Fencing Coach (Sport & Exercise Department)

Job title: Fencing Coach

Job Type: Permenant and Part Time

Salary: £40 per hour

Department: Mallinson Sports

Reporting to: The Director of Sport & Exercise

Location: Highgate, North London

Start: ASAP

Closing Date: 7 February 2023 at 9:00 am

Highgate School is looking for a British Fencing Level 2 qualified or similarly experienced Fencing Coach to join the School’s Sport & Exercise Department.

The position involves the coaching and supervision of Junior and Senior School in all aspects of fencing. The postholder will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of coaching sessions, preparation and selection of squads and managing squads at fixtures – where necessary.

The postholder will also be required to work closely with the teaching staff who manage the curriculum and extra-curricular programme.

The Department

SpEx is a pupil-centred programme which unlocks potential by exposing individuals to experiences and opportunities which guide them towards an outcome that they are invested in. Key to this is the unique way in which Sport and Exercise interact in each part of the programme. Specialist teachers and coaches are used to deliver SpEx at every stage and implement a curriculum which challenges every pupil.

Highgate has a long tradition of sporting success on which we wish to build. Excellent links are already established with local sports clubs, Haringey Borough and Middlesex County, and keenly contested House competitions are held in many sports, providing additional competitive opportunities for a significant number of pupils. A number of Senior School SpEx tours take place annually for all age groups.

Thirty-eight full and part-time SpEx staff are supported by over thirty academic teachers in delivering the SpEx programme. The department is based around the well-equipped Mallinson Sports Centre (MSC). It is adjacent to the playing fields, near the Junior and Pre-Preparatory schools and within a few minutes’ walk of the Senior school. The Centre comprises a large sports hall, cardiovascular training and weights room, swimming pool and mezzanine hall which contains the Fencing Salle. In addition, there is a dance and movement studio, squash and eight Eton fives courts. The Centre manager and staff provide a significant programme of community use; they also support pupils’ activities within the Centre and provide administrative assistance. The school also has twenty acres of playing fields, including an all-weather pitch, which can accommodate ten netball courts, a full-size hockey pitch, or twelve tennis courts. Additionally, there is multi-use games area which provides six cricket nets, three tennis courts, two netball courts, and a hockey training facility.

Benefits

• Location | Highgate Village, adjacent to Hampstead Heath, with quaint shops and easy connections across London.
• Pension | AVIVA workplace pension scheme offered – 21% employer contribution, with the ability to flex up to 11% of this as additional non-pensionable salary, employees contribute a minimum of 5%.
• Personal development | Comprehensive induction support for new staff. Focus on continued professional development for all employees.
• Leisure facilities | Free access, at stipulated times, to our sports facilities, including a fitness suite and swimming pool (recently refurbished).
• Holidays | Generous holiday allowance of 33 days (including bank holidays) for full-time staff. Most holidays will be taken during school holiday periods.
• Lunch | A complimentary lunch including hot meals, sandwiches, salads, fresh fruit and dessert.
• Help with sustainable travel | Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and a Season Ticket Loan scheme for public transport.
• Family-friendly policies | Highgate appreciates that employees sometimes have family commitments so we try to be as supportive as possible, for example with enhanced maternity pay (8 weeks’ full pay, then 10 weeks’ half pay) and paid dependant leave.

Application procedure

Closing Date: 7th February 2023

Timing of interviews: 10th February 2023

Contact: George Neocleous, Head of Sports and Education is happy to answer any questions about this post.

Early Application: Applications will be considered ‘as and when’ received and we may close the vacancy if we appoint before the closing date.

Highgate is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and overseas police check if necessary. Candidates from overseas must provide information about their past conduct, for example, by providing documents issued by overseas teaching authorities.  

Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview.  

In accordance with the latest guidance from KCSIE, we shall be conducting online searches on any candidates who are shortlisted.