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Head Coach GB Youth Academy & Grantham College Table Tennis Academy
Job Reference: GBYAC/10.2025
Salary: This is a full time role with an actual salary of up to £40,000 per annum.
Working Hours: 33 hours per week over 4 days, working one in four Fridays, 52 weeks per year.
Start Date: Expected start date for this role is 05/01/2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head Coach to join our GB Youth Academy and Grantham College Table Tennis department.
The purpose of the role is to deliver the programme for the GB Youth Table Tennis Academy and the Grantham college Table Tennis Academy.
The successful applicant must have:
- A thorough knowledge and understanding of the technical, tactical skills and fitness levels required for players to succeed at international level (particularly at youth level)
- Significant international high-level experience in table tennis
- Experience of managing relationships and programmes in a high-performance environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills along with demonstrable energy, adaptability, integrity and being a team player
- The ability to promote and foster a team culture reflecting the organisation’s values and goals
- Commitment to providing a safe supportive environment for athletes and staff
- A genuine commitment to enhance ones coaching through researched and data driven knowledge
- Ability and willingness to work to a flexible schedule and to travel domestically and internationally for extended periods of time
- Commitment to clean sport
- A commitment to, and deep understanding of, the issues around safeguarding young people and athlete, coach, and staff welfare in the sports performance environment
The roles main duties include to:
- Be the Head Coach for the newly established GB Youth Academy and provide direction and line management to the Coach of Grantham College
- Support the recruitment of players into the GB Youth Academy and be an advocate for and promote both the GB Youth academy and Grantham College Table Tennis Academy at appropriate opportunities
- Design and implement a periodised programme in line with the performance standards and objectives with the athletes you work with both in the GB Youth Academy and Grantham College Table Tennis Academy
- Plan and deliver both one to one and group-based sessions with members of both the GB Youth Academy and college Academy
- Lead the cadet Great Britain Training Squad Programme
- Be the European Youth Cadet Coach
- Support, where appropriate delivery of DiSE practical elements (up to 15 days per year)
- Support the development of the performance standards for players to become a member of the academy and any changes as a result of the programme evolving
- Attend Table Tennis England Performance Team meetings and provide an update on players in the GB Youth Academy, liaising when required with national coaches to discuss player plans (in particular the lead Futures coach and lead GBTS coach)
- Outside of term time, to spend time at the Elite Training Centre, supporting activity at the discretion of the Director of Performance Development
- Design an age and level appropriate international training programme for each member of the GB Youth Academy
- Attend a minimum of 5 international events a year, leading on the coaching of players within the Academy
- To achieve a minimum of 8 international youth medals from players part of the GB Youth Academy
- Conduct regular reviews with each athlete and their support network for both the GB Youth Academy and Grantham College Table Tennis Academy
- Attend domestic events to monitor and report back on the progress of players in both the GB Youth academy and college Academy
- Ensure players are adhering to any wider support that has been offered to them as part of the GB pathway
- Work with stakeholders to ensure delivery of a physical based programme for players on and off camp
- Work collaboratively with Grantham College and the Table Tennis England Performance Team to review the programme at several agreed points in the year
- Ensure there are clear lines of communication with parents regarding the expectations of players in the programme and provide feedback in terms of performance.
- Liaise with coaching staff at Charles Read School regarding player schedules
- Play an active role in supporting coach development initiatives directed by the Table Tennis England Coaching Team
- Support players in the academy with their wellbeing and ensures the safeguarding of all players
- Signpost players to appropriate support services as required
- Work with Accommodation team on site to ensure the players are managing living independently and following a healthy eating plan.
- Design training plans for players during non-term time periods for both GB Youth Academy and Grantham College Table Tennis Academy.
- Attend tournaments to network with patents and players to sell the opportunities of both academies
- Complete the coach’s appraisals and to hold regular scheduled meetings with the coaching team
- Communication with the Marketing team at Grantham College and Table Tennis England to share/provide updates of what is happening within the academies.
- With the Head of Curriculum prepare and monitor the annual budget for the Table Tennis Academy
- Liaise with curriculum staff to ensure students within the Table Tennis Academy are progressing with their academic studies in a satisfactory manner
- Liaise with the accommodation staff to ensure students within the Table Tennis Academy behave in a responsible manner
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be 31 October 2025. Interviews will be held on 13 November 2025.
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Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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