PARKOUR COACH

Portland, OR • Starting January 2, 2023

We’re looking for an enthusiastic coach who enjoys playing with kids. We’d like to meet you, whether you’ve got experience with parkour or are willing to learn. As a Coach, you will play parkour games with young people outdoors in local parks. You’ll also help the Lead Coach teach students parkour skills. We coach hundreds of students outdoors year-round, adapting to seasonal conditions with a positive, playful mindset. All coaches will receive our twelve-week Leap to Lead parkour coach training program in their first three months.

Parkour is a movement art that uses obstacles to navigate space creatively and/or efficiently. We apply skills such as running, jumping, climbing, and crawling to go under, over, and through obstacles. Parkour teaches you to play and create challenges anywhere, in both built and natural environments. It is a life-long practice with a supportive community that spans all generations and abilities.

This is a flexible, part-time position that requires a 3-month commitment to start. Position begins January 2, 2023.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Requirements:

  • Passion for movement and play

  • Available to work Tuesdays 2:15-5pm, Wednesday 8am-4:45pm, Thursday 5–7pm, and Sundays from 10-2pm. (There may be some flexibility with your work schedule.)

  • Enjoys working with youth ages 5–18, helping manage groups as large as 16 

  • A positive role model for kids

  • Ability to interact with students, their family members, and clients such as school administrators in a positive and professional manner

  • Adapts quickly to changing situations and comes up with solutions on the fly

  • Works well as part of our team, is reliable and punctual, and communicates effectively with staff and supervisors

  • Access to a vehicle for travel from site to site

  • Proof of Covid vaccination and booster

Preferred (not required):

  • Parkour experience 

  • Experience coaching movement such as fitness, dance, martial arts, or gymnastics

  • Customer service experience

  • Multilingual

  • Familiar with accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and language

Duties include:

  • Assisting weekly youth parkour classes outdoors at local parks

  • Communicating with caregivers at drop-off and pick-up

  • Responding to emails and phone calls in a timely manner

  • Monthly meetings with supervisor

  • Weekly staff trainings

Coach will also receive the following resources to learn parkour:

  • 12-week training on how to teach parkour games and basic techniques

  • Unlimited access to online resources for parkour skill progression videos (both for their own parkour practice and for coaching)

  • Unlimited access to adult parkour classes through Parkour Visions

  • Opportunity to assist adult classes and improve your parkour and coaching

Compensation: $21–24/hr* depending on experience

Weekly hours: 10-15

*For every group of classes taught per day, coaches also receive an additional hour of compensation to cover their setup time prior to class and for communications with their supervisor.

Benefits:

Parkour Visions offers the following benefits: 

  • Vacation Leave, accruing at 1 hour per 35

  • Sick Leave, occurring at 1 hour per 40

  • A $200 annual allowance for professional development, which could be used to cover courses, books, and learning materials

  • $30/month stipend subsidizing data, wifi, and travel expenses

  • Group health insurance if working 20+ hours per week, not currently subsidized by employer

  • Full scholarship to our 12-week parkour coach training program

  • Access to adult parkour classes

  • Full scholarship to youth classes for immediate family

  • Unlimited access to online resources for parkour skill progression videos (both for your own parkour practice and for coaching)

Reports to: Program Director

Type: Part-Time, Nonexempt

We require a minimum 3-month (seasonal) commitment, with the potential for long-term employment. Opportunities may become available to expand your role in the organization through promotion to administrator, community outreach, fundraising, and/or specialized coaching positions.

Send resume to:

Cordelia Storm
Executive Director, Parkour Visions
jobs@parkourvisions.org