Para Athletics Pathway Coordinator

Role Profile

Job title

Reporting to

DSW Performance Pathway Senior Officer & Welsh Athletics Programme Manager

Location

National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cyncoed, Cardiff

Salary

In the range £27, 000 to £32,000

Contract

Fixed term – two years

Working pattern

Full time (37 hours/week)

Flexible working patterns are available, and the role may involve occasional working at evening / weekend events within the 37-hour week

Role purpose

1) To support the development and progression of Para Athletes within the Athletics Pathway (from community through to performance) as identified by Disability Sport Wales and Welsh Athletics.

2) Ensure that all Para Athletes within the pathway have access to appropriate and meaningful community opportunities to support individual needs.

3) To provide mentoring and upskilling outreach support for athletes, coaches, clubs and key contacts in collaboration with the DSW Performance Pathway Team and WA.

Key interfaces

Athletics Performance Pathway, Athletics Community Programme, Insport, DSW, Performance Pathway Hubs

Key responsibilities

1) Developing the Athletics Pathway

Develop a performance pathway for para-athletes which will be embedded throughout the existing Welsh Athletics Pathway (RDA/ NDA’s)
Profile and identify progression and support for participants as they enter the Pathway.
Where required and agreed, represent and support Para Athletes at specific competitions and events.
To work with the National Event Talent Coordinators to support specific athlete preparation programmes i.e., training camps, sport science support.

2) Identify Opportunities

Collaborate with the DSW Performance Pathway Team to support the process of athlete placement within appropriate settings.
Develop opportunities for all impairment groups e.g., WPA, Virtus, Deaflympics.
Identify Insport clubs and regional activities to increase doorstep provision for disabled people.

3) Mentoring and Upskilling

Support event leads with the scheduling and delivery of development days, camps and events to ensure an integrated pathway and schedule.
Monitor and track changes to the WPA Classification Disciplines list, and support Athletes that it may impact.
Provide outreach mentoring support for coaches and clubs to allow the positive integration of a disabled athlete within settings.
Share and upskill selected clubs and coaches with impairment specific knowledge and specific considerations for a para-athlete within an athletics environment
In conjunction with the Welsh Athletics Coach Development Manager, work with a select group of identified coaches to develop a group of performance para coaches across Wales.

This job description describes the principal purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but it is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.

Person specification

	Application	Interview	Task
Essential
Sound knowledge and experience of Paralympic and Commonwealth sport	✓	✓	✓
Awareness of Virtus, Special Olympic and Deaflympic sport		✓	✓
Experience of working with talented/elite athletes	✓	✓	✓
Experience of working alongside coaches and partners to support athlete progression	✓	✓
Knowledge of athlete (disability sport) profiling, pathways and demonstrate an understanding of the principles of LTAD & delivery structures	✓	✓	✓
Knowledge of elite sport, its systems and the demands and expectations upon athletes	✓	✓	✓
Innovative and passionate in approach, with the ability to thrive in a national team based across Wales	✓	✓	✓
To hold a current coaching qualification within a particular sport	✓	✓
You should be:	✓
a team player willing to facilitate development in a proactive, considered, and person-focused way	✓	✓
fully committed to and conversant with the philosophies of equity, diversity and inclusion	✓	✓	✓
independent, considered, sincere and possess a powerful drive to build successful pathways to performance	✓		✓
highly organised with strong relationship building skills	✓	✓	✓
with support, able to work to monitor and evaluate programmes and provision	✓	✓	✓
able to provide some flexibility of working hours so as to undertake all areas of the job role effectively	✓
High level of computer literacy including word processing, spread sheets, powerpoint and email	✓
Have access to transport so as to get to, and from meetings, events and project sites and commit to working some irregular, unsociable hours (as required)		✓
Willingness to work irregular hours, travel and attend overnight meetings

Desirable
Experience within a performance development system		✓
Competent with Welsh language and/or BSL	✓	✓	✓
Successful track record of producing talented athletes		✓	✓

This role profile is not exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be discussed with you and amended over time in light of the changing needs of the company.

Benefits Package

Job title Para Athletics Pathway Coordinator

Salary £27,000 to £32,000 pa per annum, full time

Tenure Fixed Term, 2 years

Holiday 25 paid days leave plus 8 days paid for bank holidays

Hours Full Time – 37hrs per week

Other benefits Company Pension Plan (employer matching up to 6%)

Free onsite parking at our office locations (NIAC, CISC)

Funded training & career development opportunities

Notice period 3 months

Want to join our team?

Please read the role profile carefully, particularly the essential education, skills & experience required to be successful before visiting our website to begin your application at:

Apply here: https://welshathletics.peoplehr.net/JobBoard
To aid us in ensuring we are increasing the diversity of our sport, we’d be grateful if you also completed this Equality Monitoring form
- Closing date for applications: midday, 11^th June 2021
- Interviews to be held in Cardiff: in the week commencing 21st June 2021

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

We appoint using an open and transparent system based on current best practice and if you need any assistance in completing your application or require an alternative format, contact:

Rob Sage, Welsh Athletics

Rob.sage@welshathletics.org 029 20 649 844 / 07523 039 115

Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ

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