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Job Title: Head Coach, Swansea Aquatics
Salary: £27k -£32k dependant on experience
Job type: Permanent full time, requiring the post holder to work flexibly including early mornings, evenings, and weekends on a regular basis.
Responsible to: Club Committee and Director of Swimming
Supervisory responsibilities: Assistant coaches and volunteer coaches
Location: Swansea

Swansea Aquatics has an amazing opportunity for an inspiring Performance Club Head Coach to lead Swansea Aquatics swimming programme. We’re a large, growing club with a rich history and an even more exciting future.

We are based at Penlan leisure centre, a 25m competition pool and leisure centre, as well as the Wales National Pool 50m competition pool and we are looking for an exceptional candidate to make the most of this opportunity, co-creating and delivering with swimmers, coaches, members and the committee our 2024-27 Strategy.

Swansea Aquatics Swimming Club is committed to recruiting talented people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience. You will have the skills to lead a performance swimming programme, coach swimmers to National standard or beyond and have the empathy and compassion to inspire excellence in the Club’s swimmers and coaching team. Working with the Club’s committee and volunteers, this is your chance to lead something truly special.

Reporting to the Swansea Aquatics Chairperson and Director of Swimming officer, this is a permanent role, with a start date in time for the 2024-2025 season. You will be paid a competitive salary to set and deliver the Performance Club Head Coach role as outlined.

How to apply: Please send the following, via email, to Swansea Aquatics Club Chair: [email protected] by 12 noon May 6th 2024.

• Your CV
• A covering email highlighting why you are applying for the position, what you will
  bring to the role and details of your current remuneration package and expectations.
• Details of 2 referees (including your current employer), although we will only contact
  referees after your successful interview.

Anticipated date for interview will be week commencing 20th May 2024.

Location – SportPark, Loughborough
Hours – Full Time (35 hours per week) or Part Time – (Part Time hours to be agreed)
Permanent
Full Time – £21,000pa – £23,000pa (Salary dependent on experience and salary would be pro rata if part time)

Aquatics GB operates an Agile Working Policy allowing some flexibility to work from the office and from home.

Aquatics GB is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Artistic Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain. We are seeking an Administration Assistant, to join the Finance team, to provide a professional and efficient purchase and sales ledger service, ensuring that work is carried out in a timely and accurate manner to promote good long-term relationships with suppliers, volunteers, staff and athletes and agreed financial controls, procedures and policies are complied with.

The successful candidate will need to have previous administration experience, the ability to work on their own and as part of a small and busy team with a flexible approach to work and be able to work under pressure. Previous experience of working within a Finance team would be beneficial.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with staff at all levels are essential requirements for the role as well the ability to use the Microsoft office applications.

So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.

To obtain an application pack contact email [email protected] or download a pack from our website www.aquaticsgb.com

Please note Aquatics GB conducts an anonymised application process.
Closing date: Friday 3rd May 2024 at 12.00pm
Interview date: Friday 10th May 2024 at SportPark, Loughborough