Head of Development Full Time

Epsom, Surrey
SWIM ENGLAND

Organisation: Epsom District Swimming Club Contract Type: Self-Employed Qualifications: Coaching Swimming: Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 2 Award Working Hours: Part time Location: Epsom Salary: Highly competitive, dependent upon experience Closing Date: 11th January :59

Epsom District Swimming Club (EDSC) based in Surrey is looking for a Head of Development who is enthusiastic, passionate and well organised. The coach will lead their own academy squads and develop our junior swimmers aged between 8 and 11 years old and lead delivery of the development pathway at EDSC. The successful candidate will provide exceptional coaching and have the commitment, management, and communication skills to deliver the aims of EDSC.

The club has approximately 150 swimmers in the competitive squads and is backed by a separate, large, vibrant swim school (Seahorses) with over 850 swimmers which helps provide a natural feed of talented juniors into the competitive squads. We offer lessons, coaching and competitive swimming for swimmers. Ages start from 3 going through to masters. We are proud of our community spirit and inclusiveness, with swimmers ranging from youngsters in lessons, to performance athletes competing at county, regional and national levels. We also support masters’ swimmers, triathletes and open water swimmers. EDSC is a strong and highly successful club and in recent years we have won numerous medals at Surrey Age Groups plus medal success at the Regional and English National level. We participate in the Arena Junior League and Arena League.

We train at pools in and around Epsom.

Reporting to the Head Coach, the Head of Development will lead the delivery of the development pathway and the assistant coaches within the junior section of the club. This is composed of two academy squads and a club squad. The Head of Development will work closely with the Seahorse manager and lead teacher as swimmers transition into the competitive squads.

The successful candidate will:

• Be enthusiastic and dynamic and love teaching our younger swimmers.
• Have strong technical coaching skills.
• Provide excellence in coaching through the recognised best practice (in line with the British Swimming OADF) that will improve performance outcomes for swimmers at all levels.
• Attend regular competitions in line with the calendar set out with the Head Coach
• Be well organised and plan training sets for the Academy swimmers.
• Work with the Seahorse Swim School to help transition swimmers moving up into the Academy squads.
• Be able to work well with both our senior qualified Head Coach and other coaches
• Have good communication skills with swimmers, parents, coaching team and committee members alike.
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills; both written and verbal.
• Set high standards for themselves as well as demanding high standards of others at all times.
• Have the ability to inspire, motivate, develop, and mentor young swimmers across squads, as well as the ability to build strong relationships with the team.

The role involves 10 hours per week as a squad coach plus attending meets/galas in line with the competitions calendar. There are also opportunities for additional ad hoc coaching requirements, working with our Head Coach and other squads. EDSC is a Swim Mark accredited Club

How to apply

Please send your CV to the Chair via the apply button.

This vacancy may require the following qualifications:

• Coaching Swimming: Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 2 Award