SPORTS GRADUATE ASSISTANT
JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Sports Graduate Assistant

Responsible to:  Director of Sport

Main Purpose:  To support the delivery of the schools outstanding Sports programme in the Senior School
through coaching teams and individuals and sharing your enthusiasm for Sport with our pupils.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  To work directly with the Director of Sport and appropriate Heads of Sport to support the planning

and delivering the sports programmes.

  To coach boys’ and girls’ teams across the year, planning training sessions that challenge and develop

individuals and teams.

  To offer high level coaching to small groups and individuals as part of our scholarship programme to

stretch the most able pupils.

  To support the wider delivery of the Sedbergh Sports programme, assisting when needed with other

sports and contributing to the summer term programme with cricket, athletics, or tennis.

  To assist with administration tasks relating to your specific sport, and the wider sports programme,
including engaging with the use of school systems, including socs and isams, to organise and register
fixtures and games afternoons.

  To work collaborative with fellow graduate assistants to support the Sedbergh Sports programme on

event days such as sports scholarship days and tournament days.

  Play a full and active role in the busy boarding environment, being a resident tutor in a boarding

house, including tutoring, supervising, and leading activities.

  Demonstrate a proactive approach to engaging with young people.
  To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding of children and young people
  To undertake other duties within the post as requested by your line manager or senior management

team.

Health and Safety:

All staff should be aware of the school’s health and safety policy and implement it as appropriate.

Safeguarding:

All staff employed by Sedbergh School are expected to take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding
the welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible or with whom they come into
contact.

These roles and responsibilities provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a
definitive list.  Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the level of this post.

Sedbergh School is committed to safeguarding & protecting the welfare of children. Applicants must be
willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers
and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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