Description
The East London Phoenix Franchise is one of the four founding teams of the newly established, world’s first, professional Women’s Premier League. The franchise is also the University of East London’s first sports franchise that that aims to promote and support talent wherever it is found.
UEL are looking for a highly driven and athlete focused coach who will lead, shape and design the wheelchair basketball programme and set the cornerstone for all future university franchise teams. Working with British Wheelchair Basketball as part of the new High Performance Partnership, the Head of Wheelchair Basketball, supported by our world class elite athlete practitioners, academic staff and East London Sport team, will have a platform to create a truly inclusive athlete centred elite talent pathway for wheelchair basketball in London and the South East.
Informal enquiries in relation to this post should be directed to William Ashby, High Performance Sport Manager via email at [email protected]
A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by UEL Professional Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of UEL. Employees of UEL Professional Services Ltd work alongside UEL colleagues in delivery of UEL’s mission, and UEL Professional Services Ltd will adopt UEL HR policies and procedures in full. Further detail regarding employment benefits can be found at the employee benefits section of our recruitment pages.
The East London Sport team is based at UEL’s Docklands campus, hybrid working is possible where appropriate but most of this role will require attendance on court at the SportsDock.
CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted.
At UEL we are committed to working together to build a community which values diversity in both our staff and student populations, is representative and inclusive, enabling all to progress and thrive.
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Interview Date: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Contract End Date: Thursday 31st July 2025
