Job Description

The Swimming Leadership Group provides leadership in the recruitment, training and development of Swimming Technical Officials across clubs, counties and regions and has an ambitious plan to redesign the current programme.
We are forming a new group for an interim period of 18-24 months, The Swim England Swimming Officials Training and Development Working Party will be Chaired initially by the Chair of the Swim England Swimming Leadership Group with the intention being to appoint a permanent Chair at a later date.
The purpose of the group will be to:
-Ensure that all activities of the group embody the One Swim England Strategy, contributing to and supporting the active delivery of an annual engagement plan.
-Identify and promote a positive officiating culture.
- Create post-qualification training and development opportunities for technical officials, be these written, online, face-to-face or through social media.
-Apply for and attend national events on a regular basis. When attending events, play a role in welcoming new officials, organising social activities and creating a sense of team.
-Identify officials who have the potential to participate in further development opportunities.
-Consider ways of recognising the commitment of swimming officials.
-Provide two representatives to attend meetings of the Swim England Swimming Leadership Group.
-Provide a representative to sit on the Aquatics GB Swimming Officials Group to represent the views of Swim England, as outlined by the SLG.
The group will consist of the following posts:
- Pool Swimming Officiating Specialist (4)
-Open Water Swimming Officiating Specialist (2)
-Para Swimming Officiating Specialist (2)
-Masters Swimming Officiating Specialist (2)
This vacancy is for the open water swimming officiating only, please see the separate adverts for the other roles.
About You
Applicants must be a Swim England member and qualified as an Open Water Swimming Referee.
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate:
-A keenness to assist with the training and development of officials.
-A knowledge of effective teaching and mentoring practices, gained from working in education, through volunteering or in industry.
-A willingness to learn and be a role model for Swim England at local and national level.
-A willingness to attend Swim England national competitions.
-Experience of officiating at open water swimming events.
To apply
Please send your application via email to leadershipgroups@swimming.org marked as 'open water swimming officiating working party application'.
Your application should include details of your open water officiating experience, any experience you have of planning and delivering training courses or CPD to adults and a short personal statement detailing why you would like to join the working party.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact Helen Akers via leadershipgroups@swimming.org
No Agencies Please
How to apply
To register with us and apply for this role please visit our candidate portal - link below: https://careers.swimming.org/vacancies/395/training-group-members--open-water-swimming-officiating-specialist--voluntary-roles.html