Full job description

Position: Youth Basketball Head Coach – Weekday Recreational Leagues (Athletics Associate)

Hill House is seeking an enthusiastic and flexible individual for a Winter Basketball League coaching role in our athletics department. As the position will involve a lot of direct coaching, experience in coaching these age groups, or officiating any sport is a plus. The position posted is specifically focused on our larger in-house basketball leagues for players age 7 and up. Our leagues meet once a week on either Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays from 5-8pm. Every week teams practice for 30-40 minutes before playing a formal game against another team for 40-60 minutes. We start our 13 week season for every league on the first week of December, and we play at the RTH Community Center Gym at 11 New Whitney St in the Mission Hill area of Boston. This position could evolve into a larger role with the organization each season as an Athletics Associate!

The Hill House Athletics Associate is a year-round position with a seasonally adjusted schedule of approximately 15-20 hours per week. An ideal candidate will need early afternoon and evening availability as well as on weekends in the morning through mid-afternoons. As mentioned, the role will be predominantly involved with coaching basketball, baseball, and soccer (in addition to other sports). The position may also involve officiating youth sports, and may offer the potential for taking on the site coordination of larger programs. Successful associates are typically strong communicators and remain enthusiastic at all times while being passionate about working with children in the community.

The Athletics Associate will report to Hill House’s athletics administrators while working closely with many coaches, staff, and volunteers throughout Hill House’s athletics programming. The main site is located at 127 Mount Vernon Street, Boston 02108 while athletics fields are in walking distance.

Training throughout each season can be provided.

Schedule

• This is a flexible position that hopes hire an enthusiastic beginner friendly athletics coach to lead new in-house basketball teams through a fun lightly competitive season.
• Hired coaches who excel could continue to work seasonally with more coaching and officiating opportunities during every fall, winter, and spring season at Hill House for various sports.
• Winter Basketball Leagues start Monday December 2nd and end Non Wednesday March 5th (we skip the last two weeks of December for a winter break after the 12/18).
• Here are the main programs we’re seeking leadership for again –
• HH Basketball Junior League – Grade 2 & Grade 3 – Monday 5:00-6:30pm
• HH Basketball Senior League – Grade 4 & Grade 5 – Monday 6:30-8:00pm
• HH Basketball GIRLS Junior League – Grade 2 & Grade 3 – Tuesday 5:00-6:00pm
• HH Basketball GIRLS Senior League – Grade 4 & Grade 5 – Tuesday 6:00-8:00pm
• HH Basketball Pro League – Grade 6 through Grade 8 – Wednesday 5:00-8:00pm
• We expect to hire multiple coaches and that every coach will lead at least two teams at different age levels for at least two of our three league sessions a week.
• Additional opportunities may be available throughout our schedule for coaches who excel and are interested in more!
• Here is a link to our complete fall season for a complete overview of all of our coaching hour opportunities with clarity on all their start and end dates each season.
• FALL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE (copy and paste into another browser) – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SgGrT24rm3FlehKWZtyjMk7sGcoZKZvo9b4BTfjscqk/edit?gid=0#gid=0
• Pay starts at $20.00 an hour
• Instructors are paid for class gaps of up to an hour
• An ideal candidate could help lead all programs during this fall and would continue with us for future seasons in the fall, winter, spring, etc.

Season Dates

This is a winter focused position that will start in December and run until March. This role could evolve into a year-round position that adjusts its schedule based on the different program seasons. Winter runs between November-March, spring would run March-June, summer between June-September and fall during September-November. This role would maintain 15-20 hours per week through each season with some scheduled vacation weeks based on school calendars and in between seasons starting.

Program Location

Our programming is predominantly run on the Boston Common, Esplanade Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields and occasionally indoors at multiple facilities throughout the city. Most programs will be set the Beacon Hill area where we are based.

Qualifications and Skills

• Prior experience coaching a must.
• Strong desire and proven ability to work with children in the specified age groups.
• Ability to lead activities and supervise groups of players on your own.
• Ability to relate to players and other staff as part of a team.
• Strong character including but not limited to a sense of humor, enthusiasm, maturity and patience.
• Reliability, punctuality, adaptability, and availability throughout each season.
• Possess unique skills or talents that will bring originality and excitement to the program.

Organization

Hill House is a nonprofit community center located on Beacon Hill that serves Boston’s diverse downtown neighborhoods.

Hill House has truly become the ‘backyard in the city’ for thousands of families. Hill House is one of the most successful community centers in the area and one of the fastest growing. This is an opportunity for an enterprising individual to help shape that growth while respecting and leveraging Hill House’s strong history.

Our Mission

The mission of Hill House is to provide programs, services and activities to meet the diverse social, educational, cultural and recreational needs of individuals and families residing in Boston’s downtown neighborhoods. Through quality programs, collaborative partnerships and volunteer support, Hill House seeks to build and foster a strong sense of urban community and improve the quality of life for residents of all ages.

Our Values

• COMMUNITY: Our commitment is to our community. We focus on the community wants & needs first. Our mission is to bring people together, and we do that by listening, responding, and ensuring an environment of warmth and welcoming. We are the connectivity that binds our neighbors, community, and the larger city.
• HAPPINESS & FUN: Promote happiness for our families, program participants, and our staff and volunteers to create a happy organization! We do this by infusing fun into all we do. We let our inner child and zest for life shine!
• ENRICHMENT: Provide high quality programming to support physical, mental, creative, social, and emotional growth. The center of every program is about building skills, enjoyment, and an enriching experience.
• INCLUSIVENESS: We strive to make our organization as inclusive, diverse, and accessible as possible and to make sure the opportunity provided in our programs is available to any who wish to participate. We reflect the diversity of what it means to live in our city.
• TEAMWORK & COLLABORATION: We are only as strong as the sum of our parts and that means no individual can do it alone. We emphasize teamwork on the fields, in the classroom, and in the office. We support each other, our community, and our mission.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Temporary

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 2 – 4 per week

Schedule:

• After school
• Evening shift

Work Location: In person