Senior Head Swimming Coach

**Position Overview**

**Purpose**

The Senior Head Coach will play a critical role in the leadership of Loughborough Town Swimming Club, working alongside the Junior Head Coach and the Committee, to achieve our collective aspiration to make the club one of the best in the county and region for the diverse range of swimmers we serve.

Leading our Senior and Youth sections, you will be responsible for all aspects of coach development, planning and delivery, supported by a team of paid and volunteer coaches and Young Volunteers. You will be responsible for team selection and attendance at galas as well as perform a range of administrative duties to ensure the smooth running of the senior section of the club. A key function of the role will be to ensure close collaborative and supportive working with the Junior Head Coach, ensuring a ‘one club’ philosophy and approach.

**Key Tasks**
- Jointly oversee, alongside the Junior Head Coach, the development and delivery of the swimming development pathway at the club.
- Lead the overall delivery of the Senior and Youth sections of the club, including all swimmers and squads, coach scheduling, coach CPD, session planning, swimmer performance monitoring and development planning, team selection for galas, etc
- Perform the Senior Head Coaching Role, working with a range of sessional paid and volunteer coaches of all levels and experience to support the overall senior section of the club.
- Select a programme of competitions and galas for our senior and youth swimmers, including attending each of them; open galas, league galas, internal galas, county/regional/national championships and others as necessary.
- Meet monthly with the Junior Head Coach and support regular coaching meeting of all paid and volunteer coaches.
- Mentor the coaching team, paid, volunteers and Young Volunteers, that support senior and youth squads.
- Work closely alongside the Junior Head Coach to oversee squad structure and management, swimmer movement and specifically, the transition arrangements when junior swimmers progress to the senior or youth sections of the club.
- Work closely alongside the Junior Head Coach and Executive Committee to continue to ensure the club ethos is adhered to and to continue to embed the team spirit and family friendly culture at Loughborough Town Swimming Club.
- Work closely alongside the Junior Head Coach and Executive Committee, further developing and maintaining the balance between supporting the development and potential of our many talented young swimmers and supporting our recreational swimmers to enjoy and foster a lifelong love of our sport within a competitive swimming environment.
- Work closely alongside the Junior Head Coach and Executive Committee to further grow and develop Loughborough Town Swimming Club in all aspects of its contribution to the local and regional swimming and broader sporting community.
- Active and supportive engagement with the club committee in all aspects of the role.
- Manage administration duties, with support from volunteer committee members, for the senior and youth sections of the club through Swim Club Manager; including communicating to swimmers and parents, selecting swimmers for competitions and all other necessary administration duties, whilst complying with all GDPR regulations and the club’s privacy policy
- Ensure compliance with all club policies and procedures as well as Swim England policies and procedures (i.e. Wavepower) and Code of Conducts at all times..
- Represent the club as required, contributing to the wider county and regional swimming family alongside other clubs and associations.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities, whenever reasonably requested.

**Relationships**

**About You**

**Knowledge & Skills - essential**

Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a range of purposes and to a range to people and groups

Able to build trusting and purposeful relationships with others; swimmers, parents, coaches, committee members and volunteers

Knowledge of the role and significance of volunteers in the delivery of club operations

Knowledge of database and systems and the ability to use them for clear communications via Swim Club Manager (SCM) and data management and current GDPR regulations.

Knowledge of safeguarding and welfare policy, practice and procedure for both children and vulnerable adults and familiar with the SE current WavePower document

Strong planning, administration and structural skills to ensure sound operational running of the junior section of the club

**Experience**

A minimum of 2 years’ experience coaching swimming

Experience teaching swimming to children and young people

Experience in working with children and young people

**Qualifications**

Coaching Swimming: Level 1 & Level 2 - S