Para-Alpine – World Cup Coach – Alpine Canada Alpin
Position Title: World Cup Coach
Reports to: Head Coach, CPAST
The Position:
The Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team World Cup Coach is a coaching position which will provide technical leadership and coaching for the World Cup Team. Reporting to the Head Coach, the successful candidate will have extensive coaching / technical qualifications, strong communication and presentation skills, and effective administrative and organizational skills. This position requires extensive travel between August and May to attend training camps and competitions.
Duties:
- Work in conjunction with all team coaches to design, implement, and monitor annual training and competition plan.
- Assist in record-keeping of all collected data.
- Monitor Athlete’s equipment needs and liaise proactively with the equipment representatives.
- Provide assistance to oversee maintenance and control of team equipment.
- Provide timely and effective communication to Athletes, Coaches, and Alpine Canada Alpin.
- Provide assistance in all on-snow duties (ie. course preparation, course-setting, and course maintenance.
- Ensure welfare and health of Athletes when travelling.
- Ability to monitor dryland program and/or assist in ski preparations an asset.
- Timely expense reporting.
- Manage key logistics as determined by Head Coach.
Working Conditions
- Work is full-time.
- Constant travel is to be expected.
- Overtime is expected during the winter season. Time off in lieu of payment is provided when practical.
- The Coach is frequently required to work out of doors in winter conditions.
Employment Requirements
- Advanced skiing abilities.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Previous Coaching experience.
- Certification in ACA-CSC or International equivalent.
- German and/or French fluency an asset.
- Mandatory background check
Please send your cover letter and resume to careers@alpinecanada.org by May 3rd, 2019. Interviews will take place May 13th – 17th, 2019 via teleconference.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Alpine Canada Alpin
Suite 302, 151 Canada Olympic Road S.W
Canada Olympic Park
Calgary AB T3B 6B7