Hockey Coach
Surbiton High School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2023
Job overview
Job Title: Hockey Coach
Job Purpose: To deliver high quality Hockey coaching to a range of different ages, ensuring the continued development of Hockey at the School.
Reporting Line: Head of Hockey
Start Date: September 2023
Salary: Competitive
Tenure: Casual, part-time
Monday to Friday; 1:00pm - 6:00pm, with the addition of some Saturdays between 9:00am and 12:00pm
Application Deadline: 8:00am, Monday 24 April 2023
Interviews to be held week commencing: 1 May 2023
Surbiton High School is a lively, energetic, independent girls’ day school in Surbiton. The School competes annually at County, Regional and National level. Numerous pupils represent at county and regional level through the support offered by our programme. The Hockey Programme aims to deliver an environment where pupils can foster a lifelong love of Hockey
You will have participated or coached at a high level and have experience in coaching young people. The role will demand excellent planning, time management, communication and administrative skills, and an ability to work within a strong team environment. This role will require confidence and creativity in managing a large squad of varying abilities in changeable conditions, for training as well as at events.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coaching Hockey across a range of groups, from beginners to senior, and scholars
- Running teams within the programme
- Developing individuals by catering to their needs
- Feeding back to students on selection and development
- Acting as a coach and offering general support prior, during and after events
- Assisting with general day to day running of the Hockey Programme and associated equipment
- Checking the safety of all equipment and facilities before use
- Awareness and adherence to risk assessments and health and safety guidelines
- Reporting on, and monitoring/mentoring specific groups when required
- Carrying out any such duties as may be reasonably requested
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
Qualifications
- Level 1 or Level 2 hockey coaching qualification
- GCSE in English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above) is essential
Skills
- Ability to coach players at a national level
- The ability to work as part of a team in a dynamic School and successful Hockey programme
- Experience of operating professionally and safely within a sporting environment
- Good communication, organisational, administrative and ICT skills
- Excellent planning and time management skills
- Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
Experience and Knowledge
- Must have played Hockey at a high level
- Experience of hockey coaching in an educational setting would be preferable
- A proven track record of demonstrable training and coaching success
- Experience of collaborating with colleagues
- Up-to-date knowledge of hockey technique, strength and conditioning
Personal Qualities
- A passion for hockey and coaching
- Confidence and creativity in managing squads of varying abilities
- High levels of personal and professional integrity and the ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality
- Personal warmth to gain the confidence of pupils, staff and parents
- Positive rapport with pupils
- High standards of personal presence and presentation and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate concisely and sensitively, both orally and in writing, to a variety of audiences
- A strong work ethic and a flexible attitude
- A healthy sense of humour
Attitudes
- A team player with leadership qualities
- Organised and able to self-direct
- Positive, enthusiastic and energetic approach to life, with a can-do attitude
- Ability to think creatively and imaginatively
- Committed to Surbiton High School’s ethos
- 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
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3062903?cid=1567
Surbiton High School is 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, Disclosure and Barring Service and Online/Social media Searches
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email
Attached documents
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.
Principal
Rebecca Glover
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