Assistant Track & Field Coach in St. Paul, Minnesota at Bethel University

Bethel University is a leader in Christ-centered higher education with approximately 4,700 students from 50 states and 32 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bethel offers bachelor's and advanced degrees in nearly 100 fields. Educationally excellent classroom-based and online programs equip graduates to make exceptional contributions in life-long service to God and the world.

Bethel University’s Christ-centered mission includes a commitment to equal educational opportunity and equal employment opportunity. Bethel does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, familial status, or age in its admissions, educational programs, or employment practices.

About the role

Reporting directly to the Head Track and Field Coach, you'll join a healthy, collaborative team dynamic alongside other coaches and colleagues across campus. Your primary athletic focus will be leading and developing our horizontal jumps program. Unique to this role, you'll also serve an auxiliary function for the broader athletic department by overseeing the daily operations, programming, and student staffing of the Student Recreation Center (SRC).

In this role, you do more than just develop athletic talent; you play a vital part in Bethel’s mission to educate and equip students in a Christ-centered community. As a member of our coaching staff, you serve as a minister of the gospel by mentoring student-athletes to grow whole and holy—spiritually, academically, and athletically.

Typically, days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, with the expectation to work specific schedules and hours as identified and communicated by management. Frequent evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. This is a 40 hour per week, 12 months per year position.

While standard hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, this role requires flexibility for evening and weekend work, especially during the peak season of January through May

Salary Range: $46,700 - $47,174

What you'll do

Additional Athletic Department Responsibilities - 40%Oversee the daily operations and programming of the Student Recreation Center (SRC), ensuring a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment for students and other users.Collaborate with campus partners to support wellness initiatives and recreational programming.Assist with other departmental needs and responsibilities as assigned by the Athletic Director.Player Recruitment - 20%Identify, evaluate and recruit student athletes that are excellent athletically, academically and personally.Assist the head coach to maintain identified roster sizes. Program Management – 20% Assist the Head coach with practice planning, organization and implementation.Assist the head coach with game preparation and implementation.Assist the head coach to align with MIAC and NCAA policies.Assist the head coach with all program logistics.Player Development - 20%Assist the head coach with player development athletically, spiritually and academically.

Qualifications

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Education

Master’s degree

Required Experience

1+ years of experience coaching Track and Field at the NCAA Level OR3+ years of experience coaching Track and Field at the High School Level

Preferred Experience

3+ years of experience coaching Track and Field at the NCAA Level OR

experience as a highly competitive student-athlete

Additional Responsibilities:

Bethel’s mission is to educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a Christ-centered community. Bethel’s employee community plays a central role in developing our students as whole and holy persons. To carry out this mission, Bethel uses the foundation of our guiding documents, the Affirmation of Faith, Community Covenant, and Key Policies. Bethel expects all employees to actively participate in creating our Christ-centered community by agreeing with and abiding by our core beliefs in the Affirmation of Faith and supporting all other beliefs as Biblical, responsible, and thoughtful approaches while avoiding dissension and divisiveness. Employees teach and mentor students and help one another uphold our Community Covenant commitments. As a result of these expectations, all University employees act as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ by actively partnering with the University to carry out its mission and foster Bethel’s Christ-centered covenant community.

Other Duties: The essential functions, tasks and responsibilities of this position may change from time to time. Bethel University reserves the right to add or omit duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the University or its leadership. Additional tasks or duties required of the position, will be communicated to the incumbent with specificity to ensure the employee may perform their role with complete understanding. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed; it is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Remote Work and Sponsorship Restrictions:

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Please be aware that, due to specific legal and operational considerations, we are unable to consider applicants who live in and work from the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, Washington DC, HI, IL, IN, MA, MD, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, VT, and WA. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

Travel: This position does not require travel.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop and/or laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.

The work environment involves working for a suburban, Christian university in which all employees are expected to have a demonstrated commitment and personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a commitment to the mission and values of the University, and an agreement to abide by all University policies.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The job requires extended periods of sitting and traversing the Bethel Campus on a regular basis. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure people are able to perform the essential functions.

The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Expected Hours of Work:

While standard hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, this role requires flexibility for significant evening and weekend work, especially during the peak season of January through May.

This is a 40 hour per week, 12 months per year position.

Benefits

Bethel is committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees including health insurance, retirement plans, and a generous time off package. Learn more about these offerings here.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity in hiring .

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

The pay range for this role is:46,700 - 47,174 USD per year(Bethel University)