Athletics Coach

Fitness & Wellness
Qatar 🇶🇦
October 2, 2023

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Job Description

ASPIRE Academy – We are world-class in our pursuit of Sports Excellence

Your expertise will help us reach our goals

At Aspire, we develop well-educated sports champions. We foster Qatar society by realizing a healthy, active lifestyle. As an Athletics Coach, you will provide your expertise and knowledge in establishing and implementing a strategic development plan for Athletics.

You are: able to demonstrate demonstrating leadership within the Athletics program, developing and implementing training and competition programs for groups and individual players. Working under the supervision and direction of the Head Coach of Athletics, you will be involved in the professional leadership of the Athletics Department at Aspire Sports Academy.

We are: a highly regarded team of professionals who love challenges and working under pressure in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and athletes-focused environment.

Together we’ll be: a passionate team. We’ll work together with a great commitment, as an integral part of the academy, striving to achieve the same standards of excellence in the field of expertise in Athletics.

What will you do – Main responsibilities:

  • Assist the Head Coach as required with the planning and daily management of the program.
  • Apply the necessary coaching skills and methodologies to assist the current and potential athletics student-athletes in developing the attributes required to fulfill their potential.
  • Delivers high-quality, age-appropriate athletics coaching to student-athletes by teaching relevant skills, tactics, and techniques;
  • Monitoring and enhancing performance by providing tuition, encouragement, and constructive feedback;
  • Identifying strengths and weaknesses and taking actions to encourage strengths and rectify weaknesses;
  • Work as part of an integrated team including sports scientists to provide a holistic service to support individual player development and optimize performance;
  • Working with coaches from other sports to develop and implement athletic training and activity to improve the overall athletic skills of student-athletes
  • Cooperate with coaches and staff in the Qatar Athletics Federation, QAF-accredited clubs, and, where appropriate, International Federations and clubs
  • Assist the relevant Aspire staff with planning and developing appropriate training programs for the potential athletics student-athletes to ensure their developmental requirements are met.

Qualifications and requirements:

  • 4-6 years of related experience of which a minimum of 2 years should be in a similar position/responsibility, preferably in a similar Industry or as per the Director of the Department.
  • Proven experience and broad knowledge of sports coaching and development, sports and exercise science, talent identification, players development and training.
  • Experience in report and technical writing, planning, scheduling, and coordination
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Works effectively with people from all backgrounds and cultures and demonstrates flexibility.
  • Can effectively reorganize activities when faced with changing contexts and demands
  • Strong decision-making skills, quick thinking, intelligence, and articulation.
  • A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution in a relevant discipline. A master’s degree is preferrable.

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