Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach (Tennis) - (Fixed term, Term Time only)
Come and join Team Bath Tennis and deliver Strength and Conditioning services to our International High Performance Academy and dual career students, working with young regional national and international players of all ages.
About the role
Working within the Sports Science and Medicine team you will work in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams. The Strength and Conditioning team work closely with performance tennis coaches, physiotherapists, other sports science professionals and clinic administration staff on a daily basis, therefore excellent communication skills are required.
As this role is working with children, you will be required to undertake and a DBS check.
This role is full time (36.5 hours per week) and during term time only until July 2022
About you
To be successful in this role you need to be UKSCA accredited and have proven successful experience working with a range of sports.
Working in performance sport will require you to work flexible hours in line with athletes training schedules, this may include early morning, evening and weekend work.
What we can offer you:
The Department of Sports Development and Recreation at the University of Bath manages and organises a range of activities under the University’s sports brand - Team Bath. The Department aspires to create a world leading multi-sport environment delivering to elite athletes, staff and students of the University and the local and regional community. Based in the inspiring £35M Sports Training Village, the Department offers a wide range of high quality sports activities, programmes, events, services and facilities catering for all ages and abilities. This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness. We are looking to appoint individuals who reflect our values of inspiration, respect, integrity, excellence, flexibility and self-improvement and teamwork.
Through our vibrant culture and emphasis on excellence, we will be an inspirational sports environment that makes us the first choice for performance athletes, students, staff and community.
Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work.
We are:
- a family friendly workplace
- open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University.
- recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package
- encouraging of your personal and professional development
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We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
Further details:
We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.