Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach — Athlete Development Lead

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

LGPS membership

Family friendly policies

Learning and development opportunities

Sports facilities access

Wellbeing support service

Job summary

Cardiff Met Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University is seeking a Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach to plan, deliver and review individualized strength and conditioning programmes for student-athletes across selected performance programmes. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team alongside coaches, performance directors and physiotherapists, and supervise placement students.

Applicants should have prior experience in performance or pathway settings and be able to engage with

Qualifications

• Experience as a strength and conditioning coach in a performance or pathway environment.
• Experience leading physical preparation planning and delivery.
• Experience using diagnostic equipment and athlete programming and monitoring systems such as VALD, Gymaware and TrainMyAthlete.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and reflect on individualised strength and conditioning programmes.
• Provide technical expertise in physical preparation as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Support the overall progress of the performance programme.
• Maintain regular contact with coaches, performance directors, physiotherapists and other support staff on selected programmes.
• Input into the planning process for performance programmes.
• Manage and guide placement students and graduate roles.
• Engage with programme members so they can reach their full potential.

Skills

Strength & conditioning

Programme planning

Athlete monitoring

Relationship building

Tools

VALD

Gymaware

TrainMyAthlete

Job description

Cardiff Met Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University is seeking a Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach to plan, deliver and review individualized strength and conditioning programmes for student-athletes across selected performance programmes. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team alongside coaches, performance directors and physiotherapists, and supervise placement students.

Applicants should have prior experience in performance or pathway settings and be able to engage with