Mens 1st Team Coach

England and Great Britain Hockey; Bristol, Portishead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 40,000

Job description

North Somerset Hockey Club was formed in 1997 from a merger between Brean & Portishead Hockey Clubs. Both Brean and Portishead achieved various levels of success with Brean playing in the national league hockey in the late 1980’s. Both clubs started to experience a reduction in playing numbers in the late 90’s, and were brought together to form North Somerset. Based in Portishead, we draw players from throughout the area including Weston-super-Mare and Bristol. The Womens section merged with Somerset Gryphons HC at the start of season 2022-23.

You will find us a friendly, welcoming, and sociable Club. In the last couple of seasons, we have obtained a superb new pitch, and pitch-side facilities, in conjunction with Gordano School in Portishead. Our good governance was recognised in 2019 with the coveted Sport England/England Hockey Clubmark award.

With 3 mens sides, 3 womens sides and a large flourishing junior section that is now providing quality players to the Club, the Mens 1s have already won West Men’s Concorde Division 2 with a near 100% record. Next season will see them in Concorde Division 1 with a target of further promotion in the medium term.

We are looking for a talented, personable and enthusiastic head coach to be the training lead for the Mens 1st team. In addition, the coach will work together with the coaches of the 2nd & 3rd team squads to ensure best practices across the Mens section of the Club. Ideally, the coach will be an EH Level 2 (or higher) looking to gain further experience in developing players.

Job Role Responsibilities

Job role would include a minimum of:

• Pre-season training and friendlies attendance
• 1 training session of 1.5 hours to be delivered on Tuesday evenings
• Saturday (and occasionally Sunday) attendance at home and away fixtures with the Mens 1st team

Pay is flexible and competitive to match qualifications and amount of time dedicated to the club and to be discussed further on application.

To start as soon as possible for the 2025-26 season.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Good tactical knowledge of Hockey styles of play, tactics and pressing
• Ability to inspire players, to organise a squad and promote objective selection of players
• Influence & inspire players through good communication & inter-personal skills
• Plan, deliver & evaluate coaching sessions to ensure they are high quality & meet team goals
• Ability to set individual player objectives
• Ability to balance fitness training and skills development in sessions

All Club coaches are subject to DBS/criminal record checking.

In the first instance, please contact Peter Mansell (Club Chairperson) by email on [e-mail] with your CV or any queries.