Coach

Lawn Tennis Association; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports organization is seeking an individual to help manage Padel activities at Smash Padel Cardiff. This role involves delivering strategic management, engaging with community stakeholders, and overseeing various programs. The ideal candidate will have elite experience in racket sports and demonstrate strong coaching and IT literacy. Key responsibilities include managing on-court activities, developing junior programs, and enhancing commercial performance. This position offers flexibility and the chance to make padel inclusive for all.

Qualifications

• Experience in racket sports as a player or coach.
• Ability to adapt to challenging circumstances with flexibility.
• Understanding of the review process to enhance performance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic management of Smash Padel Cardiff.
• Manage all on-court activities for various age groups.
• Develop and deliver schemes for junior programs.

Skills

Elite level experience in racket sports

Good standard of IT literacy

Ability to work under pressure

Strong coaching

Job description

• Help deliver the overall strategic management of Smash Padel Cardiff, their facilities, programme growth and facility development.
• Help deliver all on-court activities for people of all ages & abilities.
• Help manage the junior pathway and deliver schemes of work for our Smashers & Junior programmes.
• Use your technical & tactical knowledge to help your colleagues to develop their padel coaching.
• Help drive commercial performance through an innovative approach: delivering excellent standards and services that both meet the customer needs and occupancy targets as set out in the objectives for the centre.
• Work closely with key stakeholders including community groups, employees, the LTA and Smash Padel management to ensure the facilities and Padel programmes continue to grow and improve.
• Support the delivery of the Padel programmes across the Smash Padel offering in conjunction with the wider team to ensure the programmes are planned and delivered to the highest standards.
• Adopt and implement the Smash Padel inclusive policy to offer Padel to all community groups and players.
• Work with your team to develop initiatives to recruit new customers and create an event calendar that supports maximising court usage.
• Ensure the Smash Padel brand profile and core values are marketed correctly.
• Secure content in order to promote our services through all media channels with campaigns to drive increased footfall.
• You will be required to work reception and fulfill administration duties as part of the team.

At Smash Padel we are dedicated to making padel accessible and fun for players of all abilities and ages. Our programs are designed to offer you a pathway to making padel your lifelong hobby and to be part of a joyful community.

Experience

Essential

• Elite level experience in racket sports either as a player or coach.
• Background in team sports as either a player, coach or administrator.
• Good standard of IT literacy with the aptitude to self‑teach.
• Ability to adapt and change to challenging circumstances alongside motivation and commitment to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the business.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver revenue targets.
• Understand how important the ‘Review’ process is and how to challenge poor performance without impacting relationships and staff motivation.

Desirable

• Experience of business development planning, goal setting, review process and analysing performance.
• Strong coaching background, preferably in racket sports but ‘How to coach’ is more important than ‘What to coach’.
• Managing governance via the implementation and update of relevant policies, such as safeguarding and health &safety.
• Working with a senior management team, providing performance reports, working to KPI’s and implementing a ‘shared vision’ strategy.
• Knowledge of local government strategies, student and school sports strategies.
• Digital marketing and its implementation. How to use content to support promotion and advertising.
• Knowledge of how the ‘Long Term Athlete Development’ cycle works and how an awards based environment restricts development.