Strength and Conditioning Coach

Description

About the Job

The Strength and Conditioning Coach will be responsible to create, monitor, and supervise all student-athlete individual and team strength and conditioning workouts. Other key duties will consist of collaborating with the coaching and training staff to facilitate and implement student athlete return to play protocols, manage all strength and conditioning records, and ensure that strength and conditioning facilities and equipment are functioning properly. This person must be able to work in a detail-oriented and highly-structured work environment collaboratively with coaches and training staff.

About Us

Colorado Christian University is the premier interdenominational Christian university in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region, delivering world class education to thousands of students. The fully accredited, nonprofit University is located in Lakewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver.

Colorado Christian University was founded in 1914 on two principles — grace and truth. CCU’s scriptural foundation comes from John 1:17: For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (ESV)

CCU's mission is Christ-centered higher education transforming students to impact the world with grace and truth.

A leader in higher education, the University has been consistently ranked in the top 2 percent of colleges and universities nationwide for its core curriculum by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. CCU has had nine consecutive years of enrollment growth and has been named one of the five fastest-growing master’s granting universities by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

CCU offers more than 200-degree program options for traditional and adult students through its College of Undergraduate Studies and College of Adult and Graduate

Studies. More than 9,000 students attend the University on the main campus, in regional centers throughout Colorado, and online.

Scripture states all Christians are called to serve Christ and to minister to others. Because Christians are individuals with different gifts and callings, we serve Christ in a variety of ministry vocations. CCU invites you to explore how you may use your calling and gifts at the University.

What is most appealing about working at CCU?

1. Live out your calling: We are a traditional evangelical university where you can invest your God-given talents and abilities alongside coworkers and teammates, while having a profound influence on students as they deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ.
2. Impact students for Christ: Our mission is to provide Christ-centered higher education, transforming students to impact the world with grace and truth.
3. Equip students for kingdom work: You can be a part of preparing students for positions of significant leadership in the church, business, government, education, and other professions, as a key part of our University's Strategic Priorities.
4. Contribute to our vibrant culture: CCU’s culture is unique to higher education. Where else can you read the Holy Bible, pray with teammates and students at work, and impact our culture in support of Christian values?

We’re looking for candidates who have:

1. A bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required. Prefer a minimum of two to five years strength and conditioning experience at the NCAA level.
2. Current Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist/National Strength & Conditioning Association-Certified Personal Trainer certifications along with CPR/AED, and First Aid.
3. The ability to work effectively with a variety of personalities. Able to effectively motivate and supervise student-athletes using a traditional evangelical Christian approach, and willingly support the CCU athletic department.
4. The initiative and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
5. The ability to remain active, hands-on, fully engaged, and alert while supervising all workouts.
6. A thorough understanding of, and readiness to implement the CCU Emergency Response Team protocols.
7. Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
8. Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
9. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Key Job Duties

1. Contribute to CCU’s mission: CCU provides Christ-centered higher education to transform students to impact the world with grace and truth. The Strength and Conditioning Coach will support student-athletes' spiritual growth by modeling a Christ-like attitude and philosophy in every aspect of the strength and conditioning program. This includes intentionally mentoring, encouraging, and praying with student-athletes while challenging them to evaluate how they are living out their personal relationship with Jesus Christ through their preparation, competition, and daily pursuit of excellence in their sport.
2. Collaborate with coaches to create appropriate and motivating team and individual preseason, season, and postseason strength and conditioning workouts. 
3. Monitor team and individual strength and conditioning workouts to ensure that each athlete is investing maximum effort to gain the greatest gain, using the safest technique possible in every workout. 
4. Conduct incremental preseason and postseason performance assessments to measure student-athlete growth in strength, flexibility, speed, and conditioning. 
5. Create and monitor optional team summer workouts, and provide summer hours in which CCU athletes can use campus facilities to complete these optional workouts. 
6. Manage all strength and conditioning records electronically. 
7. Ensure that all strength and conditioning equipment and facilities are in excellent working order. 
8. Model, demonstrate, and ensure that student athletes are implementing correct techniques that will optimize safety and growth during their workouts. 
9. Whenever possible and as assigned, attend games and contests to facilitate pregame warm-ups and dynamic stretching. 
10. Work collaboratively with coaches and athletic trainers to implement and facilitate return to play protocols for injured athletes. 
11. Serve as a game administrator when multiple events necessitate additional game administrative coverage. 
12. Other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, you may be required to walk, stand, sit, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, speak with clarity, and have appropriate vision and hearing capabilities. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. You will be required to work occasional irregular hours, including some nights and weekends. Colorado Christian University expects all faculty and staff to become a part of the University community by participating in activities and events that occur on the campus throughout the year, which may occur during evenings and weekends.

What we offer our employees:

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to all employees. Our benefit package includes: a tuition waiver program, excellent healthcare, generous paid time off, matching 403(b) retirement plan, and additional organizational paid benefits and voluntary benefit offerings. Pay and benefits will be discussed in more detail as candidates progress through the interview process.

Colorado Christian University’s pay philosophy is based on internal and external data for pay equity; along with budgetary considerations for effective stewardship. Pay will be assigned based on relevant experience at a range of $52,000-$56,000. We reserve the right to pay an equitable rate that we believe is within our salary structure or that may fit a candidate’s qualifications or experience for the job. A wage range posted is not a guarantee of a specific wage range for a job offer. CCU reserves the right to make pay decisions based on economic and equity considerations to attract the best possible talent. CCU does not determine pay based on sex or any other protected status. 

Spiritual Requirements

1. Committed follower of Jesus Christ, who believes there is no salvation apart from faith in his atonement on the cross, by grace alone becoming "born again" thus beginning a personal relationship with Christ, the Son of God.
2. Able to effectively communicate personal faith and apply biblical principles and convictions in the workplace. Must have a strong sense of calling to the ministry of Colorado Christian University.
3. Regularly attend and be engaged in meaningful involvement in a Bible-believing evangelical local church. Knowledgeable about the Word of God and passionate about Christian education.
4. Must be a traditional evangelical Christian whose lifestyle is in consonance with sound Christian principles, is compatible with CCU’s Statement of Faith, and is in agreement with the Strategic Priorities promulgated by the University.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Colorado Christian University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status. CCU is committed to an environment free from discrimination and harassment and calls on every member of the university community to be vigilant in deterring and reporting all violations. CCU does reserve the right to exercise preference on the basis of religion in all of its employment practices. All employees who work at CCU must demonstrate a spiritual testimony consistent with our evangelical mission and follow our lifestyle expectations.