Water Polo - Talent Centre Head Coach (West Midlands)

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Home Based With Regional Travel

Sport Development

£20 per hour

05 May 2024

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Water Polo - Talent Centre Head Coach (West Midlands)

About Us

Swim England is striving to create a happier, healthier and more successful nation through swimming and aquatic activity. We strive to inspire everyone to enjoy the water in the way that suits them. As the recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming, diving and water polo in England, we help people learn how to swim, enjoy the water safely, and compete in all our sports.

Each month millions of people are able to enjoy our sports and activities because they have been through our renowned Swim England Learn to Swim Pathway.

Ensuring people are safe in the water is of paramount importance to us and so we work closely with partners to keep water safety high on the national agenda.

At our heart Swim England is a membership organisation dedicated to supporting our clubs and members to develop and succeed. We maintain the laws of the sport and run world-class national events that are open to all competing members.

We also operate a comprehensive range of qualification and education programmes for teachers, coaches, officials and tutors.

Swim England is an incorporated company with charitable status. Our subsidiary businesses are wholly owned companies which are commercial – profits are passed up to Swim England for investment into our charitable aims.

Find out more about what it’s like to work with us and the Swim England family here.

About The Role

Are you passionate about Water Polo in England and want to contribute to the future development of it?

Do you have knowledge and experience of talent identification and development?
Do you have broad experience developing water polo players?

We are seeking an experienced Talent Centre Head Coach within the West Midlands Region to join our team. You will be required to work 15 weeks throughout the year, on average 3 hours per week at a rate of £20 per hour.

This is an exciting opportunity working within the Water Polo Programme, with Swim England’s new 10-year strategy recently launched, which focuses on ensuring our aquatics environments promote an open and welcoming culture, with participant welfare at their heart.

The Talent Centre Program is the beginning of the international player pathway focused on ages 12-16. There are Swim England Water Polo Talent Centres geographically placed across the UK, who train weekly or fortnightly in order to ensure that participating players who attend are given the fundamental skills to succeed as a future national team player

Reporting to the Swim England Water Polo Talent and Inclusion Officer, you will be responsible for leading a team of coaches in the delivery of the National Talent Centre programme, mentoring and developing future national team coaches, contributing to the evolution of the National Talent Centre Syllabus and nurturing players on the talent pathway.

To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document and view the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV52HZVAm1o

About You

In order to be shortlisted for the next stage in the process you must demonstrate within your application how you meet the following criteria:

Essential

UKCC Level 2 Coach Certificate or the older Level 2 Coaching Qualification.
Experience and demonstrable success developing water polo players
Experience in successfully designing, delivering and evaluating athlete/coach performance programmes
A strong ability to build relationships in a multi-stakeholder environment
Experience managing, mentoring and motivating coaches / other support staff
Strong understanding of talent identification and development, from a technical perspective

Desirable

Coaching leadership experience within a national or international water polo programme
Experience implementing practical systems and interventions
Insight into or experience within, a national programme or equivalent experience
Understanding of budget management
A passionate attitude about open and fair talent identification

The candidate must also be willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check alongside relevant safeguarding training. For a full list of criteria please download the attached Job Description.

Interviews to take place on the week commencing 6th May.

So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you. Please contact [email protected] for an informal conversation regarding the role.

Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.

Swim England is committed to inclusion and embracing the spirit of all equalities legislation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. We recognise that the diversity of our workforce is not reflective of today’s society and we are currently operating a pilot scheme whereby applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds can opt into our guaranteed interview scheme. Candidates that have opted into the scheme will be guaranteed an interview provided that they have demonstrated, within their application, that they meet the essential criteria for the role. When completing the application, applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to ‘Opt In’ to the scheme, by ticking the box.

Where possible, Swim England will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. If you would like any of the documentation in a different format or would like to apply in a different way please get in touch via [email protected]. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010. However, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.

Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

This vacancy is being managed via a Safer Recruitment Process and as part of this recruitment process relevant checks such as self-declarations, references and criminal record checks will be carried out, in accordance with Wavepower.

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