Badminton Women's 1st Team Coach 2026/2027

DMUsport Coaches will deliver expert tuition to the university’s student clubs and support the activity of the club supporting the delivery of the DMUsport player pathway. They will develop working relationships with internal and external partners, to the benefit of the club, student members and the university.

Hours: Monday 19:00-20:30 (Training) & Friday 16:00-17:30 (Training). Fixtures occur on Wednesdays during term time, with 2 hours for home and 4 hours for away fixtures. Time is TBD due to opposition and facility availability. Average hours per week during term time delivery including coaching, admin & competitions = 5.2

Duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing expert tuition to the university’s student club.
• To support and offer guidance to the club committee to ensure improvement in participation numbers and support the growth and depth in competitive sport.
• To provide practical day-to-day coaching, as well as devising and implementing long and short-term development plans.
• Attend all training sessions and fixtures/matches.
• To analyse and report on the club’s performance.
• Ensure health and safety policies and best practice are adhered to.
• Be aware of and promote student support services to members as well as engaging in opportunities for CPD relating to student welfare.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant colleagues, including DSU staff and sports clubs, and staff responsible for university leisure facilities.
• Promote sport at DMU, both to current and prospective students, as well as the public.
• Make efforts to attend meetings and events as required, sometimes outside of core hours.
• Support other projects to meet the objectives of the department.
• Treat all DMU staff, students, contractors and visitors with dignity and respect.
• Provide a service that complies with the Equality Act 2010, eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity, and fostering good relations with particular attention to the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief (or none), sex and sexual orientation.

Skills and experience:

• Level 2 (or equivalent) qualified, working towards Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification or relevant experience.
• Experience of coaching relevant sport, at an intermediate level.
• Experience of developing athletes and long-term athlete development plans.
• In-depth understanding of coaching styles and practical delivery.
• An understanding of Long-Term Athlete Development and structure of student sport (specifically in higher education).
• Ability to manage people and programme and to ensure delivery against objectives.
• Ability to work independently on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to write reports or assessments etc and contribute to meetings as required.
• Able to work outside of normal core hours.
• Commitment to observe the University’s Equal Opportunities policy.