Principal Sports Coach at The Admiralty University of Nigeria

Job Type: Senior Managerial/ Administrative and Support

Overall Purpose
Encourage a healthy lifestyle by delivering outstanding opportunities and experiences to improve personal performance and achievement to the University community and beyond. To enable the strategy:

• To get more people, more active across the whole of the University community
• To be a significant contributor to the student co-curricular experience
• To provide access to fitness and exercise for all students at every campus
• To maximise opportunities for all to improve sporting performance
• To build pride and community through a connection to ADUN’s Sport
• To become a distinct, valuable asset and strength, enhancing the Universities’ profile and appeal, from before arrival to beyond graduation

Role Specification

• To write, implement and review inductions and personal fitness plans to actively coach on a broad and holistic range of health fitness and well-being aspects when manning the gym floor and open training fields.
• To deliver a comprehensive range of fitness workshops, group exercise classes and fast classes that ensures that our members are engaged and educated in fitness and their physical well-being
• To monitor and coach gym and open air field training members to ensure their safety and the use of correct techniques when exercising therefore providing quality member experiences
• To support the Performance Coach with ensuring delivery of high quality Student athlete and team sessions, including input on a range of sports and varying levels of ability.
• To assist in the development of a series of events that brings the University community together through the year across the university campuses.
• Ensure all operating policies are adhered to whilst in the gyms - being responsible for the opening and closing procedures and ensuring all equipment and the building operates within Health & Safety guidelines as required
• To achieve and maintain a high level of cleaning and maintenance responsible for cleaning gym equipment and the field training area.
• To support the Health & Fitness Management in ensuring all part time staff adhere to all operating policies and procedures
• To develop positive working relationships with the high-performing team of Health and Fitness coaches and other student service providers within the University to enhance students’ experience.
• To assist in the promotion of ADUN’s Sport Health and Fitness and to endorse the brand identity and Values of ADUN’s Sport

Managing:

• Implement an appropriate football, Basketball, Tennis and track athletics performance programme in keeping with the aims and objectives of ADUN’s Sport Development Service.
• Manage effectively a select squad of performance athletes. This includes establishing performance targets, devising appropriate competition schedules and developing an integrated timetable for sports, academic and lifestyle commitments for each player.
• Recruit scholar athletes and performance level players to deliver agreed football performance objectives, giving cognisance to wider University targets.
• Engage, develop, support, mentor, inspire and lead a team of coaches supporting sports at the University.
• Manage the coaching and scholarship budget efficiently and effectively.

Coaching:

• Deliver an effective coaching programme that helps improve the performances of individuals and which attains performance objectives as indicated by the ADUN’s Sport Development Service.
• Adopt a holistic approach to developing student-athletes, factoring in the challenges of following a dual career pathway.
• Encourage women’s football sports programmes.

Communicating:

• Communicate effectively with partner agencies and students.
• Build and maintain good relationships with local, national and international agencies involved in sports at performance level.

Administering:

• Adhere to good working practices.
• Provide regular information and status reports.

Person Specification (Experience & Knowledge)
Candidates for the role will be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following Qualifications, knowledge, skills, and attributes:

• Candidates must possess a degree in Physical and Health Education, with eight (8) years cognate experience, or (NCE) with ten (10) years cognate post qualification experience.