Job Title: UYA Nike RBI Coordinator (Seasonal)
Job Summary: The KC Urban Youth Academy Nike RBI Coordinator will focus on executing sports-based youth development programs to teach the game of baseball and softball, while simultaneously providing life-changing social and emotional learning for youth ages 5-18. This position will lead and oversee a youth league division while providing major league style baseball/softball instruction and training.
The mission of the UYA is to empower Kansas’s City’s Urban Youth through baseball, softball, academic and social opportunities to be the leaders of tomorrow. The UYA is a complex that features four outdoor fields, a press box for educational programming, and a 38,000 square-foot indoor facility. The indoor facility houses an MLB-sized turf infield, four batting tunnels, four classrooms, and an athletic training room.
Position Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
● Provide baseball and/or softball instruction during scheduled programming and events at the UYA.
● Be a liaison between Nike RBI League Coaches and UYA Baseball and Softball Director
● Serve as coach to teach the fundamentals of baseball and softball, which includes facilitating practices to encourage youth participants to gain and develop life skills, knowledge, and techniques.
● Work with fellow coaches, coordinators, and Program Manager to develop, execute, and confirm practice plans to help players strengthen individual skills and team cohesiveness, while also developing life skills and intangibles necessary for team sports and life.
● Instruct and motivate players between the ages of 5-18, as well as evaluate players’ baseball and softball skills and provide constructive feedback for improvement.
● Ensure pre- and post-game routines are being executed.
● Assist or become head coaches on UYA teams.
● Assist with additional programming such as clinics for baseball and softball, team try-outs and practices
● Assist with various aspects of organizing or coordinating athletic events held at the UYA.
● Work collaboratively to recruit new student athletes to programming.
● Model and display the utmost professionalism in appearance, customer service, and coaching behavior.
● Always represents the Royals in a positive and professional manner.
● Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
● Attend any training, meetings, and special initiatives that are requested by the UYA or Royals leadership team.
● Perform other duties as assigned, such as setting up equipment before programming as well as retrieving the same after the conclusion of programming.
Position Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required:
● Demonstrated youth development experience preferred.
● Experience & knowledge of working with youth baseball and/or softball programs preferred.
● Ability to learn Nike RBI Rules and Regulations
● Ability to lead a group of children by giving instruction in field settings.
● Demonstrated experience and emotional commitment to working with youth and families in a low-income, urban community.
● Commitment to achieving the articulated objectives of the UYA for athletes, staff, and the community at-large.
● Embody the qualities of a strong role model for the Academy’s participants.
● Minimum physical requirements: able to gain access to various areas of the UYA for prolonged periods during events; able to lift and transport up to 25 pounds.
● Strong time management and organizational skills.
● Possess a very high degree of discretion and professionalism.
● Professional image and demeanor.
● High School Diploma. Must be 18 years old.
● Uphold Core Values for our youth based on work ethic, leadership, responsibility, accountability and moral principles, which will allow our student-athletes to acquire the unwavering strength of purpose that is the key to individual success.
Physical Requirements:
● Ability to lift items weighing as much as 30 pounds
● Must be able to be productive in a work environment where the noise level can be high at times
● Must be comfortable walking to navigate the facility to access the office, concourse, etc.
● Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as required by deadlines and event scheduling
The physical demands described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit for long periods of time; walk; use hands, handle, or feel.
This role is a Part-Time, Non-Exempt opportunity that is not eligible for Company Benefits, 401K, and PTO. The schedule for this position is dependent on our team schedule and is subject to change.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, the Kansas City Royals will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, the Club also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions please inquire with Human Resources by email at
[email protected].
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
