Football Coach
Surbiton High School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 6 December 2021
Job overview
Football Coach
Location: Surbiton, Surrey
Salary: Competitive
Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 12:00pm, Monday 6 December 2021
Interviews to be held week commencing: 13 December 2021
Job Purpose: To deliver high quality football sessions to a range of different ages and abilities at both Surbiton High School
Tenure: Casual, term-time, part-time
- Senior School: Monday 4:30 - 6:00pm
- Tuesday 4:30 - 6:00pm
- Friday 1:30 - 3:30pm
- Saturday 9 – 11.15am and for fixtures when required
- Girls’ Prep: Wednesday 4.00pm - 4.45pm
- Boys’ Prep: Monday 3:15 – 4:15pm
Key Responsibilities:
- To coach football across a range of groups, from beginners to senior and scholars
- To liaise with the Head of Football on the delivery of the football vision
- To assist and lead age group training sessions and potentially run teams within the program
- To develop individuals by catering to their needs
- To be involved with the scholarship recruitment process at Year 7 and 6th Form entry
- To act as a coach and offer general support prior, during and after sessions/events
- To assist with the general running of the football program and associated equipment
- To check the safety of all equipment and facilities before use
- To be aware and adhere to risk assessments and health and safety guidelines
- To carry out any such duties as may be reasonably requested
- To conduct yourself in an appropriate professional manner at all times, supporting and fostering the aims and safeguarding policies of the School
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
Qualifications
- FA Level 1 or Level 2 football coaching qualification
Skills
- The ability to work as part of a team in a successful, dynamic and exciting School and football program
- Experience of operating professionally and safely within a sporting environment
- Good communication and organizational skills
- Excellent planning and time management skills
Knowledge and Experience
- Strong playing background (desirable)
- A proven track record of demonstrable training and coaching success (desirable)
- Confidence and creativity in managing teams of varying abilities
- Up-to-date knowledge of all things football in the male and female game
- Familiar with the England DNA and an advocate for long term player development (essential)
- Current involvement in coaching girls’ football (desirable)
Personal Qualities
- Clear passion for football and coaching
- Ability to identify opportunities for improvements within the role and program
- High levels of personal and professional integrity and the ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality
- Experience of football coaching in an educational setting (desirable)
- Personal warmth to gain the confidence of pupils, staff and parents
- Positive rapport with pupils
- High standards of personal presence and presentation, along with attention to detail
- Unflappable, calm
- Able to communicate comfortably and effectively with parents, pupils and fellow staff members at all levels
Attitudes
- A strong work ethic and a flexible attitude, with the ability to go above and beyond
- Organized and able to self-direct
- Positive, enthusiastic, and energetic approach, with a can-do attitude
- Ability to think creatively and imaginatively.
- Committed to the School’s ethos, and willing to follow and promote the philosophy of the football program.
- High expectations for pupil attainment, personal development, and conduct.
- Ambitious and aspirational for oneself and for the School
- Committed to professional development and show a willingness to undertake appropriate training for this role
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For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email
Surbiton High Prep Schools are culturally diverse and are fully committed to celebrating, respecting and learning about inclusion and diversity throughout the community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
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About Surbiton High School
- Surbiton High School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Acting Principal
Hannah Horwood
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