Campus Director of Sport at Reddam House Helderfontein

ROLE SUMMARY:

To adopt a holistic view to students in their care, promoting the general progress and well-being of individuals and of any class or group assigned to them. To create a positive learning environment and motivate students to achieve their full potential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The position of Campus Director of Sport encompasses many Generally, these roles can be categorized under the following 5 broad areas of responsibility: 

• Administration
• Management
• Recruitment
• Teaching
• Other

ADMINISTRATION

The Campus Director of Sport provides assistance to the Executive Head of School by:

• Arranging and facilitating sporting fixtures in a range of sporting codes.
• Overseeing the sports registers of all sporting codes to ensuring maximum participation.
• Confirming students’ extramural involvement and that this information is recorded correctly on students’ termly academic reports.
• Ensuring all aspects of the hosting of sports fixtures are taken care of – from the set up and smooth functioning of all home fixtures.
• Arranging transport to away fixtures and drawing up an appropriate transport schedule.
• Organizing all logistics around away tours and festivals – this includes drawing up budgets; making transport and accommodation arrangements; communicating with staff and parents etc.
• Ensuring that all logistical arrangements for ALL sporting codes are communicated on the ISAMS app.
• Maintaining and overseeing the termly and yearly calendar of sports-related activities to ensure that there are no clashes or oversights.
• Responding to queries from parents, students and staff around all sports related matters.
• Ensuring that all sports trophies are engraves annually and stored appropriately.
• Ordering, securing and issuing of all sports equipment and stock – including coaches’ kit.
• Keeping records of all interhouse sporting competition results.

MANAGEMENT

The Campus Director of Sport provides assistance to the Executive Head of School by:

• Attending weekly Executive management meetings
• Sitting on the School’s Colours Committee and preparing nominations of sports awards.
• Facilitating, minuting and communicating the outcomes of Sport Disciplinary Committee meetings.
• Overseeing the logistics around Sport Awards ceremonies – certificates; trophies, programmes and arrangements.
• Overseeing the Grade 12 Sports Portfolio and related activities.
• Together with the Estates Manager, managing the Groundsman, and ensuring that all sports facilities are in good condition.
• Attending weekly Functions Meetings.
• Liaising with the Directors of Hockey, Waterpolo and Preparatory Sport to ensure the smooth and effective running of sport across the campus in keeping with the strategic goals of the School as a whole.
• Facilitating, arranging and communicating arrangements with the school photographer twice a year.
• Arranging and facilitating First Team Dinners in the major sporting codes and liaising with the Functions Co-ordinator.
• Appointing staff to managerial and coaching roles in all sports teams (excluding waterpolo and hockey).
• Inducting and managing all peripatetic sports coaches to ensure that they undertake their duties and responsibilities in keeping with the Reddam House ethos.

RECRUITMENT

The Campus Director of Sport provides assistance to the Executive Head of School by:

• Ensuring that talented sportsmen and women are attracted to Reddam House Umhlanga.
• Putting structures in place to identify talent and assist the Admissions team with converting interest to enrolment.
• Sitting on the Scholarship Interview panel and make suggestions for the awarding of scholarships.
• Attracting and retaining top caliber of sports coaches at Reddam House Umhlanga. Ensuring that they perform optimally.
• Establishing and maintaining links between the Reddam House Umhlanga Preparatory School and College with a particular sports focus.
• Being present at marketing expos and events. Answering queries from prospective students and parents.
• Preparing and delivering presentations at marketing events.

TEACHING

• As a full time, permanent member of staff, the College Director of Sport is required to teach a 50% timetable.

OTHER

• Due to the dynamic nature of any school other responsibilities and functions may be delegated by the Executive Head of School to the Campus Director of Sport to assist in the operational efficiency of the School.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Able to set clear expectations and stretching goals
• Adaptable teaching style incorporating feedback
• A depth of understanding in the relevant subject area
• Ability to judge learning effectiveness
• Excellent preparation and planning
• Assessment of student outcomes and feedback to enhance performance
• Genuine care and attention for the highest standards of student welfare
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience with students in a secondary school and post 16
• Confidence with use of ICT in teaching
• Previous IEB-teaching experience advisable.
• Previous experience in a high-performing international school
• University degree or diploma in appropriate subject
• Certified Teaching Status
• Appropriate right to work