Head Rowing Coach - St Paul's Collegiate School Rowing Club

St Paul’s Collegiate School is a leading independent school situated in Hamilton that has a well-rounded sporting culture and a drive for High-Performance sporting success. The St Paul’s Rowing Club has a team of more than 80 rowers and coxswains who train at a privately owned boat shed on the Waikato River. All equipment is up-to-date with a fleet of boats covering all boat classes, with a comprehensive plant and asset purchase plan.

We are seeking to appoint a Head Rowing Coach commencing at the start of the 2024/2025 rowing season, who will lead the technical coaching direction and skill development of rowers and our coaching team, as well as be responsible for coaching one or more of our Rowing Squads.

St Paul’s Rowing Club is in a positive and growing place, and the school is incredibly proud of the current culture, engagement and success of its programme. The successful applicant will need to be well organised, be an effective communicator and be able to motivate and bring the best out of our students by demonstrating high standards in commitment, attitude, presentation, and enthusiasm towards the rowing programme.

Our ideal candidate will either be a fully registered teacher who is passionate about rowing and has substantial experience in this space, or someone who is an exceptional coach who has proven experience in coaching and leading rowing at a school or representative level.

For teachers, this is a full-time opportunity with a reduced teaching load (to be negotiated), or for non-teachers, this is a year-round salaried opportunity (hours to be negotiated). There may also be an opportunity depending on your skillset, to find additional employment with the school in the off-season.

Alongside this role, we are also looking to appoint a Director of Rowing, to lead our school's rowing programme on and off the water. Applications for this role may be considered both separately to the Head coach position or in conjunction. Pleasingly, the current Director of Rowing has taken on additional portfolios within our school and wishes to continue to provide expertise, remaining in the newly created role of Rowing Manager to support the transition of the new Director and Head Coach.

Working at St Paul’s you will be joining a supportive and collegial group of professionals. Staff are appreciated and valued for their hard work. Along with a competitive remuneration package, other benefits include daily cooked lunches, flexible hours and access to excellent facilities.

The start date is negotiable, but ideally, the successful candidate will be ready to commence from August 2024.

An application pack with more information about the role and our school and club can be obtained by contacting Kathryn Conaghan, Head of HR via email: work@stpauls.school.nz.

Applications will remain open until the position is filled and reviewed as received. Applications should be sent to work@stpauls.school.nz