: Available hours are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Typical weekday hours are 3:00-6:00pm. Weekend hours vary with a typical total of 4 hours per day.
Seasonal Schedule: SWB pays Part-Time Employees based on hours worked and are not guaranteed Paid Time Off, apart from certain exceptions that are detailed in the Staff Handbook. Hours are based on the seasonal schedule of your program location; when the office is closed, work may not be available.
Typical hours: 10 hrs weekly
Maximum number of hours: 20 hrs weekly
Locations: Currently seeking Coach-Mentors in the Cities of Evans and Greeley.