Moray Rugby Club is a community rugby club based in the heart of Elgin, established over 100 years ago in 1923, the club has grown from strength to strength. We have an established youth pathway for both boys and girls, 2 senior men teams, a senior women’s team, and a walking rugby side. Moray Rugby Club are excited to add to their team and seek to appoint a Full Time Rugby Development Officer (DO) to help drive the growth of youth and junior rugby in both the boys’ and girls’ game at the Club. The DO shall have primary responsibility for the development and delivery of a rugby programme embedded into local Secondary Schools and associated targeted cluster Primary Schools for each. The position is key to helping the club meet its strategic goals around youth and junior rugby, long term player development, and community sustainability.
Salary Range: £22’000 - £25’000/annum, plus expenses and travel allowance.
Closing date: 20th September 2024
Key Responsibilities:
- Increase playing participation at Moray Rugby Club and local schools for both boys and girls rugby across key transition and target age-groups.
- Work in partnership with a range of agencies to raise the profile of rugby in the local community.
- Deliver high quality coaching sessions to club and associated cluster schools and community groups, maintaining professional standards of appearance, behaviour and delivery aligned to our Club and Scottish Rugby’s Caledonia North Cultures, Values and Behaviours.
- Organise and facilitate opportunities for developing club coaches, working with Scottish Rugby’s Caledonia North Coach Development Officer and their regional Training and Education workforce.
- To assist with the co-ordination and then manage (as agreed with DoR) rugby events, festivals and holiday programmes.
- To create links between the club, schools and local communities establishing clear opportunity and pathways for players of all ability to progress in line with Long Term Player Development plans.
- To support the Regional Workforce Development Plan by training to become acquainted with Scottish Rugby’s Training and Education pathway, in order to support and deliver various rugby specific workshops, “Coaching Essentials” courses and “Aspiring Coaching Programme” courses within the wider Caledonia North rugby community.
For more information or to apply please email a cover letter and CV to the Director of Rugby at dor@morayrfc.co.uk