The Department of Sports Development & Recreation wish to appoint a Community Tennis Coach to create excitement and sell Tennis to potential players across the county and region.

The primary focus of the role will be the delivery of group tennis coaching sessions to players on our community tennis programme. 

Programme Overview

Team Bath Tennis is one of the UK’s leading integrated tennis programmes, offering a complete pathway for players of all ages and abilities within a single, connected performance environment. Based at the University of Bath, the programme brings together recreational players, ambitious student athletes, developing juniors, and elite performers under a coordinated structure designed to deliver excellence, community, and competitive success.

Core features include:

• A Complete Player Pathway – from Mini Tennis and club coaching to academy, university performance squads, and international competition
• A Dual Performance Environment – blending the University’s elite sport culture with a thriving community club, supported by world class facilities and coaching expertise.
• Highly Qualified Coaching & Leadership – covering performance, development, participation, S&C, and programme operations.
• A Commitment to Inclusion & Growth – making tennis accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for players at every level.

Team Bath Tennis continues to grow as a model programme - balancing professionalism, pathway clarity, and an athlete centred ethos to serve its university, community, and performance audiences with equal strength.

About you

You will be an experienced tennis coach with:

• a tennis coaching qualification
• extensive knowledge and experience of mini and junior tennis and/or club coaching
• excellent communication skills
• enthusiasm with a passion for developing young people within the sport of tennis.

Our mandate is to introduce Tennis to all abilities and develop them to a county, regional & national level. We’re looking for someone to actively participate with us in this mission.

Further information

The Programme runs for 42 weeks of the year with an additional 10 weeks of holiday camps. Most of this work will be between the hours of 4-9pm Monday to Friday as well as Saturday mornings and may also include some early morning sessions. 

On average, you will work 1 morning, 4 evenings and a Saturday morning on each of the 42 weeks of the coaching programme and 5 weeks of holiday camps.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tom Osborne, Head of Club Coaching, at tao28@bath.ac.uk.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this position.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

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