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Tennis Coach
Job description
Reporting to the Club Tennis Manager this role will support the delivery of the Club Junior Coaching.
The role will include regular weekend and evening work on a casual contract basis and would expect a minimum 5 hours of coaching per week.
This role is based at The All England Lawn Tennis Club.
What you will be doing
- Acting as a strong, proactive ambassador for the AELTC.
- Establish and maintain a professional relationship with both players and their parents.
- Plan and deliver a varied and interesting programme of coaching sessions, delivered to the highest standard for Members’ children.
- Ensure safe areas to play for each session.
- Supporting junior tennis development with the ability to engage and enthuse players with a range of abilities.
- Gather feedback from parents and players to improve performance of individuals and to make improvements to the content and quality of the programme.
- Understanding, awareness and compliance with the AELTC Health and Safety Policy and Procedures, Child Protection Policy and Guidelines and Site Rules.
About you
- Up to date LTA coach accreditation, ongoing professional development, a level 3 or level 4 qualification, including DBS disclosure which is satisfactory to the Company.
- Passionate about tennis, coaching sport and improving players irrespective of their starting level.
- Understanding and awareness of the competitive tennis journey.
- Experience of coaching mixed ability groups.
- Professional and diplomatic with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills; able to build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Excellent personal presentation, ambition and commitment to improve as a coach.
- Understanding, and ability to support the delivery of, outstanding Member satisfaction experience.
About us
- The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (AELTC) organises and stages The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, widely regarded as the world’s premier tennis tournament and is home to one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.
- Our business has grown in recent years, and we expect that success to continue. We have plans to further improve our facilities and invest in our people in future years. Our success is important to us, and we are guided by our key values of Heritage, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.
- There is an expectation for working hours and days to include regular weekend work.