National Club Development Officer

JOB VACANCY

BaseballSoftballUK is recruiting for a suitable individual to help drive forward the development of baseball and softball.

- Can you work work with a wide range of volunteers and sports professionals to develop baseball and softball?

- Do you relish a challenge, have patience in abundance AND have good communication skills?

- Are you a dynamic, organised and conscientious ‘self starter’?

If you think you fit the bill, and you have the ambition and commitment to help the sports progress, we look forward to hearing from you!

JOB PURPOSE

To initiate, co-ordinate and support all club development activity across the country in accordance with the BaseballSoftballUK Whole Sport Plan, Club and Coach development plan and Club Accreditation plans.

THE JOB

In this role, you will be responsibility for the design and implementation of a BSUK Club Accreditation Scheme, for baseball and softball clubs and or leagues as appropriate, in accordance with Sport England Club Mark and County Sports Partnership local club accreditation standards.

You will be responsible for setting up a criteria and evidence based scheme, club accreditation support mechanisms and quality assurance procedures for assessment of clubs working towards accreditation. In addition, you will need to establish incentive packages for clubs and leagues who achieve accreditation and monitoring of the maintenance of post-accreditation standards.

Your key responsibilities will also include setting baseline criteria for clubs or leagues wishing to register as ‘working towards’ the Club Accreditation standard and inspecting the required evidence for registration on the scheme. The planning of new or identification of existing workshops and courses within the regions to enable teams and clubs to gain the knowledge and expertise required by the standard will also fall into your area of responsibility.

Your other responsibilities include providing technical and general articles for BSUK media as requested, incorporating Equity and Child Protection into development delivery and ensuring relevant actions and targets are met.

THE PERSON

As well as the more formal skills and experiences detailed on the Person Specification below, you will need to be an outgoing, presentable baseball and/or softball enthusiast. You will have or will quickly develop a positive attitude to ‘multi-tasking’ as you will be constantly juggling a varied workload. A ‘self starter’ who can handle a heavy work programme with set targets to achieve, you will need to be committed to working long hours including many evenings and some weekends.

The role is challenging and demanding - a lot will be expected of you by the baseball and softball community and BSUK.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Fixed term contract from October 2007 to 31 March 2010.

Salary £21.5k - £23.3k p.a.

Arrangements for a base will be negotiated individually. You will be expected to work across the country and to contribute to national events.

You will be responsible to the Head of Development and as a key member of the Development team, work with the National Development Manager,s, Regional Development Officers and Coaches-in-Residence. You will work with a variety of staff and volunteers in our organisation, the British Baseball and Softball Federations and partners, specifically in relation to club development.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

BaseballSoftballUK is the development agency for baseball and softball in the UK, working on the promotion and development of the two sports. We are a small organisation with fifteen full-time employees and a friendly working environment.

BaseballSoftballUK is primarily funded by Sport England.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Job pack (background, person specification, job description and application form) available from www.baseballsoftballuk.com

Hard copies can be requested from:

Pawel Roglaniski (Operations Assistant)

Tel: 020 7453 7040

Fax: 020 7453 7007

E-mail: info@baseballsoftballuk.com

For an informal discussion about the post contact:

Donald Morris-Vincent (National Programmes Manager)

Tel: 020 7453 7005

E-mail: donald.morris-vincent@baseballsoftballuk.com

BaseballSoftballUK Limited is actively working towards being an equal opportunities employer committed to building a diverse workforce, and as such welcomes applications from any suitably qualified individual. As part of our commitment to diversity, BaseballSoftballUK will guarantee an interview for any candidate who has a declared disability and/or is from a minority ethnic background, provided he/she meets the essential criteria for the position.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

The candidate must be willing to undertake a practical assessment as part of the interview process. She or he will submit a CV of recent coaching responsibilities and experience in baseball and/or softball.

BaseballSoftballUK Limited is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures. This means that no employee or potential employee will receive less favourable treatment due to their race, nationality, colour, ethnic or national origins, religion, sex, marital status, disability, AIDS/HIV status, sexual orientation, age, gender reassignment, work pattern or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union or any other irrelevant factor.

We are also committed to promoting gender equality in the workplace.

We encourage applications from minority ethnic and disabled groups, as they are currently under-represented amongst our staff.

Should you require this information in a more suitable format, upon request, BaseballSoftballUK will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs.

Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

The appointment is conditional on taking up references and the candidate gaining a clear enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau.

CLOSING DATE

28^TH SEPTEMBER 2007