{"id":6282,"date":"2023-05-27T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T09:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=6282"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:38:02","slug":"wey-valley-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=6282","title":{"rendered":"Wey Valley Swimming Club – Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wey Valley Swimming Club, based in Surrey, covering the areas of Guildford and Godalming, are currently in an exciting development phase, seeing many swimmers competing at county level. We are SwimMark accredited, with about 240 members.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We are seeking a head coach to bring the club forwards, with passion and a proven track record of developing swimmers in a competitive environment at all ages, abilities and commitment levels. The successful candidate will be able to support the whole coaching team and mentor and manage all other coaches and swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main responsibilities<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Working as head coach in delivering the swimming training and competition programme across the competitive section of the club (focus on 12-18 yrs)<\/span>
\n\u2022 Work as part of a team with a highly experienced and qualified team of coaches across a range of squads within our overall club structure<\/span>
\n\u2022 Be able to design, communicate and implement annual, periodic and weekly\/daily training programmes as appropriate to the identified squad(s) and individuals<\/span>
\n\u2022 Attend competitions as appropriate and as agreed with the executive committee<\/span>
\n\u2022 Be able to assume responsibilities away from the pool deck, such as attendance and record keeping, team selection, coaching cover coordination, etc<\/span>
\n\u2022 Other duties as appropriate to the role<\/span><\/p>\n

Qualifications and qualities required<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Minimum of an ASA\/UKCC Level 2 coaching swimming qualification\/Swim England swimming coach certificate (or equivalent), with evidence of undertaking CPDs and a commitment to working towards higher qualifications. Additionally, the club will help assist with CPD opportunities<\/span>
\n\u2022 The successful candidate will hold a lifesaving award, or equivalent<\/span>
\n\u2022 Have experience of coaching in the appropriate swimming\/coaching areas<\/span>
\n\u2022 Be confident working and communicating with a wide range of people from the swimming community<\/span>
\n\u2022 Be highly motivated and passionate about developing swimmers as people as well as athletes, enabling them to reach their full potential<\/span>
\n\u2022 Able to demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills, together with ICT proficiencies<\/span>
\n\u2022 Have a knowledge of the long-term athlete development programme (LTAD)<\/span>
\n\u2022 Full UK driving licence and the ability to travel to our training and competition venues across the UK<\/span>
\n\u2022 Design, coordinate and implement intensive courses wherever possible during the breaks between the normal term times. These may involve running clinics such as diving clinics, nutritional talks, and similar courses<\/span>
\n\u2022 Completion of Safeguarding Children training (or the ability to undertake this training before employment starts)<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a part-time role – typically 8\/10 core hours per week across weekday evenings + Sunday late afternoons.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a contracted salaried position with hours and remuneration commensurate with qualifications, experience and availability. The successful candidate\u2019s development and progression will be a central focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Applications on a part-time basis will be considered. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested or would like more information, please email club chairman Martin Greenbank \u2013 chair@wvsc.co.uk<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Closing date: 30 June 2023<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wey Valley Swimming Club are looking to recruit a head coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vacancies","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6282"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282\/revisions\/11738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}