High School Sport Coordinator

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High School Sport Coordinator

Curro Hillcrest
Vacancy Reference: 22298

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What are we looking for?
We are looking for someone with the following experience, qualifications and/or skillsets:

The successful candidate will need to be flexible, have good organisational and interpersonal skills with an exemplary work ethic, drive, and attention to detail. The position reports to the Head of the High School and Director of Sport and works in collaboration with all staff.

Commitment to the school’s ethos, values and vision are essential. This position is a full time, permanent position. Curro Hillcrest has a strong Christian foundation, and the successful candidate must be willing to promote and support this foundation.

General:

• Sport Science qualification is advantageous.
• 2 to 3 years as a sport coach.
• 1 to 2 years in sports/event coordination is advantageous.

The responsibilities are:

Sports planning and administrations

• Review and plan the coaching timetable for high school.
• Create termly and annual sporting calendars.
• Assign coaches to coaching activities and management of these coaches.
• Manage communications to parents regarding sports activities.
• Manage the process of indemnity and permission slips for all sporting events.
• Run and plan the sports awards process.
• Attend and participate in AGMs for all relevant sports in the district.
• Manage and ordering of stock and equipment.
• Entering of teams into leagues, tournaments and competitions and arrangement of fixtures for all teams.
• Put fixture timetable together and communicate based on weekly planners.
• Communication of results and maintain files of different sports up to date.
• Compile reports on sporting results for the year.
• Monitoring of extramural registers and ensuring that they are kept up to date.
• Liaising with relevant parties at school to ensure that the setup for extramural events is completed in the required timeframe. At times, assisting with the setup.

Coaching of sports

• Research coaching clinics for growth of coaches and assign coaches to learning opportunities.
• Coaching of current coaches.
• Coaching in own sporting discipline.
• Officiation at matches.

Physical education

• Planning and teaching of PE programmes.
• Design cross sport talent identification and skills development.
• Design PE assessments including sport specific rubrics.

Sports events and tours

• Plan sports events and ensure smooth running.
• Attend relevant tours, camps, and sporting events.
• Assign learners to assist with duties on the day.
• Take register of learners leaving the school.
• Assisting with the management of players in each sporting team.
• Timeous communication with all relevant role players.
• Running of the sports events during the day including managing the schedule, making announcements, and making sure the programme runs according to plan.
• Placing of catering orders for coaches, parents, and players.
• Organisation of first aid at all sporting events hosted by the high school.
• Organisation of transport requirements and timeous communication of these arrangements.
• Ensure that your personal PDP license is up to date and be available to transport your respective teams to fixtures, when required.

Staff Management

• Mentoring and management of coaches.
• Management of disciplinary issues with Head of Sport.
• Mediation between staff and parents in the event of issues.

The successful candidate is required to undertake any other reasonable tasks that the Head of the School determines. Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual responsibility undertaken may not be identified. The duties outlined above are not intended as a restrictive list and may be extended or altered to include other tasks that are appropriate with the role.

The successful candidate will start on 01 January 2025.

Read more about where you will work

PRESCHOOL | PRIMARY SCHOOL | HIGH SCHOOL

Please apply before 22 November 2024.