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Are you ready to change the world? Apply now using the following link: https://careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/494472/assistant-coach-womens-hockey

Job Summary: The duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Coach for Women’s Ice Hockey are to assist the Head Coach in the management and administration of a Division I Women’s Hockey program. The core responsibilities of the Assistant Coach are to recommend, implement and execute a successful recruiting philosophy and strategy to ensure student-athletes are committed and engaged academically, athletically, and socially. In addition, the Assistant Coach is responsible for preparing student-athletes both on and off the ice with instruction of an academic and personal nature. The Assistant Coach will also serve as coordinator for position-specific players and will assist in the development of all position players.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• One year of experience related to ice hockey including experience supervising, communicating with, and instructing student-athletes and prospective student-athletes
• Must possess valid US driver’s license
• Preferred: Coaching and/or playing experience

Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of NCAA regulations and guidelines governing the recruitment and retention of student-athletes
• Familiarity of athletic recruitment methods and techniques
• Ability to initiate, develop and maintain appropriate contacts
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Ability to work with a diverse population of student-athletes, parents, coaches, and administrators
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures
• Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
• Ability to identify athletic skill levels of potential student athletes

Shift: Non Standard Shift:  This position requires shift flexibility and a non-standard schedule, as it involves attending games and practices that may occur on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Additionally, the role includes travel to away games and tournaments, requiring adaptability to varying hours and locations.

Expected hiring range: $70,000 - 75,000

Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.

We welcome candidates who will bring diverse cultural, ethnic, national and international perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer.

About Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Why Rensselaer? Our dynamic global community of changemakers includes some of the world’s leading researchers, students, alumni, and faculty who ask the important questions and devise the scientific and technological innovations that make the world a better place for all of humanity. Nestled on a beautiful 275-acre campus in upstate NY, Rensselaer is home to five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, and one of the world’s fastest supercomputers.  Rensselaer faculty and alumni include more than 145 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, three astronauts, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration. To learn more, please visit www.rpi.edu. Are you ready to change the world? Apply now!

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