GENERAL OVERVIEW OF KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Athletic Group Leader is responsible for planning and facilitating a structured basketball enrichment program within SPARK BTB. This position promotes youth development through athletics while ensuring student safety, academic accountability, and alignment with SPARK’s program standards and Burlington County youth service expectations.
The Athletic Group Leader serves as a coach, mentor, and positive role model, delivering structured skill development—not unsupervised free play.
Hours:
Monday through Friday,
3:00 PM- 6:00 PM
ESSENTIAL & CORE FUNCTIONS:
1. Assist the Program Coordinator in maintaining policies and procedures of the program.
2. Serve as a core staff member and a point person for emergencies.
3. Reports to the Program Coordinator any and all emergencies and/or problems.
4. Plan, develop and provide a nurturing, structured and enriching program of after-school activities for students.
5. Perform or assist with various administrative functions of the program such as composing, copying and distributing work, planning and preparing a weekly schedule for class and any other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
6. Maintain a clean and orderly environment for the program.
7. Create structured well-rounded programs for students.
8. Serve as the Youth Council Liaison.
9. Perform outreach for youth recruitment.
10. Perform outreach and contact students enrolled in the program who are not attending.
11. Complete outreach to community leaders, groups, and business with the goal of incorporating them into programming.
12. Implement activities as planned.
13. Supervise students during all activities.
14. Actively engage in activities with the children and acts as a role model.
15. Implement a Strength Based Youth Development Approach in all interactions and program activities with youth and their families.
16. Maintain students records and overall program documentation as required by the program including but not limited to Student Success Skills, Project Based Learning, attendance, physical exams, current emergency contact information and contact with adults in student lives.
17. Communicate with teachers and parents about children's daily activities and participate in parent conferences as needed.
18. Assist with the management of behaviors in the program and on field trips using a proactive approach.
19. Supervise students during breaks, walks to and from class and during snack.
20. Provide individual assistance to students for families as needed.
21. Complete class presentations and preparation of students' evaluations.
22. Attend all designated orientation sessions, all scheduled trainings and meetings.
23. Enforce all rules fairly and consistently according to the policies outlined.
24. Work cooperatively with group leaders and program staff making use of open communication and problem- solving skills.
25. Report to work at your scheduled start time.
26. Support the program mission and all administrative decisions.
27. Performs all duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
An Associates Degree or the credits equivalent to one with experience working with children and youth OR
A HS Diploma and a year or more experience working with children and youth
Experience in sensitivity with multicultural settings.
Knowledge of and must be sensitive towards adolescent development issues and have a desire to work with students ages 5 through 18.
Successful completion of training in CPR, and First Aid.
Acceptable FBI, criminal background check and child abuse history clearances required.
COMPETENCIES & PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Solid oral and written communication skills.
2. Good organizational skills.
3. Conflict resolution skills and peer mediation experience.
4. The ability to work well with others.
5. The ability to handle conflicts with diplomacy and tact.
6. The ability to listen and evaluate objectively.
ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY & RELATIONSHIPS:
1. The individual is to be supervised by the Program Coordinator.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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 occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, fingers, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hand and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.