Cycling Ireland Coaching Position
Coach Education Officer
Job Description
| Job Title: |
Cycling Ireland Coach Education Officer |
| Responsible to: |
Cycling Ireland Chief Executive |
| Contract Duration: |
Fixed 2 Year Term with potential for renewal subject to funding |
| Responsible for: |
Development of Coach Education Courses and Coach Development |
| Hours of work: |
39 hours per week |
| Salary: |
Circa €35,000 to €40,000 dependent on experience and qualifications |
Background:
Cycling Ireland (CI) has a coaching opportunity for a talented and ambitious individual to work within its Coach Education, and coaching programmes. CI is looking to employ a Coaching Education Officer to work in developing and revamping coach education courses and to progress coaching through the development of a multi-year plan. In the first instance this role is on a fixed 2 year term contract. Subject to further funding the role will be reviewed and renewed on an annual basis through to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Coach Education Officer:
The Coach Education Officer will be principally responsible for the design, development and rollout of new coaching courses. These courses will be multiple disciplines including new mountain bike leaders/instructors course. The Coach Education Officer will also be responsible for monitoring the coach development ensuring a clear coaching pathway is in place for them. The Coach Education Officer will be required to work within the Coaching Ireland Framework to ensure all coach education courses are certified by them. This role will require duties to extend to flexible working arrangements. Including weekend and possible evening time commitments. The officer will directly report to the CEO regarding work time
Duties will include:
- Liaise with Tutors to ensure coach education course are delivered as required;
- Lead the development a Mountain Bike Leader Course;
- Devise schemes to increase the number of trained leaders operating in mountain-bike clubs;
- Develop a database and records of coaching activity;
- Devise schemes to increase athlete interaction with coaches;
- Development of Coaching Pathway with routes into High Performance coaching;
- Development and recommendation of CPD for Tutors and Coaches;
- Develop a structured coaching reporting and monitoring system which can be used to evaluate athlete progress;
- Develop system to identify cyclists competency and when they need to move to work with higher level coach,
(This position may require some amount of weekend availability and time away at training camps and major events)
Person specification:
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ESSENTIAL |
DESIRABLE |
| Qualification & Attainments |
Hold a recognised coaching qualification. |
Degree or diploma in sports science.
At least one year’s experience of coaching teams or squads.
Have some cycling experience |
| Relevant Experience |
Demonstrable experience of working for at least one year full-time or part- time equivalent directly with athletes, using a multi-disciplinary approach.
Competence in budgeting and financial management.
Experience of working with volunteers.
An understanding of legislation relevant to sports organizations to include child protection, health and safety, data protection, equity etc. |
Demonstrable experience of applying and selling innovative and challenging ideas, ideally in relation to education development in a work or sporting environment. |
| Special Aptitudes |
Competent in the use of information technology.
Excellent literary and communication skills with the ability to produce clear, concise reports.
Full clean driving license.
Good organisational ability.
Experience of making presentations to a target audience. |
Competent in use of Microsoft XP or above; and in particular Word, Excel, and Power Point, email and website.
Experience of working under pressure and to strict deadlines.
First Aid Certificate.
Project Management Skills |
| General Aptitudes |
Highly proactive, with the ability to work with minimal direction.
Be committed, enthusiastic, and motivated
Have well developed time management skills |
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| Disposition |
Good Interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to be self-motivated, resourceful, work on own initiative in a flexible and co-operative manner. |
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| Circumstances |
Ability to work out of normal office hours.
Be prepared to undertake training in any relevant job related area.
Access to a form of transport that will permit the post holder to meet the requirements of the post in full. |
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General information:
Application closing date: February 26th, 2010
Interview and start date: Interviews will be held in Dublin in March for an early April appointment. Short listing will apply. The post will operate from Cycling Ireland’s office at Kelly Roche House, Dublin 1, though flexible work locations are negotiable.
Interested persons are invited to submit their CV along with a covering letter outlining why they believe they are suitable for the post to Geoff Liffey, Chief Executive Cycling Ireland, at the following email address:
geoff@cyclingireland.ie
