Talent Academy Coach Opportunities - Sheffield
Sheffield Hockey Club Sheffield, South YorkshireSheffield (Yorkshire) Talent Academy – Coaching Opportunities
Based in South Yorkshire, Sheffield Hockey Club (SHC) is an ambitious club that boasts 12 adult sides and over 250 youth athletes. We have National League status for both our men’s and women’s first teams and have recently been awarded the operating licence by England Hockey to deliver the Talent Academy for the Yorkshire Region from 1 August 2025.
Our Talent Academy Programme will be based at the Sheffield Hallam University, Sports Park (Bawtry Road) operating on a Monday night throughout the year, with weekend and holiday elements of the programme being split between the Sports Park and our home pitch at Abbeydale Park, Sheffield.
SHC is actively seeking applications for the following keys roles on our Talent Academy Programme:
Lead Coaches
Contractual Status: Self Employed
Hourly Rate: £25 - £30 per hour (subject to experience)
You will lead a team of coaches to delivery SHC’s Talent Academy Programme aligned to the England Hockey Talent framework ensuring you create an effective, safe and healthy talent development culture both for your coaching team and all athletes on the programme.
Coaches
Contractual Status: Self Employed
Hourly Rate: £20 - £25 per hour (subject to experience)
You will be required to work as part of a team of coaches and support the development and delivery of our coaching and education programme which will engage, excite, and develop talented athletes.
Goalkeeper Coach
Contractual Status: Self Employed
Hourly Rate: £20 - £25 per hour (subject to experience)
You will be required to work as part of a team of coaches and support the development and delivery of specific/dedicated goalkeeper coaching and education programme which will engage, excite, and develop talented athletes.
Applicants for all roles will be expected to have experience of planning and implementing a successful hockey curriculum either in a club, county or school environment to athletes with high potential of skill and ability.
You will be experienced in developing players to play at Tier 1 Club, County and TA level and have good knowledge of the Talent Academy Framework/Talent Principles, with a focus on player development and wellbeing and healthy development culture. Applicants should have the skills to build relationships with coaching colleagues, parents and the players.
A key part of all roles will include planning and delivering weekly training to each group, working together to select and attend matches during weekend competition dates.
Roles Profiles including detailed person specifications for all roles detailed above can be found at the SHC website - www.sheffieldhockeyclub.com
All roles are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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