Cheerleading Coach 2024/2025

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for providing expert tuition to the university's student club,

• To support and offer guidance to the club committee to ensure improvement in participation numbers and support the growth and depth in competitive sport.

• To provide practical day-to-day coaching, as well as devising and implementing long and short-term development plans.

• Attend all training sessions and fixtures/matches

• To analyse and report on the club's performance.

• Ensure health and safety policies and best practice are adhered to.

• Be aware of and promote student support services to members as well as engaging in opportunities for CPD relating to student welfare.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant colleagues, including DSU staff and sports clubs, and staff responsible for university leisure facilities.

• Promote sport at DMU, both to current and prospective students, as well as the public.

• Make efforts to attend meetings and events as required, sometimes outside of core hours.

• Support other projects to meet the objectives of the department.

Skills and experience

• Level 2 (or equivalent) qualified, working towards Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification or relevant experience
• Experience of coaching relevant sport, at an intermediate level
• Experience of developing athletes and long-term athlete development plans
• In-depth understanding of coaching styles and practical delivery
• An understanding of Long-Term Athlete Development and structure of student sport (specifically in higher education)
• Ability to manage people and programme and to ensure delivery against objectives
• Ability to work independently on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to write reports or assessments etc and contribute to meetings as required.
• Able to work outside of normal core hours
• Commitment to observe the University's Equal Opportunities policy