Head Flag Football Coach (Exempt)

POSITION: Head Flag Football Coach (Exempt)

HSU JOB FAMILY CLASSIFICATION: Coach I

DEPARTMENT: Athletics

SUPERVISOR TITLE: Associate Vice President for Athletics

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

EXEMPTION: Professional Exemption

LOCATION: HSU Campus, Abilene, Texas

TARGET HIRE DATE: As Soon As Possible

HSU CHRISTIAN STANDARD REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT –Candidate mustprofess a Christian Faith, maintain membership in a local congregation, and respect the values and distinctives central to the historically Baptist values of HSU as reflected in the University’s Statement of Faith.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Human Resources 325-670-1259 or

SUMMARY/SCOPE:

The Head Coach for Flag Football will develop, manage, and successfully lead the women's flag football program, including practices, scheduling, recruiting and equipment management.

HSU JOB FAMILY CLASSIFICATION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure the spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and social welfare of student-athletes.

Ensure satisfactory academic performance of student-athletes.

Compliance: Ensuring adherence to NCAA, American Southwest Conference, and Hardin-Simmons University policies and procedures as they pertain to the flag football program.

Organization and Administration: Manage all team fund-raising and booster events in accordance with University, Conference, and NCAA expectations, and institutional rules, policies, and procedures. Participate in long-range planning and assessment, attend all departmental training sessions and meetings, read and comply with all departmental policy manuals. Opportunity to develop sport camps and conferences as fundraisers and compensation supplement.

Communication: Thorough and frequent communication with fellow staff members, student-athletes, supervisors and coaches.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Associate Vice President for Athletics.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervise graduate student workers, including graduate assistants and approved HSU volunteer coaches.

COMPETENCIES: This is your opportunity to demonstrate how your education and/or experience in your current or previous job relates to each function of this position.

Interview decisions are partially based on this information.

On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph for each competency listed below describing your background and qualifications in each area.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how jobs relate to others; uses resources effectively.

Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; analyzes market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES (Language, Mathematical, Reasoning and Computer Skills):

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER SKILLS: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software; Power Point; Electronic Medical Record Systems.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university required.

Master's degree preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

CPR/AED Certification required or the ability to obtain, if selected.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 - 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 – 100 pounds.

Will frequently be required to stand for prolonged periods of time.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions, extreme cold and extreme heat.

The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.