Swimming Coach

Organisation: Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club
Contract Type: Permanent
Qualifications: Coaching Swimming: Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 2 Award; Coaching Swimming: Senior Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 3 Award
Working Hours: Part time
Location: Winchester
Closing Date: 13th February 2025 23:59

Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club (WCPSC) based in Hampshire is looking for a Swimming Coach to join our team.

Context

WCPSC is a charitable incorporated organisation with a rich history of swimming provision dating back over 70 years. It has over 1000 members across its performance, club and learn-to-swim programmes and serves another 500 non-members each year through community provision.

Summary

The Coach will hold a critical role in the Club, working within our coaching team to consolidate and improve all of our swimmers across various pathways with a mix of coaching delivery and programme administration to ensure the effective delivery of the Club Programme.

Main responsibilities:

1. Coach within the Club Programme, maximising swimming potential, enjoyment, and retention.
2. Work as part of the coaching team within the Club Programme to ensure effective recruitment of swimmers into, and delivery of, the Programme.
3. Support the identification of open meets, galas and swimming leagues for Club swimmers.
4. Attend relevant competitions, open meets, and club events.
5. Help establish and drive a culture of best practice and continuous improvement through constructive challenge and innovation.
6. Support and implement the Charity’s strategy, identity, and philosophy.
7. Be an effective communicator within the Club and the community.

The Candidate - Technical:

1. Hold the Swim England Swimming Coach Certificate/ASA Level 2 Coaching Award or higher, with significant experience.
2. Proven track record of club coaching, including knowledge (and preferably recent experience) of Swim England’s swimmer development pathway, as well as the use of sports science techniques in coaching practice.
3. Strong, effective leadership and organisational skills to design, coordinate, and organise the swimming programme and contribute to the charity’s broader swimming provision.
4. Strong approach to athlete welfare and a good understanding of Wavepower.

The Candidate - Personal Attributes:

1. The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders of the Club, including other coaching and administrative staff, swimmers and their parents, as well as volunteers.
2. Proven analytical and planning skills, as well as good presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
3. An effective communicator within the Club and the community, and good with social and traditional media engagement.
4. The skills and ability to lead, motivate, and mentor within the coaching team.
5. A flexible approach to working hours.
6. Effective time management, planning, and organisation.

How to apply

Please send a current CV and cover note explaining your suitability for the role via the apply button.

Where we have the opportunity to do so, we will be reviewing candidate information as we receive it and undertaking informal discussions ahead of the closing date in preparation for shortlisting.