Job Description

Contract: 6 hours every two weeks on a Wednesday 11.30am - 5.30pm

Salary: 34.12 per hour

Job Start Date: February 2026

Closing date: 4 January 2026

Tring Park is one of the country's leading vocational and academic schools, situated in glorious Hertfordshire countryside, under an hour from London. The School has 360 boarding and day pupils, aged 7 to 19.

Tring Park offers a wide range of benefits including a pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free school lunches during term time, free onsite parking and enhanced maternity and paternity schemes.

The School is looking to appoint a Sports Therapist/Strength & Conditioning Coach to work 6 hours per fortnight providing a strength and conditioning service, rehabilitation of patients back to fitness, and where appropriate referrals onwards to relevant health care professionals.

Main Duties:

Conduct a fitness-level assessment on students involved in dance and advise on appropriate exercises.

Use strapping, taping and massage techniques when necessary.

Rehabilitate injuries by using manual therapy techniques, exercise and therapeutic modalities

Work alone or with the dance faculty or the physiotherapy team to implement exercise, conditioning, core stability and injury prevention programmes, so that dancers reach and maintain peak performance

Design and monitor rehab programmes appropriate to the injury.

Provide and manage a timetable for pupils to sign up to.

Keep excellent records and administration.

Person Specification:

Essential

Undergraduate or post graduate degree accredited by The Society of Sports Therapists (or equivalent)

Sensitivity, especially when the injured patient's skills and confidence are affected.

The ability to recognise and manage risk.

The ability to motivate and encourage others.

Team work and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Clear commitment to implementing whole school/staff policies relating to the safeguarding of children

Preferred/Desirable

Experience dealing with young elite athletes or dancers.

Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Massage Qualification

Experience of working in a school environment.

Track record of successful rehabilitation case studies.

Additional Information

Tring Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration form relating to any criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

Tring Park School aims to create an inclusive culture that encourages and values diversity within its workforce, building on the differences individuals bring, enabling the School's ongoing success. We seek to embrace diversity drawing on a wide range of views and experiences to provide equality, fairness and respect for all in our employment whilst observing our commitment and responsibility to current legislation.

Please note:

for information on how we will use your personal information during the recruitment process, please see the Staff Privacy Notice on the School website.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 34.12 per hour

Expected hours: 6 per week

Benefits:

Canteen Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Flexitime Free flu jabs Free parking On-site parking
Work Location: In person