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Summer 2024 Internship: Youth Soccer, Programs

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Sporting Kansas City

May 12, 2024

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Kansas City

Requirements

  • Personal Attributes:
  • Strong organizational, communications and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to organize work effectively, conceptualize and prioritize objectives and exercise independent judgment based on an understanding of organizational policies and activities.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, and talent for accuracy and precision.
  • Professional appearance and attitude, as well as the ability to work with others.
  • Skills and Experience:
  • Currently Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in applicable major to Youth Programs
  • Prefer candidates with experience working with children
  • Prefer candidates with coaching experience
  • Able to work on projects alone and present in front of a group
  • Must be able to fluently speak, read, and write the English language.
  • Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Calendar.
  • Physical Abilities:
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
  • Required to sit, stand and walk.
  • Frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.
  • Reach with hands and arms.
  • Required to talk and hear consistently.

Responsibilities

  • Work in a team environment to further enhance our overall strategy and philosophy of play for children ages two to fourteen years old, typically in groups of 10 children per class, at facilities throughout the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.
  • Lead and assist with 45–60 minute training sessions that are both fun and engaging.
  • Take a child-centered approach in coaching children how to enjoy the game of soccer at its earliest foundation.
  • Emphasize and promote the importance of active and healthy lifestyles.
  • Travel to and from various facilities to help maintain and operate programming.
  • Be able to travel to various cities throughout the Midwest and represent Sporting KC Youth Programs in a camp setting.
  • Attend all Sporting Kansas City home games, as well as non-soccer related events.
  • Represent Sporting Kansas City and its related affiliates in a professional manner at all times.
  • Perform other related tasks as assigned.
  • Match Day Responsibilities:
  • Act as a representative of Sporting Kansas City at all home matches, engaging with guests and working to create Magic Moments for all fans.
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Sporting Kansas City

@SportingKC

Entertainment & Media
Industry
501-1000
Employees
1996
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Sporting Kansas City is proud to be the only professional sports organization in Kansas City with local ownership. The team's parent organization, Sporting Club, consists of the following five entrepreneurs in the Kansas City business community: The Patterson Family, Cliff Illig, Robb Heineman, Greg Maday and Pat Curran. Sporting Kansas City is a charter member of Major League Soccer and plays at state-of-the-art Sporting Park, which opened in June 2011 as one of the best stadiums of its size in the world.