Volunteer Girls on the Run Coach

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Coaching a Girls on the Run program is the most rewarding way to get involved with Girls on the Run. A volunteer head coach facilitates the Girls on the Run curriculum to a team of 8-15 girls in grades 3-5 or 6-8. Our curriculum focuses on inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident, and integrates training for a 5K into life lessons on important topics such as choosing good friends, resisting peer pressure, living with gratitude, developing healthy habits, etc. Girls meet twice per week for a 10-week season. The program culminates with the girls completing a celebratory 5K event.

This position works closely with the Council Director and entails approximately 4 hours per week for ten weeks, with additional time required on two to three weekend days for: a one day six hour training; a community race event; and for First Aid/CPR training, if necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Committment to Girls on the Run's mission to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.
• Experience working with youth
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to be flexible and to improvise when needed
• To inspire and motivate others to believe in the Girls on the Run mission
• High organizational skills
• The ability to recognize conflict and have the skills to help resolve it
• The capacity to work in a partnership with a co-coach and/or assistant coaches
• Successfully pass a Background Check
• First Aid/CPR certification (Council will provide training)
• Believe and support the mission of Girls on the Run

EXPERIENCE:

The ideal candidate will have the following experiences:

• Has worked directly with girls ages 8-14
• Has experience as a runner/walker either recreationally or competitively
• Has volunteered in direct service organizations
• Has awareness of the common and different needs of girls