Casual Rowing Head Coach

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Barker College is currently seeking an experienced Rowing Head Coach based at our Hornsby campus. Barker Rowing is an inclusive program in its infancy. It includes Learn to Row, competitive and recreation options. Barker competes at co-ed regattas and Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Head of the River.

Reporting to the Coordinator of Rowing, responsibilities include:

- Oversight and responsibility for the entire Rowing Program including leadership, development of coaching staff, leading and supporting coaching practices, student welfare and managing of all administrative and operational requirements
- Development and continued improvement of the technical rowing model and the planning and facilitation of camps throughout the year
- Presence and leadership at regattas and training
- Cultivation of a culture that reflects the values of Barker College.

**With more than 350 teaching staff and 200 support staff, Barker College is a diverse, vibrant, and dynamic professional environment.**

**ABOUT BARKER COLLEGE**

Barker is a leading independent co-educational school at the forefront of educational thought, visionary leadership and excellence. An Anglican Day and Boarding School, originally established in 1890 Barker is situated in Hornsby on the leafy Upper North Shore of Sydney.

Barker College is a fully coeducational school from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. We also have four satellite campuses:

- An Outdoor Education facility at The Grange, Mount Victoria, NSW
- An Indigenous Darkinjung Barker Campus in Yarramalong, NSW (established 2016)
- An Indigenous Ngarralingayil Barker Campus in Wollembi, NSW (established 2020)
- An Indigenous Dhupuma Barker Campus in Gunyangara, NT (established 2021).

At Barker, we aim to be an engaging place of work w all staff are valued and nurtured through a dynamic professional learning community. We encourage and support all our teaching and support staff to be lifelong learners, to be inspired and be supported to thrive in their roles through ongoing professional learning, research and self-reflection. Quality teaching and learning drives the pursuit of supporting the School’s strategic vision of being a leading educational institution that inspires global hope. Staff are highly aligned to the School values of Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Integrity and Respect and take pride in making a positive contribution to student life within and beyond the classroom.

**WHY WORK AT BARKER COLLEGE**

At Barker, we aim to be an engaging place of work w all staff are valued and nurtured through a dynamic professional learning community. We encourage and support all our teaching and support staff to be lifelong learners, to be inspired and be supported to thrive in their roles through ongoing professional learning, research and self-reflection. Quality teaching and learning drives the pursuit of supporting the School’s strategic vision of being a leading educational institution that inspires global hope. Staff are highly aligned to the School values of Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Integrity and Respect and take pride in making a positive contribution to student life within and beyond the classroom.

We provide a range of benefits to support the ongoing wellbeing of all our staff and these benefits are outlined.

**HOW TO APPLY**
- Current Resume/CV
- Brief Covering Letter which addresses the reason for your interest and how your skills and experience suit the role.
- Applications close**:Tuesday 18 April 2023 at 10:00am**

**CANDIDATE EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS**
- Successful applicants will be expected to support the Mission, Vision and Values of the School
- Barker College is an Anglican School and applicants for this position will need to demonstrate sympathy with and support for the School’s Christian values
- Barker College is a child safe organisation and all statutory checks and references are required prior to confirmation of employment. A NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) and a National Police Check will be required.
- Barker College is committed to a safe work environment and all staff members work within our WHS Policy & Procedures and other relevant documentation
- Barker College policy requires staff to have received two (2) Covid-19 vaccine doses
- Referees will only be contacted after initial interviews have been carried out.