Ellon Rugby is a community rugby club in Northeast Scotland, situated 17 miles North of Aberdeen since 1977. Ellon Rugby 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 School Academies 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: £24,200/annum, plus expenses and travel allowance of 45p/mile from The Meadows Sports Centre, Ellon.
Closing date: 31st August 2024
Key Responsibilities:
- Increase playing participation at Ellon Rugby 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.