Join Our Team

Join Our Team

Our team is growing! We’re hiring a Youth Cycling Programs Director to further our mission to create opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to find achievement, adventure, and connection through cycling.

This full-time role will help expand our existing youth programs, which reached 345 unique juniors under age 15 and their families in 2023. This person will also be instrumental launching a new after school youth cycling program.

Clipped In for Life is currently an office of three, surrounded by an amazing volunteer family. Together, we combine passion and hard work to produce high quality events and impactful programs that bring our community together.

Youth Cycling Programs Director

• Based in El Dorado Hills, CA
• Hybrid remote work
• Full time position (no more than 40 hours / week)
• $25 an hour
• Flexible schedule. Monday to Friday, Weekends as needed.
• Driver’s License required. Must be able to commute to El Dorado Hills.

Candidate Attributes: If This Describes You, Let’s Chat!

1. You find it energizing to mentor kids and rewarding to watch them gain skills and confidence.
2. You love riding your mountain bike and think it would be amazing to combine that passion with your professional expertise to make a career.
3. You enjoy building programs and coaching teams of people to accomplish a shared goal.

Organization Overview (And How This Position Fits Into Our Grand Plan!)

Clipped In for Life, a non-profit organization comprised of passionate people dedicated to the love of cycling, is seeking a youth programs director. The person will be instrumental in creating and driving a novel concept aimed at progressing youth from basic to advanced bike riding skills. The candidate should have a love of cycling and the desire to have a meaningful and lasting impact upon the youth in our area. The director will be a driving force to create, develop, and manage the program. If you remember the challenge, joy, and freedom of learning to ride a bike, then this position offers that same life changing potential to you and the youth enrolled.

This is a full-time position, often with non-traditional hours that revolve around the needs and availability of the youth we aim to serve. Directly responsible for the creation and growth of our after school program, the youth programs director will help develop curriculum, hire and manage part time coaches, be involved with marketing and outreach, and grow the program’s schedule offerings potentially including off-site camps and field trips. An ideal candidate would come with experience managing youth programs and have a passion and skillset for growth as this position could develop into a regional director role that oversees multiple sites and staff.

Clipped In for Life is committed to revolutionizing the way people learn to ride bikes and providing a clear pathway of skill progression and opportunities that are found with other youth sports. The youth programs director will be instrumental in the development and growth of this concept, should understand the potential to influence the culture and health of our community, and have a mature passion for sharing the benefits of an active lifestyle.

Day-to-Day: What You’ll Do

In coordination with Clipped In for Life operations and event team, direct Clipped In for Life’s existing youth programs including scheduling, management of equipment, staff and volunteers for:

• The 678 middle school programs
• The Grom Race Series events
• Get Rollin’ Summer Camps
• Balance Bike Bash Events
• Folsom Pedal Quest
• In-school Get Rollin’ elective partnerships

Launch our new comprehensive learn-to-ride program for kids. Take a lead role in the development, launch and operations of the Grip Academy after school program including:

• Development of curriculum and lesson plans.
• Assist in site planning.
• Hiring of part time coaches.
• Integration of existing youth programs into overall Grip Academy programming.
• Schedule development and participant communications.
• Management of budget resources, equipment and infrastructure.
• Volunteer management.
• Pursue marketing and outreach events, partnering with schools, municipalities and TMA’s.
• Work with CIFL staff and board to develop long term partnerships, sponsorships and fulfill grant requirements.
• Develop program staff policies and best practices.
• Manage and maintain participant database including check-in/out platform

I Got This: What Skills/Experience You’ll Need

• A passion for, and experience in youth development.
• Experience in leading youth after school or summer camp programs preferred.
• Strong leadership skills with an energetic, engaging communication style that can successfully lead large groups.
• At least a basic competency and comfort level with mountain biking. Advanced level skills and experience is a bonus, but not required.
• Passion and energy to grow program opportunities.
• Creativity – we are counting on you to help develop new and innovative ideas!
• Managerial skills, coordinating schedules and managing part-time staff and/or volunteers.
• Strong organizational skills, able to manage multiple timelines and projects simultaneously.

I Got That Too: What Skills/Experience You Might Have

• Significant experience in child development, specifically youth sports & coaching.
• Experience in creating and refining teaching curriculum.
• Experience in non-profit or municipal youth sports management.
• Experience in the education industry including management.
• A high-level skillset in mountain biking, with significant race experience.

I think I’d be a great candidate! What’s next?

Please email your cover letter and resume to our Director of Operations, Jennifer Claassen, at jclaassen@clippedinforlife.org. First round of interviews begins April 15, 2024.