JUNIORS HEAD COACH (Manly)

MYC is looking for a self-motivated, passionate and friendly sailor to coach our juniors who have learnt the basics and want to develop their skills further, so that they can enjoy competing at Club, InterClub and State events. The key objectives will be to execute our current development program by coaching our racing fleets on Saturday and Sundays, managing our team of instructors and taking our program to the next level in the subsequent seasons. This also involves some administration tasks to ensure all participants including parent volunteers and instructors know the goals and objectives of the program and have the resources to achieve them.We are looking for someone who can commit to the role long- term to develop a solid relationship with the club and its members to further develop and retain our junior membership. Key responsibilities
- Cultivate a fun and positive learning workplace
- Manage the implementation and delivery of the program and monitor the progress towards achieving the program goals.
- Appoint and manage the instructors to ensure they are implementing the program
- Develop the student’s skills, tactics and knowledge and provide regular feedback to them and their parents as to where they are at with their ability and progress.
- Manage the instructors and volunteer roster and ensure parental assistance
- Manage communication to the sailors and families about the program and any
- program updates.
- Oversee the racing schedule and associated events (i.e. races, briefing, coaching etc).
- Manage the club boats and allocate them to the sailors. Hours of work 16 hr per week over a 20-week season. Made up of approx. the following:
- 6 to 8 hours during the week organising training sessions, rosters, boat allocations communicating with parents etc.
- 4 hour Saturday teaching/coaching (12:30-4:30pm)
- 4 hours Sunday teaching/coaching (12:30-4:30pm)
- possible additional hours for after-school training session Applicant’s prerequisites
- Australian Sailing Coaching Certificate
- A minimum of 5 years coaching experience with a robust background in dinghy racing, ideally having raced dinghies competitively at state or national level.
- Current working with children check
- Boat License
- Be available to work Saturday and Sundays from mid-October to May from ~12:30pm to 4:30pm
- Be available to work on the course set-up and administration aspects of the role from mid-September, up to 8 hours a week. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rqrkl