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Department: Baseball Operations – Player Development
Job Title: Academy Education Coach
Reports To: Director of Wellness & Education
FLSA: Salary, Non-Exempt – Full-time position
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate regular room checks and implement hygiene education initiatives for academy rooms.
- Efficiently manage and organize Wellness and Education supplies within the academy premises.
- Support the Education Coordinator (EC) in facilitating high school enrollment processes for players.
- Provide assistance to EC in monitoring and following up on English class progress.
- Plan and coordinate various wellness events, activities, and outings for players.
- Offer individual tutoring sessions to players enrolled in high school or English language programs.
- Respond promptly to emails and phone calls, maintaining effective communication channels.
- Assist players in developing essential life skills necessary for their personal and professional growth.
- Contribute to the implementation of recycling programs within the academy.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Adhere to professional boundaries with both players and staff members.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive awareness and sensitivity towards cultural differences and traditions.
- Strong work ethic and willingness to work long, flexible hours including nights, weekends and holidays and some overtime throughout the year.
- Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and be a self-starter
- Independent judgment and ability to plan, prioritize, and organize a diversified workload.
- High level of interpersonal skills and ability to effectively embed and communicate with wide range of departments, seniority levels, and personalities.
- Must have excellent communication skills, good grammar, voice, and diction, strong interpersonal skills and a team-oriented spirit to provide exceptional service.
- Knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software for administrative tasks (Teamworks, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
Experience, Education, and Licensure:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Prior work experience in professional baseball preferred.
Requirements:
- Bilingual (English & Spanish) preferred.
- Ability to travel to affiliates within the United States and the Dominican Republic.
- Willing to relocate. Position is based in the Dominican Republic at the Reds DR Academy Complex.
Expectations:
- Adhere to Cincinnati Reds Organization Policies and Procedures.
- Act as a role model within and outside the Cincinnati Reds Organization.
- Perform duties as workload necessitates.
- Demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.
- Meet department productivity standards.
- Willingness to learn. Open to new methodologies.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
The Cincinnati Reds are an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the Cincinnati Reds to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, sex, age, disability, citizenship status, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
Disclaimer:
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. The above description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. Additional duties, as assigned, may become part of the job function. The duties listed above is, therefore, a partial representation not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a person in this position.
