Assistant Tennis Performance Coach (CC11631)

Job title Assistant Tennis Performance Coach

Department Sports Development & Recreation

Salary Starting from £25,138, rising to £28,759

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Monday 29 April 2024

Closing date Monday 13 May 2024

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CC11631

Special Conditions A DBS check is required for this position

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We wish to appoint an Assistant Tennis Performance Coach to work with the Team Bath tennis academy, which focuses on players from 12-18 years old.

The aim of the academy is to create players that can win at major international events. The role is to assist the U18 lead coach in developing players technically, tactically, physically and mentally to be able to achieve these aims. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, which involves communication between tennis coaches, strength & conditioning coaches and the physios.

This role involves coaching performance players in match play sessions, groups and individual sessions. You will also be expected to complete off court responsibilities such as goal setting and scheduling.

Being part of a large team of coaches the role offers opportunities to have cross over with other areas, which provides excellent learning opportunities. We encourage all of our coaches to contribute in team meetings and planning days.

Our ideal candidate will be:

This is a full-time position and will involve travel to both national and international events.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ian MacDonald, Senior Performance Tennis Coach at [email protected].

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this position.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

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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.