[Winter 2025-2026] Middle School Girls Basketball Head Coach - East Harlem

Responsibilities

• Create and submit practice plans;
• Facilitate 1-3 practices per week;
• Lead logistics around athlete arrival and departure;
• Drive engagement and recruitment of athletes onto the team;
• Manage roster and game strategy on game day;
• Supervise and manage team and individual behavior at all times using positive discipline techniques and proactive interventions to ensure the physical and emotional safety of all scholars;
• Ensure that youth are physically safe around the supervision and transportation (when necessary);
• Follow all safety protocols put in place by the organization;
• Make sure attendance is taken at all practices and games;
• Model sports-like behavior and maintain appropriate conduct towards players, umpires, and spectators;
• Model and encourage positive youth behaviors and promote DREAM’s mission, values and organizational policies to all staff, participants and stakeholders;
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of coaching experience preferred;
• An understanding of the sport’s rules and regulations required;
• Experience working with school-age children required;
• Ability to uphold, promote, and model sport-based youth development principles; 
• Previous experience playing this sport competitively at the high school and/or college level preferred;
• CPR/First Aid certification, a plus;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organization skills and attention to detail;
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the belief that all students can succeed, and a deep desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

Commitment

• Start: 12/1/25
• End: 3/31/26
• Days & hours: Monday-Thursday, 3:45-6pm (Note: DREAM full-time staff who are coaches are expected to report to their posts at 4pm)
• Evening and weekend games
• Dates and hours are subject to change.

Location

• DREAM is hiring coaches for our East Harlem and Mott Haven Middle Schools.
• East Harlem: 1991 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
• Practices take place at the school, or in surrounding areas in East Harlem or the South Bronx.
• Game locations vary

Benefits

• DREAM offers the following benefits to our part-time employees:
• 403(b) retirement plan, with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment (12-month continuous period) in which you work a minimum of 1,000 hours;
• Disability benefits;
• Referral bonuses;
• Access to our Employee Discount Program, offering savings on travel, entertainment, retail, and more;
• High-performing part-time staff have the opportunity to apply for the DREAM Teaching Fellowship, through which they earn a Masters degree and become full-time teachers at DREAM.

Compensation

• DREAM offers competitive compensation. The rate for this position is $23 per hour.