TuksSport High School - Tuks Cycling Academy Head Coach at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring a sustainable training environment that will holistically develop the cyclists.
• Initiate and implement talent identification and recruitment, identifying areas, clubs and event to target for recruitment.
• Provide all aspects of training and competition plans and periodisation
• Conduct and have oversight of all training sessions
• Monitoring and mentoring the cyclists at events
• Ensuring equipment is fully functional and logistics are arranged for training and competitions. Creating individual training philosophies of LTAD (long-term athlete development) to ensure the cyclists will have a prolonged and successful sporting career. (Cyclists are between 14-18 year of age and are scholars at TuksSport High School).
• Provide a scope of improvement from beginner cyclist to age category competitive cyclist. Monitoring and reporting of an athlete's mental, physical, and psychological well-being. Monitoring of academics and school performance and ensuring school-work remains a priority above sport.
• Managing and report on measurable athlete's goals (training outcomes/race results). Administrative duties (keeping records of attendance, training plans, results, order, invoices,quotes etc.)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in sports science or related field with 3 years' experience in coaching youth cyclists OR 5 years' experience in coaching youth cyclists
• UCI level 1 coaching certificate or relative coaching certificate
• Safeguarding Certificate
• 1st Aid Certificate
• Criminal record, Sexual offenders and Child offenders' clearance certificates
• Have the ability to ride with the cyclists and facilitate training and skill sessions in the field PDP drivers licence and own transport

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years of cycling coaching experience with youth development
• 3 years cycling coaching at a school level
• Honours degree in sports science or related field.
• Bike fitment and maintenance experience

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):

Proficient in the following:

• Training peaks or Intervals.icu training programmes
• Zwift or MyWhoosh training platform experience
• Basic bike mechanical repair skills
• Bike handling skills development
• Basic Physiology, Sport Science and Nutrition and its application to training principle Periodisation of training programmes.
• Long-term athlete development.
• Computer literacy use of MS office, Adobe PDF, Gmail
• Report writing
• Basic accounting such as budgeting and expense management
• Good organisational skills and time management
• Ability to work under pressure and independently
• Goal-oriented and driven by purpose
• Passionate and energetic
• Accountable
• Conflict resolution skills