Head of Sport

10 hours ago

KwaZuluNatal, South Africa Curro Holdings Ltd Full time

**At Curro,**we care.**:
**Head of Sport (High School)**:
**Curro Hillcrest**

**Vacancy Reference: 25677**:
**What are we looking for?**
We are looking for someone with the following experience, qualifications and /or skillsets:
The Head of Sport will oversee and manage the high school sport programme, focusing on developing established athletes, while ensuring that all learners are invested in the extra-mural programme. The Head of Sport will also lead the sports department, ensuring that the sport programme develops and flourishes.

Commitment to the school’s ethos, values and vision are essential. This position is a full time, permanent position.
- **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.

**Read more about where you will work**

PRESCHOOL | PRIMARY SCHOOL | HIGH SCHOOL

If you have not had any feedback from the school within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, accept that you were not successful for this position.
But don’t be dismayed, next time it might be you.
Curro reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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