University Tennis Coordinator

Department

Sport is an important and integral part of what the University of Essex offers. Essex Sport delivers a wide range of opportunities for both our University community of staff and students, and the wider community from the local and regional area to access facilities and sport and fitness activities in the pursuit of making people happier and healthier and positively changing lives.

Tennis is one of our focus sports, where we have an emerging national reputation for competitive excellence. Alongside competition outcomes, tennis is also an important sport for us in supporting the development of community and belonging, whilst also supporting students in gaining employability skills through a highly active and popular student tennis club and a range of recreational tennis activities. 

With the support of the LTA, we now have an exciting opportunity for a University Tennis Coordinator to join our programme, creating opportunities for students to take part in recreational and competitive tennis, assisting the Tennis Performance Coach with coaching for our tennis scholarship students, and leading coaching for the student tennis club and BUCS teams. 

Duties of the Role 

The University Tennis Coordinator is responsible for working with the sports leadership team and Head Coach to deliver a tennis offer that supports development, performance and workforce opportunities for the student members. This role will involve providing high-quality group coaching lessons and training sessions for both recreational and performance players; organising and delivering events and competitions to the student members; developing opportunities to expand and support a student workforce in gaining valuable professional experiences through tennis, and it will involve working closely with key groups such as the student committee and LTA to provide the best possible offer for the members of the student tennis club. 

Skills and qualifications required 

• LTA Level 2 Coaching Qualification
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Basic project management skills
• Understanding of basic principles of data collection, analysis and presentation

Due to the nature of this role an Enhanced DBS check will be required.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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