Job Description

Role Title: Physical Preparation Lead

Salary: Up to 60K, dependent upon experience

Location: National Cycling Centre, Manchester

Start Date: As soon as possible

About British Cycling

British Cycling exists to bring the joy of cycling to everyone.


We have embarked on an exciting new journey, with a modernised commercial and events offering grounded in social impact and storytelling, harnessing the spotlight and inspiration of our athlete's performance on the world stage, and our growing portfolio of major events.


We are working towards our three key priorities outlined in our strategy; to support and grow the sport to make cycling more inclusive and accessible, to lead on the world stage by winning and winning well, and to drive social impact by tackling inequalities through providing opportunities.

What will you be doing?

This role sits within the Great Britain Cycling Team (GBCT), the country's most successful Olympic and Paralympic team in history. Now is an incredibly exciting year to join GBCT. Fresh off the back of winning 11 Olympic and 22 Paralympic medals at the most recent Games in Paris, as well as having recently celebrated 20 years of the GBCT pathway, we are a team with high ambitions to continue this legacy at LA 2028 and beyond.


This role will be leading the 'Physical Preparation' theme (one of four themes of performance support). The overarching objective is to

support advances in cycling performance through an evidence based, scientific approach to physical development

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This role will provide leadership and management to physiology, S&C, nutrition and biomechanics roles to ensure that support is fully aligned to the meet the objectives of training plans.

What we're looking for:

A credible and passionate practitioner with the experience of supporting teams of support staff to develop physical qualities that have a traceable impact on sports performance. This role would be well suited to someone with an active specialism in a discipline associated with training design and with experience of leading performance support teams, but we are open to applicants from all relevant backgrounds.

To be successful in this role you will be:

Curious -

You have a constant curiosity about how the rest of the world are developing their athletes and how to keep ahead of them. You look for different and better ways of improving performance through the application of science and technology. You have an appetite to learn from other sports, coaches and environments. You have a desire to invite fresh eyes and new perspectives and you welcome challenge and debate.

Passionate -

You have a passion for training and the underpinning factors which influence performance. You will be 'well-read' in key literature and research and will have ideas about application of this into real world settings.

Analytical -

You possess a highly analytical perspective. You will seek to find evidence to establish robust understanding in the field of training science and ensure no assumption goes unchallenged. You will have the ability to critically appraise data from multiple sources to give actionable insights on athletic development.

Credible -

You will be a credible expert in the field of physical preparation. You will have the courage and conviction to challenge the status quo. Owing to your credibility, people will listen.

Conscientious -

You possess a high attention to detail and have a desire to ensure to ensure the standards of service delivery and the environment you operate in are world class. To this end you seek feedback on yourself and are forthcoming in providing constructive feedback to others.

Team player -

You will naturally want to stand shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues and muck in when it is required.

What are the perks?

Competitive Salary Cycle to Work Scheme Generous Holidays (25 days + bank holidays) Holiday purchase scheme Life Assurance Pension

Interviews will be held in person in Manchester on Friday 20th June


To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a short cover letter by using the apply button provided on the page

In the cover letter please bring to life how your experience and skills meet the essential criteria.