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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.