Casual Hockey Coach

Casual Hockey 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.

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.

We have also had notable success in the sport of Hockey. We have achieved continuous regional success and reached AOC National Finals for the last 3 years for Mixed Hockey. We also enter and play in both womens’ and mens’ regional tournaments and have been national cup finalists in all three in recent years.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include –

• To take the Hockey 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 Sports department.

The Sports department is looking for someone who has a Level 2 Coaching Qualification (or must obtain following appointment), a minimum of 2 years’ experience of Hockey coaching and has good communication skills.

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: An average of 3 hours per week from early September to early May. Wednesday 13.00pm – 16.00pm The hours will vary dependent upon home and away fixtures.

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 April

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 to the Human Resources Department (via email hr@cardinalnewman.ac.uk or post) by 11.59pm on Tuesday 16th April

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.