Seasonal Coach, Riley Sports Legends Experience

OVERVIEW: The seasonal Riley Sports Legends Experience (RSLE) Coach for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis facilitates quality interactive sport experiences for visitors through formal and informal coaching of the fundamentals of sports, conversation, interactions, and storytelling. The incumbent is part of the team that engages in the presentation of fun, safe and inclusive sport activities that emphasize the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through interactive presentation and demonstration of skills and drills. The coach contributes to a positive learning environment where visitors can learn sportsmanship, fundamental skills, teamwork, and responsibility all while having fun and being active. They participate in the delivery of customer service as well as general facility maintenance. 

The Children’s Museum is building and sustaining an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates differences. We believe that collaboration and open dialogue among people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives best support our vision and mission.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Facilitates games, through positive interaction. Encourages cooperation and teamwork to promote personal and group success in an activity setting. Prepares for the presentation of coaching programs by researching subject matter, memorizing scripts, practicing skills, and honing presentation techniques.
2. Shares the stories of RSLE Legends with children and families so that they may experience legendary moments that transcended the game.
3. Encourages visitors to observe, learn, practice, and develop fundamental locomotor (traveling actions), non-locomotor (movement in place), and manipulative (object handling) movements. Integrates fundamentals of individual and team sports and activities while adapting to visitor’s developmental level and adapting to physical abilities.
4. Teaches fundamental skills of sports in a fun and inclusive way. Coaches visitors emphasizing skill development, safety, fair play, sportsmanship, and fun.
5. Completes training in internal interpretation, RSLE and general customer service and operations. Remains well versed in changing exhibit content, activities, scripts and facilitated programs. Maintains a high level of content knowledge for each exhibit in order to provide high quality experiences.
6. Promotes health and physical literacy, as well as the motivation to engage in the health-enhancing physical activity needed to achieve and maintain a balanced, healthy life.
7. Prepares experience and exhibit spaces daily for visitors. Maintains a safe and inviting atmosphere. Greets visitors. Provides daily care and cleaning of exhibit and activities. Completes checklists and reports maintenance and safety concerns in a timely manner. Sets up and takes down sets, props, or equipment.
8. Interacts positively with visitors and respond to questions and concerns. Resolves visitor concerns quickly and tactfully.
9. Responds to visitor needs for first aid and separated children. Knows and adheres to museum policies and procedures.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. High School diploma or GED equivalent.
2. Youth coaching experience or extensive participation in sports preferred.
3. A strong desire to work with children and adults while consistently exuding enthusiasm, patience, organization, maturity and dependability
4. One (1) year experience working with children and youth in formal and informal environments preferred. Demonstrated competency in a variety of sports and ability to learn and teach fundamentals.
5. Strong presentation and customer service skills.
6. Must work a flexible weekday, weekend, evening and some holiday’s schedule. The Museum is open 7 days per week with evening hours.
7. Must be able to work outdoors in extreme weather conditions.
8. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment that values diversity and is child-centric. 
9. Interacts with visitors and co-workers in a supportive, positive, and friendly manner.

ADA REQUIREMENTS:

1. Must be able to perform extensive work in indoor and outdoor environments, to perceive space, to read documents and diagrams and to view computer monitor.
2. Must be able to communicate through projecting voice and varying tone. Team and group dialog required for communication of plans and concepts. 
3. Must be able to sit, stand, squat, and kneel for long periods of time and lift up to 50lbs. Must be able to repeatedly lift, push, pull or carry objects. Use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue and to effectively throw an object, jump and sprint.
4. Must be able to negotiate pedestrian travel throughout the museum physical space and campus.
5. Must have physical strength and stamina to endure extreme temperatures, precipitation, and humidity in the outdoor environment.