Head of Performance - Swimming

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Howe Bridge Leisure Centre

Eckersley Fold Lane

Atherton

M46 0PJ

Salary: Grade 8, £33,945 - £38,223 per annum.

37 hours per week

Your role:

BeWell is seeking a dynamic, passionate and forward-thinking Head of Performance Swimming to take over and lead the transformation of our Swim Squad.

The successful candidate will be organised, proactive with the ability to inspire and capable of working both independently whilst leading and developing a wider coaching team ensuring local, county, regional and national success.

About you:

You will play a pivotal role in growing the aquatics programme, attracting talent from inside and outside our borough contributing to our key health and wellbeing objectives linked to the Councils Deal 2030. 

Shift patterns will be varied and include a working pattern of split shifts, unsocial hours and working early mornings, evening, weekends, and bank holidays where required. Some short away from home working will be required during the competition season.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

In recent years Wigan BEST have been crowned Lancashire Age group champions for successive years, Qualified for National arena finals over the past 3 seasons and helped coach athletes to English and British nationals achieving medals of all colours at both meets. Wigan BEST vision is to provide swimmers with the optimum environment and the right opportunities at each stage of their development to enable them to achieve excellence.

We will continue to strive for gold medal success through the provision of seamless pathways from early skill development to the Olympic podium. The Head of Performance will develop a strong team ethos and drive a one team approach across the squad, embedding the BeWigan Behaviours and ensuring strong links with our community clubs. 

 Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

To be appointable in this role you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. If you are unsure, please visit the below link to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

For further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Mazey - Aquatics – Development Manager on 01942 404311 or email Rebecca.Mazey1@wigan.gov.uk

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