Graduate Sports Assistant
ACS Cobham International School
Surrey
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 1/08/2024
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2024
Job overview
ACS International Schools is currently seeking two Sports Graduate Assistants to join our team at our Cobham Campus.
The purpose of this role is to provide support across the Sport & PE Department, including delivery of coaching sessions and the fixtures programme.
Accommodation and full board is included on-site at our Boarding house in Cobham, as part of this position.
At ACS Cobham, our extensive sports programme combines the very best of International and Independent school sport. Our Ethos is participation, enjoyment and to excel. We want as many students as possible to be involved, with an elite pathway in place.
Responsibilities:
- Coaching/assistant coach of sports teams every season (fall, winter and spring)
- Substitute cover for PE lessons
- Assistant teacher in PE lessons
- Issuing and managing sports team uniforms and keeping an inventory
- Collecting medical equipment from divisional offices for away sports fixtures
- Providing travel lists and first aid kits to coaches for away games
- Chaperone where required for away sports fixtures and European Tournaments
- Sports Department administration duties (Schoology and emailing parents)
- Supporting the Sports Department in the hosting of tournaments
- Maintaining sports equipment in good order.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Active participant in sport/fitness activities
- PE/Sports graduate with a keen interest and passion for a variety of sports
- Qualified to coach at least one of our Tier 1 sports would be an advantage
- Experience of coaching young people
- First Aid trained or willing to undertake training
- Excellent speaking and listening skills
- Clear and accurate written communication skills
- ICT literate
- Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with a range of people fairly and with respect
- The ability to work effectively in a team
- Good planning and organisational skills with the proven ability to use their own initiative.
- A flexible attitude and an adaptable, self-motivated approach
- An understanding of the importance of developing appropriate working relationships with young people, with the ability to define boundaries
- Hard working and reliable.
This is a one year fixed term contract of 31 hours per week, plus Resident Tutor responsibilities. There is a possibility of extending the contract to two years for applicants who have excelled in their first year and are wishing to pursue the possibility of a PGCE/teaching career.
We look forward to receiving your application.
ACS is committed to inclusion across race, gender, faith, identity and abilities. We believe that diversity helps us to fulfil our purpose, realise our vision and exemplify our values. ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
About ACS Cobham International School
ACS Cobham International School is a mixed, mainstream, all-through school with sixth form, for students aged 2-18. This independent school is located in Cobham, Surrey, and has approximately 1300 students enrolled.
ACS Cobham International School was founded in 1975 and is one of four ACS schools in England and Qatar. Boarding was added in 1988 and the school generally caters for expatriate families who have relocated to the UK. It boasts a purpose-built dining room, a separate theatre complex with performing arts facilities, and a gymnasium.
Head of school
Barnaby Sandow
Vision and values
ACS Cobham International School’s main aim is to make a difference through education. It wants to inspire students to get involved in their community, make a positive change and aim for excellence in their academic lives. Teachers strive to enrich the international experience for every pupil. They value high standards of scholarship, responsibility and citizenship, and work to create a supportive, international community by providing an inquiry-based and inter-disciplinary curriculum.
As an International Baccalaureate World School, ACS Cobham offers a US-based curriculum alongside its renowned IB Diploma and Advanced Placement schemes, which include AP International Diploma and AP Capstone Diploma. Alongside its AP courses, it also offers the Highly Able Programme. The school holds memberships of the US College Board Advanced Placement Program, the European Council of International Schools, the Council of International Schools and the Independent Schools Association.
ISI report
“The quality of the students’ achievement is excellent. A notable contributory factor is the stimulus of a high quality curriculum that places equal emphasis on developing key dispositions in parallel with knowledge, subject skills and understanding.”
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