ROLE: Womens Team Head Coach

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Monday 4^th November 2024

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Sunday 10^th November 2024

TERM: 2 years+

REPORTING TO: General Manager

Rochdale Hornets RLFC are seeking to appoint a Head Coach for its Womens team, ahead of the 2025 Season.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a vastly developing club with an exciting future. With fantastic people, and a town rich in rugby league history and a community network, this role offers genuine potential for an ambitious, skilled and dedicated coach.

Our ideal candidate will have strong technical skills, personal integrity, and a strategic mind-set. They will be deeply motivated by the exciting opportunity to work alongside staff and playing personnel in the Rochdale community to help shape the future of the sport within the town.

The right candidate must be driven, passionate and possess the ability to work with others to strategically lead and manage the first team environment.

Experience of coaching Rugby League is essential, as is holds or in the process of achieving Level 2 UKCC coaching qualification.

To apply for the position please send an up-to-date CV and also a covering letter detailing how your experience, personal skills and attributes will enable you to perform the role successfully. Please submit both your CV and covering letter to matt.rigby@hornetsrugbyleague.com by Sunday 10^th November 2024.

Job Description:

Coaching:

• Responsible and accountable for the planning, delivery and evaluation of all training and game day activity for Rochdale Hornets Womens team.
• Plan for the collective and individual development of Rochdale Hornets Women team and players.
• Plan for the effective delivery of all practical coaching sessions, appointing & deploying staff and resources effectively.
• Plan for the effective delivery of all analysis sessions, including team and individual sessions, deploying resources and staff effectively.

 Multi-disciplinary team-work:

• Work constructively with the club General Manager to create a positive and high-performance first team culture.
• Work effectively with appointed team staff team to coordinate resources to achieve the aims and objectives of the first team squad.

Recruitment and Retention:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of an objective player performance assessment framework.
• Ensure all player performance and development is monitored, assessed and recorded accurately and effectively in a systematic manner.
• Contribute detailed information of player performance and availability to inform selection and retention decisions.

 Personal specification:

 Essential:

• Proven experience of coaching Rugby League.
• UKCC L2 coaching qualification.
• Demonstrable experience of planning with great attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and to determined time scales.
• IT competent.

 Desirable:

• Sports coaching or related degree.
• Experience and understanding of change management.
• Budget management skills.
• Experience and ability to utilise performance analysis software.
• Experience of selection and retention.
• Experience of working with the media.
• Ability to present complex information to a range of diverse audiences and board members.

 Values and behaviours:

• Acts with integrity and leads a positive, high-performance culture.
• Passion for learning and attention to detail.
• Motivated to nurture and enable the potential of colleagues and players.
• Consistently models behaviours that uphold the values of the club and the high-performance, positive culture expected.
• Ambitious for themselves, their club, town and their colleagues.
• Recognises the privilege of being part of the future of the Rochdale Hornets brand, and shares our pride of the town representation.
• Be passionate for the development of home-grown organic players within the borough of Rochdale.

The company is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The company is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk involved in its activities and events. The company recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.