Closing date: 31 August 2025
Location: Leicester
Region: East Midlands
Employment type: Part Time
Salary: £15.96 per hour
Description
Duties of the role Overall purpose of the role DMUsport Coaches will deliver expert tuition to the university’s student clubs, and support the activity of the club, supporting the delivery of the DMUsport player pathway. They will develop working relationship with internal and external partners, to the benefit of the club, student members and the university.
Average Hours = 2 x 1.5 hour training sessions, plus 1 fixture per week (home or away). Term Time Only
Main 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.
• Treat all DMU staff, students, contractors and visitors with dignity and respect.
Provide a service that complies with the Equality Act 2010, eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity, and fostering good relations with particular attention to the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief (or none), sex and sexual orientation.
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