Job Description

Location

: High Wycombe, Aylesbury and/or Bicester.

Salary

: 15p/h (DoE)

Working Pattern

: 1 hour 45 minutes per session.

Job Type

: Part Time, Term Times only.

The Company

Basketball fun for 5-12 year olds; weekly [term time] basketball sessions for young people, delivered by qualified basketball coaches and support staff. Hoop Heroes provides an engaging environment where kids can not only learn to play basketball but develop social skills, learn our core values like teamwork, discipline and sportsmanship. These life skills will significantly contribute to their overall growth and happiness.

Hoop Heroes is currently based in and around Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire counties, with ambitions to develop more sites in these counties and other surrounding areas.

The Role

Hoop Heroes is now looking to recruit for an Assistant Coach in one of its new locations. You will support Head Coaches on all aspects of delivery of engaging sessions, ensure safe, fun and compliant sessions. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow and ultimately impart basketball knowledge and wisdom to the next generation. You will have the chance to enhance sessions by delivering workshops and expanding the sports program.

Responsibilities

Support the Head Coach with the planning and delivery of high-quality Coaching sessions to young people aged 5-13 years old. Support with session registers. Assist in preparing and concluding sessions, including the deployment and retrieval of equipment to ensure timely session commencement and proper storage. Support Head Coaches with review of risk assessments Ensure all activity equipment is kept in good condition, is stored away safely after each session and end-of-term inventory is created. Support in the management of queries or problems that arise from staff, children, parents, or agents. Assess students' standards and arrange suitable ability groups to ensure fair competition. To take ownership for all students' safety, welfare, and behaviour, including discipline, during Hoop Heroes Sessions. To report back to the Head Coach with any session issues, complaints, risk issues, health and safety problems and/or similar, noteworthy session occurrences.

Experience and Qualifications

At least 6 months of basketball coaching experience. Full and clean DBS. Ability to engage with young people and provide fun and collaborative basketball sessions. Good basketball game knowledge and a repertoire of skills games, training activities and ice breaking activities. Good administration skills when working with risk assessments, session plans, Assistant Coach management and development. Good industry knowledge and ability to stay abreast of news relating to young people, education requirements and industry expectations.

Equal Opportunities

Hoop Heroes is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact jacob@hoopheroes.co.uk and a member of the team will be in touch in due course.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 15.00-20.00 per hour

Schedule:

Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Work Location: In person