Casual Football Coaches

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Barker College is currently seeking experienced Casual Football Coaches based at our Hornsby campus to be part of our program for the 2024 season.

We have openings in boys and girls football from Year 7 to Year 12.

Opportunity to work in a positive football environment at a fantastic school.

We have several roles available as casual coaches with varying degrees of commitment based on available work hours. These range from as little as 6 hours per week to 20 hours per week in season.

You will work under the guidance of our director of football and the designated Barker College Football model.

Teams range in all abilities and ages and require enthusiastic and energetic coaches in all teams.
Training sessions generally require coaches to work am sessions and afternoon sessions split across two days in the week and game day Saturday.

You will be part of dynamic collaborative team of coaches who pride themselves on working together daily as part of team beside the team.

Our programs play in the ISA and CAS inter schools competitions as well and provide further exposure to national and international tournaments in certain ages.

**Requirements**:

- C License or above
- Prior experience working in school or academy style environment
- Availability early mornings (6:15am to 8:30am) and late afternoons (2:30pm to 5:30pm) and Saturday am or early pm
- Energetic, enthusiastic and dynamic coaches.

**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 coeducational 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**:Monday 13 November 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.
- Referees will only be contacted after initial interviews have been carried out.