Full-Time Manchester Performance Centre Lead Coach, World Class Aquatics Programme
Job Description
British Swimming is the national governing body for aquatic sports in Great Britain and is responsible internationally for representation of the sports at high performance level. Our World Class Swimming Programmes provide a number of Performance Centre daily training environments for permanent athlete groups as well as acting as ‘performance hubs’ for national programme-wide activity and a focal point for the provision of rehabilitation services for athletes.
Following a very successful Paralympic and Olympic Games in Tokyo, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the coaching team at the Manchester Performance Centre, situated at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. The Manchester Performance Centre is an inclusive environment, with a specific focus on Para-Swimming, but will also be catering for athletes from the Olympic Swimming Programme too. British Swimming is recruiting a Lead Coach to provide world-class standard coaching to athletes with the ultimate objective of achieving medal success at senior World and Paralympic/Olympic level.
The post will work under the overall direction of the Associate Performance Director but with a close day to day working relationship with the Head Coach – Para Swimming.
The Manchester Performance Centre Lead Coach will be responsible for coaching and driving the development of an identified group of swimmers across all strokes and distances. You will devise individual athlete plans, including setting performance targets and process goals in collaboration with other senior programme staff, including the Head Coach Para-Swimming and Head of Performance Development. You will be the lead for your athletes’ assigned support team of specialist practitioners to drive innovation and maximise performance gains for your swimmers. The successful candidate will be the key player in the Manchester Performance Centre staff; being a champion of the WCAP culture, ethos and coaching behaviours across all programme activity and operating a one team approach within the centre. You will work with other key staff to give opportunities to promising pathway athletes to access the centre, as well as being involved in coaching delivery for hub-based activity.
As a member of the British Swimming’s employed coaching staff, you will also work with other coaches to drive improvements to technical skills, you will deliver coaching and coaching development for national activities and – when selected – play a lead role on national teams.
The successful candidate will have extensive on-deck swimming coaching experience developing athletes towards Paralympic/Olympic standard, with clear understanding of Para-Swimming, including world standards and the domestic performance pathway. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team to drive individual athlete development and this will include proven experience in maintaining formal athlete tracking systems, detailed season planning and use of a review framework. British Swimming will be looking for candidates with the key, ‘world class’ coaching attributes, such as presenting compelling cases for improved practices, acting as a positive influence at all times, setting high professional standards and promoting full commitment to the programme. You will also be able to demonstrate how you continually set stretch targets and challenge yourself professionally.
How to Apply
If you feel that you have the skills and attributes for this role, then we would like to hear from you. The post will require working extended hours both during the week and at weekends and will involve significant domestic and international travel. To obtain an application pack contact email BSHRdepartment@swimming.org or download a pack from our website www.britishswimming.org Closing date: Wednesday 8th June 2022 at 12.00pm Interview date: Wednesday 22nd June 2022 in Birmingham187 total views, 0 today