Olympic Talent Coach                      Scotland                          Salary £20-25k + Car

 

British Cycling’s Olympic Talent Programme is the beginning of the pathway to excellence for talented young people.  We now have an opportunity for an appropriately qualified individual to join us in the above role.

 

As a member of the Olympic Talent Team, you will identify and nurture young performers who demonstrate that they may have the characteristics for future World Class success in cycling through a track based approach to performer development.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, professional individual to join our team, to coach young people to achieve their potential.  You will coach and mentor specific athletes, plan and implement and deliver squad training schedules, gather, analyse and feedback/report on field data on talent identification and training exercises and liaise effectively with all relevant parties.  You will be required to build relationships with club and other volunteer coaches in order to ensure increased opportunities exist for youth category competitors throughout the region with the aim of raising standards throughout.

 

A proportion of your time will be given to working with other identified Scotland cyclists who may be in consideration for Commonwealth Games selection.

 

You must be able to demonstrate coaching success in a minimum of two cycling disciplines (Track Coaching essential) and have strong experience of working successfully with young people.  Your commitment to high performance will be demonstrated by your on-going professional development, together with an understanding of performance coaching including utilising a variety of equipment to provide athlete feedback and reports.

Our success is underpinned by a philosophy of the need to win and relies on sharing the team’s values of commitment to constant improvement, innovation and creativity.

All of our permanent employees are automatically awarded Gold Membership of British Cycling.  Our hours of work are 37.5 per week, although unsociable hours and some periods of time overseas are features of the role.  Membership of the pension scheme is offered on completion of 6 months service.  British Cycling operates a salary sacrifice Childcare Voucher Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme.  Free parking is available to all staff at the National Cycling Centre.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced CRB check.

 

For an application pack, please contact our Human Resources team on 0161 274 2037, email humanresources@britishcycling.org.uk or write to British Cycling, National Cycling Centre, Stuart St, Manchester M11 4DQ.

 

Closing Date for Applications is Friday July 25th 2007
Interviews will be held in Edinburgh on Thursday, 7th August