Ski Coach

**Job Title**:Ski Coach**

**Job Purpose**:To coach, promote and develop skiing at Surbiton High School

**Reporting Line**:Head of Skiing

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Tenure**:Casual hours

Will mainly entail weekday evenings from 4**:00pm - 8:00pm (likely 3-4 evenings per week during term-time), plus occasional weekends and trips

**Salary**:Competitive

**Key Responsibilities, **as delegated by the Head of Skiing**:

- To provide high quality, safe, enjoyable ski lessons and coaching sessions
- To ensure there is a robust training programme, throughout the full academic year, for pupils of all ages and abilities, to improve performance, across all three schools
- To support the Head of Skiing in further developing participation and competition in skiing through offering taster sessions, internal and external competitions and ski camps on both dry slope and snow
- To support the Head of Skiing with the organisation of time trials and ensure there are clear and transparent selection policies for all competitions
- In collaboration with the Head of Skiing, maintain and monitor the Ski Club’s use of social media including the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts
- To accompany and supervise skiers to and from training and on trips, where necessary
- To develop links with local ski clubs, to include Aldershot, Sandown and various snow clubs
- Assist the Head of Skiing to create opportunities for identifying talent and attract high performers to SHS as potential ski scholars.
- To carry out any such duties as may be reasonably requested

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Hold the relevant qualifications (BASI, UKSS, UKCP, CSCF)
- At least BASI Level 2 with a relevant coaching qualification, or equivalent.
- Outdoor First Aid would be beneficial
- Considerable experience ski coaching and racing
- A proven track record of demonstrable training and race success with young people
- Experience of collaborating with colleagues

**Skills & Personal Qualities**
- Have a passion for skiing both recreationally and competitively
- Be able and prepared to coach students of all abilities
- Be able to make training fun and beneficial
- Competent IT Skills and knowledge of Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Confident with using the video camera and able to export and prepare for video analysis
- Proven ability to develop effective professional relationships with students, colleagues and parents
- Understand that different athletes have different learning patterns and be able to build on an athlete’s strengths to motivate each individual to develop skill and confidence
- Ability to teach sound racing technique
- Commitment to the personal development of students and to the School’s ethos
- 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

**Attitudes**
- High expectations of performance
- High levels of organisational and self-management skills
- Have a vision for developing and improving skiing at SHS and be able to translate that vision into reality
- Be committed to high professional standards and use personal experience and knowledge to enhance learning
- Commitment to personal professional development with a keenness to develop further as a coach in a supportive environment with co-operative and highly motivated staff and students
- High levels of communication skills in English, both written and spoken, to enable effective communication with pupils, with colleagues and with pupils’ parents
- Ability to work co-operatively within a team
- A strong work ethic and flexible attitude
- 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 and the Disclosure and Barring Service._
- Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process._