Beach Volleyball Head Coach

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🕒 October 8

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏱ Part Time

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Volleyball England

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1968

⚽ Sports

🤝 Non-profit

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Volleyball England is the national governing body for the sport of volleyball in England. It oversees indoor, beach and sitting volleyball at all levels—running national competitions (Super League, NVL, National Cup & Shield, junior and student competitions), managing England and GB national teams and talent pathways, and providing coach and referee development, volunteer and club services, membership and affiliation, safeguarding and governance. The organisation also operates a foundation/charity, offers events, resources and a retail shop for equipment, and provides programmes and policies around inclusion, diversity, anti-doping and mental health support.

📋 Description

• Lead coaching of identified England senior men’s and women’s performance pairs in daily training and agreed domestic and international competitions. • Plan and deliver high-quality on-sand training across technical, tactical, physical and psychological performance domains. • Establish individual and pair performance plans, objectives and competition programmes with athletes and support staff. • Build a safe, athlete-centred, high-performance environment supporting international progression and long-term development. • Collaborate with the SEM Team and other practitioners to integrate coaching and athlete plans. • Review athlete and pair performance using observation, analysis and performance data, providing timely feedback. • Lead the England junior beach volleyball programme, including national camps and training activity. • Prepare, coach and deliver junior teams at agreed international competitions, including NEVZA and European age-group events. • Connect junior and senior programmes and support talent identification and athlete development with clubs, coaches and Volleyball England colleagues. • Contribute to junior beach volleyball competition development. • Support targeted coach and club development and share technical expertise with pathway coaches. • Contribute to annual and competition-specific performance planning, athlete selection processes, performance updates and programme management. • Work within agreed programme budgets and administrative processes. • Identify and manage conflicts of interest. • Prioritise safeguarding, athlete welfare, integrity and anti-doping requirements. • Undertake national and international travel and work evenings and weekends as required.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience coaching beach volleyball within a performance or talent environment. • Strong technical and tactical knowledge of beach volleyball and ability to translate this into high-quality on-sand coaching. • Experience planning and delivering athlete development programmes, camps and competition preparation. • Ability to build trusted, effective relationships with senior and junior athletes, coaches and multidisciplinary support staff. • Clear understanding of athlete-centred coaching, safeguarding and welfare responsibilities associated with working with young people and performance athletes. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to give clear, constructive feedback and create positive performance relationships. • Strong organisation and planning skills, with ability to manage training and competition commitments across multiple athletes and age groups. • Commitment to continuous professional development and Volleyball England’s standards, values and behaviours. • Preparedness to travel and work outside normal core hours, including evenings and weekends. • Ability to identify, declare and manage actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest arising from external coaching or commercial activity. • Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK; Volleyball England is unable to offer visa sponsorship. • Appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) requirements and relevant safeguarding and anti-doping training. • Desirable: experience coaching within a national team beach volleyball programme. • Desirable: experience coaching athletes or pairs at international senior and/or age-group competition. • Desirable: knowledge of the beach volleyball landscape and player pathway in England. • Desirable: experience supporting coach development within clubs or talent environments. • Desirable: experience working within a multidisciplinary performance support team. • Desirable: recognised advanced beach volleyball coaching qualification, including FIVB coaching awards or equivalent. • Desirable: experience mentoring or developing other coaches. • Desirable: experience balancing national programme responsibilities with external coaching or commercial interests. • CV and covering letter required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Stakeholder pension scheme with an employer pension contribution of 3%. • 22 days annual leave pro-rata, increasing to 25 days pro-rata in the second and subsequent years of service, plus Bank/Public Holidays and 2.5 privilege days in line with Volleyball England policy. • Flexible working arrangements appropriate to the demands of a national coaching role. • Cycle to Work Scheme. • Discounted on-site gym membership at SportPark, Loughborough. • Access to appropriate coaching support and development opportunities. • Structured mentoring approach, including learning from outside volleyball and from coaches with high-level international beach volleyball experience. • Relevant formal coach education, including progression towards an FIVB Beach Volleyball Coach Award where appropriate, will be supported.

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