Casual Basketball Coach

Casual Basketball Coach

We welcome applications for this support post to commence early September 2024.

The Role

The successful candidate will become part of a thriving, lively and supportive department. The department comprises 14 staff members, some of which are part time.

The department is accessed by students from across college and serves the whole college community.

The Sport and Physical Education Department at Cardinal Newman Catholic Sixth Form College offers a range of Sports Academies. These academies offer talented students in the range of sports the opportunity to combine a training and competitive experience to sit alongside their chosen academic programme of study. Students can combine a range of academic subjects, including A level and BTEC and this is tailored to suit individual needs. This is not restricted purely to sports programmes.

The sports academy programmes aim to develop team and individual performance, weekly aspects involve match analysis, match preparation training and competitive league and cup fixtures on a Wednesday afternoon. Since the Sports Academies were first established in 1999, there have been notable successes. The Boys Football Academy have been national champions twice, the Netball Academy have won numerous national competitions including the English National Schools three years in a row. The Basketball Academy have also been national finalists.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include –

• To take the Basketball teams on Wednesday afternoons and at other times
• To take teams to AOC Sports events
• To arrange and confirm fixtures
• To book transport and referees for teams
• To organise payment for the referees.

For the full job description please see attached ‘Job Pack’.

The Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for a enthusiastic and experienced candidate to join our friendly and well established Sport department. 

The Sport department is looking for someone who has a Level 2 Coaching Qualification, a minimum of 2 years’ experience of Basketball Coaching and posses self direction and motivation.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 8.5 hours per week from early September to early-May. Working hours are in line with training and fixtures as outlined below:

• Monday 8.30am - 10.30am
• Wednesday 12.15pm - 16.15pm
• Thursday 14.30pm - 17.00pm

Salary: £22 per hour plus holiday pay. Salary is paid on a claim basis for hours worked

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11.59pm on Tuesday 16th March 2024.

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including: 

• Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff 
• Pro rata to 22 days' holiday (increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service) plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
• A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
• Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
• Free use of the on-site gym 
• Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
• Flu Vouchers
• Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Apply Now

Completed application forms should be submitted by 11.59pm on Tuesday 16th April 2024.

We will confirm receipt of all applications by email within one working day of receipt. Please call the HR team if you have not received a confirmation email by the closing date. We do ask that you accept, in the interests of economy, that if you have not heard from us by the end of April that you have not been selected for interview on this occasion.

Further Information

Further details are available at http://www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk/ or by telephone to the college on 01772 460181 or 07730 521 540.

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks.