Water Polo

**About The Role**:
**Are you passionate about Water Polo in England and want to contribute to the future development of it?**
- Do you have knowledge and experience of talent identification and development?
- Do you have broad experience developing water polo players?

We are seeking an experienced Talent Centre Head Coach within the Midlands Region to join our team. Based at Maltby LC, you will be required to work 15 weeks throughout the year, on average 3 hours per week at a rate of £20 per hour.

This is an exciting opportunity working within the Water Polo Programme, as Swim England’s new 10-year strategy is about to be launched, which will focus on ensuring our aquatics environments promote an open and welcoming culture, with participant welfare at their heart.
- The Talent Centre Program is the beginning of the international player pathway focused on ages 12-16. There are Swim England Water Polo Talent Centres geographically placed across the UK, who train weekly or fortnightly in order to ensure that participating players who attend are given the fundamental skills to succeed as a future national team player

Reporting to the Swim England Water Polo Talent and Inclusion Officers, you will be responsible for leading a team of coaches in the delivery of the National Talent Centre programme, mentoring and developing future national team coaches, contributing to the evolution of the National Talent Centre Syllabus and nurturing players on the talent pathway. To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document and view the video below.

**About You**:
**Essential**
- UKCC Level 2 Coach Certificate or the older Level 2 Coaching Qualification
- Experience and demonstrable success developing water polo players
- Experience in successfully designing, delivering and evaluating athlete/coach performance programmes
- A strong ability to build relationships in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Experience managing, mentoring and motivating coaches / other support staff
- Strong understanding of talent identification and development, from a technical perspective

**Desirable**
- Coaching leadership experience within a national or international water polo programme
- Experience implementing practical systems and interventions
- Insight into or experience within, a national programme or equivalent experience
- Understanding of budget management
- A passionate attitude about open and fair talent identification

Interviews to take place week commencing

Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This vacancy is being managed via a Safer Recruitment Process and as part of this recruitment process relevant checks such as self-declarations, references and criminal record checks will be carried out, in accordance with Wavepower.

**No Agencies Please**

**About Us**:
**Swim England is striving to create a happier, healthier and more successful nation through swimming and aquatic activity. We strive to inspire everyone to enjoy the water in the way that suits them. As the recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming, diving and water polo in England, we help people learn how to swim, enjoy the water safely, and compete in all our sports.**

Each month millions of people are able to enjoy our sports and activities because they have been through our renowned Swim England Learn to Swim Pathway.

Ensuring people are safe in the water is of paramount importance to us and so we work closely with partners to keep water safety high on the national agenda.

At our heart Swim England is a membership organisation dedicated to supporting our clubs and members to develop and succeed. We maintain the laws of the sport and run world-class national events that are open to all competing members.

We also operate a comprehensive range of qualification and education programmes for teachers, coaches, officials and tutors.

Swim England is an incorporated company with charitable status. Our subsidiary businesses are wholly owned companies which are commercial - profits are passed up to Swim England for investment into our charitable aims.

Find out more about what it’s like to work with us and the Swim England family here.