Careers

Coach-Mentor and Program Lead (Soccer, FT)

SCOPE
South Bronx United Inc. (SBU) is a sports-based youth development organization that uses soccer as a tool for social change aiming to help youth build character, teamwork, and leadership so they can succeed in high school, college, careers, their community and beyond.  SBU serves more than 1,600 young people annually through programming on the field and in the classroom, working to unite a diverse group of students, families, and the South Bronx community toward positive goals. SBU is driven to accomplish our mission and promote the SBU Values of Showing Commitment, Bringing Integrity, and Uniting our Community in all that we do.

SBU is seeking energetic individuals with a passion for positive youth development and soccer to join our team as a full time Coach-Mentor. The Coach-Mentor will serve as the head coach of one or two travel teams within the SBU Academy, a comprehensive program combining competitive travel soccer with college/career readiness and social emotional learning for 190 youth annually, grades 6-12. This dynamic role combines individual mentorship for student-athletes on your team(s), full team management, and program-wide initiative leadership. Coach-Mentors play a pivotal role in student engagement and positive experience at SBU, contributing to overall program goals of helping young people develop essential life skills to thrive in all areas of their life.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Serve as a mentor for student-athletes on your team(s)

• Build strong and trusting mentor relationship with student athletes through the effective practice of Positive Youth Development 

• Oversee student engagement, attendance, and progress in all aspects of SBU

• Maintain weekly contact with each student athlete and/or a guardian  

• Maintain regular contact with mentees’ parent/guardian, keeping them updated on all program progress 

• Support SBU Education Managers in monitoring student academic performance and assist in the collection of student report cards, transcripts, and school documents

• Collaborate with Social Work Program Manager and Education Managers to identify social emotional (SEL) progress and challenges of student-athletes 

• Support the facilitation of weekly academic and SEL programming with your team(s), promoting student engagement and program cohesion 

• Hold weekly meetings with Academic Managers and Social Worker to individually review each student to develop and implement interventions to support them 

 2. Manage all aspects of head coach position for competitive travel soccer team(s)  

• Ensure all soccer activities are infused with elements of Positive Youth Development 

• Plan and lead engaging training sessions at least two times per week to develop tactical and technical skills among all athletes

• Coach and manage team at games, ensuring sportsmanship and positive representation of themselves and SBU

• Coordinate team travel and traveling with students to games and events

• Track attendance data from soccer training and games

• Conducting student-athlete and guardian outreach to keep them updated in advance of all schedules and addressing any attendance concerns 

• Implement SBU’s Game Eligibility system and other program policies on the soccer field, using cohesive messaging across the whole program

• Work collaboratively with an assistant coach when applicable and support the development of new SBU coaches 

• Manage all team equipment and collaborate with Director of Soccer and Soccer Operations Coordinator on all logistical matters 

3. Lead a program wide initiative addressing key areas of program growth and access to quality soccer opportunities in the South Bronx community. These include player recruitment, girls’ advancement, developing community soccer programs, or college soccer recruitment. Key responsibilities in each of these would include:

• Support the planning and implementation of an annual calendar to lay out key aspects of the initiative

• Plan and facilitate events and ongoing programming related to the initiative 

• Conduct community outreach and engagement

• Create and maintain strategic partnerships that support goals of the initiative 

• Manage all administrative aspects of data tracking and organization of designated initiative

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Candidates should ideally meet the following requirements:

• Commitment to the sport-based youth development model with ability to balance competitive approach with helping young people learn and grow 

• Grassroots coaching license required, D license or equivalent preferred

• Creativity in infusing team building and social emotional learning into soccer 

• Experience and passion for soccer coaching youth from diverse backgrounds

• Ability to plan and run engaging training sessions that build athlete’s technical and tactical soccer abilities 

• Ability to work weekends and evenings with flexibility around travel soccer schedules

• Self-awareness and recognition of ways that race and other identities intersect in the work, especially for communities we support

• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage a variety of responsibilities 

• Spanish and/or French fluency is preferred

SCHEDULE
Full Time, exact schedule depends on team assignments. General hours, 12:00-8:00pm four days per week Monday-Friday, Saturday or Sunday hours around game schedules.

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

• The starting salary for this position is $40,000 - $45,000, commensurate with education and experience.

• Financial support for continuing coach education through licensing

• South Bronx United offers complete health benefits, including a fully covered health insurance plan, vision and dental options, life insurance, an individual professional development fund, employer managed 401k, 26 PTO days, paid parental leave, pre-tax commuter benefits, and other benefits provided through a Professional Employer Organization (PEO). Staff also get a 40% discount at SBU’s Clubhouse Cafe coffee shop.

START DATE
August 2025

TO APPLY
Please send your cover letter and resume to hiring@southbronxunited.org with "Full Time Coach Mentor” in the subject line. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.