Head of Sport (High School) Curro Hillcrest at Curro Holdings Ltd

The ideal candidate will hold the following:

• SACE registered.
• A relevant qualification in Education or Sports Management.
• 4 to 5 years as a sport coach.
• Experience in sports/event coordination is advantageous.
• Holding a valid PDP and a willingness to drive school transport, where needed.

The responsibilities are:

Sports planning and administrations        

• A willingness to support and mentor and be mentored.
• Design and control of the Sport Budget.
• The flexibility and willingness to work outside of normal school hours, when necessary.
• The ability to lead a team and manage resources and processes.
• Review and plan the coaching timetable for high school.
• Create termly and annual sporting calendars.
• Put fixture timetable together and communicate based on weekly planners.
• Assign coaches to coaching activities and management of these coaches.
• Manage communications to parents regarding sports activities.
• Run and plan the sports awards process.
• Ensure that day to day sport administrative duties are executed efficiently. This list includes, but is not limited to: fixtures, first aid, catering, set ups, transport, stock management, registers, team entries into leagues and tournaments.
• Compile reports on sporting results and progress for the year. 

Coaching of sports            

• Ensure coaching staff continue to upskill themselves and remain relevant in their skill set through coaching clinics and collaboration with relevant professionals.
• Coaching of current coaches.
• Coaching in own sporting discipline.
• Officiation at matches.  

Physical education 

• Teaching of PE lessons to grades 8 through 11.
• Design cross sport talent identification and skills development.
• Assist with the design of PE assessments and programmes.

 Sports events and tours      

• Ensure that Curro Hillcrest host more sports tournaments and festivals, and the expectation is that the Head of Sport will attend and assist in these events, where needed.
• Attend relevant tours, camps, and sporting events.
• Assisting with the management of players in each sporting team.
• Ensure timeous communication with all relevant role players.

Staff Management   

• Collaborate and manage the sports department.
• Mentoring and management of coaches.
• Management of disciplinary issues that arise from time to time.
• Mediation between relevant parties in the event of issues.