Join the Team at Canoe Wales - Regional Talent Coach Vacancy

Exciting opportunities here at Canoe Wales as we have a new vacancy to join the ever expanding team and help shape the future of paddlesport in Wales. Take a look below:

Canoe Wales Performance Team, Regional Talent Coach (North)

Responsible to: Canoe Wales Performance Manager

Location: In the North Region of Wales; covering, but not exclusive to, Bala, Llanberis, Llangollen, Plas-y-Brenin.

Salary: £19-24k pro-rata (Dependant on experience)

Hours: 18 Hours per week

Contract Period: Permanent on completion of 6-month probation period.

Canoe Wales has an exciting opportunity to join our Performance and Talent Pathway Team in Wales. 

Following a detailed review in 2021, we’ve been busy restructuring our performance programme. We’re providing more accessible opportunities for those who would like to be part of our pathway, increasing the sport science support we provide to our athletes and we’re working with a leading sports analytic company and Sport Wales to develop the performance and welfare of those on the programme.

It's a really exciting time to join the team and lead one of the most successful performance programmes in Wales and you will be responsible for implementing our strategy to get more Welsh athletes into GB sprint, slalom and paracanoe programmes.

This is a newly created role that will help to provide excellent coaching for Talent Squad athletes based in the North of Wales. We welcome applicants who want to be a part of our young, dynamic and athlete centred coaching team. If you like to provide highly challenging training sessions and also the high levels of support to the athlete, please apply by completing the application form and covering letter, detailing how you meet the Person Specification

We also strongly encourage women and other people who are underrepresented in paddlesport and performance to apply.

Full details of the role can be found in the job description below. If any interested candidates have further questions, you are welcome to contact nick.fowler@canoewales.com for an informal conversation about the role.

Recruitment Pack

1. Role Description and Person Specification (PDF)

2. Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (Word doc, optional)

Closing Date and Interviews

Application deadline: 5pm, 5th December 2022

First interviews: Provisional date of the 13th December 2022, however this date is subject to change.

How to apply

Once you are ready to apply, please submit:

 - Your CV, 

 - A Cover Letter explaining how your skills and experience make you the right person to join the Performance Pathway Team and 

 - A Completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form 

to the Canoe Wales Performance Manager, nick.fowler@canoewales.com. 

Canoe Wales values diversity and works to advance equality. Upon submitting your application to Canoe Wales we will kindly ask all applicants to complete our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. The information you provide is anonymous and only used for diversity reporting purposes. We hope you will complete this survey to help us in our commitment to equality and diversity. However, the survey is optional and whether you choose to enclose it will not affect your application.