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Director of Skating

If you share our values, are an experienced figure skating coach who is passionate about competitive skating, thrive in a competitive environment and want to make a positive lasting impact, then Skate Saskatoon is looking for you!

Objective/Purpose:

Reporting directly to the Skate Saskatoon Board of Directors, the Director of Skating is responsible for overseeing skating programs in alignment with Skate Saskatoon’s strategic plan. A primary focus is the development of a more complete competitive program and providing leadership for club growth and skater development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Further develop a high-level training environment using current best practices for training figure skaters of all ages who have competitive or recreational goals
• Help re-establish Skate Saskatoon as a club regularly producing nationally and internationally recognized competitive athletes
• Club coach for group instructed programming (optional)
• Freelance coach for private or semi-private lessons

Qualifications:

• Coaching Certification
  • NCCP Provincial Certified or higher with a plan to complete National Coach certification
• Experience
  • 6+ years coaching or a combination of coaching/national level competitor
• Other
  • Criminal Records Check, with Vulnerable Sector
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Making Ethical Decisions
  • Good standing with Skate Canada
  • Legally able to work in Canada on an unrestricted basis
  • Strong communication skills

Working Environment and Benefits:

• Dedicated figure skating facility, with typically 700+ skaters, year-round ice, and oversight to set the ice schedule
• Sand based ice surface, no hockey boards, dedicated lockers rooms, coaches’ room, 2 offices, 187-person capacity hall (can be used for training purposes), modern music system, off ice jump harness
• Travel within and outside Saskatchewan is required for attending competitions and seminars
• Salary commensurate with experience and coaching level
  • As well as agreed upon job profile
• Benefits package
• Potential for a diminishing salary bonus during first 3 years while a private freelance coaching business is built in Saskatoon as well as negotiable relocation allowance

Competencies:

• Leadership/Vision – demonstrated focus and commitment to helping others
• Relationship Building – experience working as part of and/or managing a collaborative coaching environment
• Personal Effectiveness – demonstrated self-awareness, accountability, and personal capacity
• Technical Expertise – in program components and optimizing competition performance as well as current technical aspects and training demands required to be a high-performance skater. Experience coaching athletes to perform at a high level (triple jumps and level 4 spins)

This position is available immediately with a negotiable start date. 

Please email your resume and cover letter to:

Skate Saskatoon - Board of Directors

c/o President@Skatesaskatoon.com

The duties and accountabilities described in this job description are not a comprehensive list.  Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time as required by the organizational change and to meet business demands.