Assistant Coach - Women's Rugby

Overview

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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program and Ph.D. programs, and supports a community of 40 academic departments and 30+ centers. FAS aims to foster ambition, curiosity and a shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence and prepares the next generation of leaders through a transformative educational experience.

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Head Coach, the purpose of this position is to use athletics as a tool to educate college students. Through inter-collegiate competition and related activities, this role serves as a teacher and mentor to help build student character, prepare students for a constructive life, and teach life lessons including work ethic, discipline, resilience, persistence, teamwork and selflessness, goal-setting and goal achievement, overcoming adversity, and leadership.

This position typically influences student-athletes for their four years at Harvard and supports their personal development.

This position assists in planning, directing and coaching the women’s inter-collegiate Women’s Rugby program and typically works with all student-athletes in the program.

This position typically requires experience coaching at the collegiate level or comparable experience. Comparable experience may include coaching/teaching at the professional level. For sports prominent internationally, comparable experience may include playing in a professional or high-performance environment, such as for a national team or at the Olympic level.

This is a one-year term position renewable at the discretion of the Head Coach and the Athletics Director. Full-time, partial year (11 months).

Under the direction of the Head Coach, assist in running the inter-collegiate Women’s Rugby program p instruct and develop student-athletes; participate in strategic decisions in contest situations; assist in developing and implementing the recruiting strategy; and handle administrative responsibilities including recruiting logistics and planning, compliance, team travel details, and equipment ordering.

• Evening and weekend work required.
• Frequent travel required.
• Work in environments with extreme heat, cold, rain, and high levels of noise.

Work Format: On-Site

• Must be able to lift equipment associated with the sport.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Minimum of 1 year of rugby coaching experience, or 4 years of rugby playing experience at the collegiate, national, professional, and/or Olympic level

• Experience working with Backs and/or…