Wenona is seeking a Head of Tennis to join our dynamic Team. We are looking for someone to assist with organising sports programs for our students from K - 12, by coordinating various aspects including administrative functions, coaching staff as well as external suppliers and providers.

Wenona aims to encourage, challenge, extend and nurture each student in a way that allows her to achieve her full potential. To achieve this, Wenona prides itself on attracting intelligent, inspiring and motivated employees who serve to role model strong, positive relationships and is committed to fostering an environment where all staff are passionate about refining their skills and pursuing a love of learning.

The Position

The Head of Tennis plays a significant role, providing support to the Sports Department to students from Years K - 12. This role will focus on organising and updating student profiles and assisting with events and coaches. The Head of Tennis will work closely and collaboratively with the Sports Department.

Key priorities for the role include:

• Coordinating all aspects of student involvement in co-curricular sport.
• Maintaining accurate and updated database and portal pages.
• Effective collaboration with the Sport leadership team regarding annual, term and weekly planning to ensure timetables are prepared.
• Tracking and monitoring student participation, attendance, injury management, rewards and recognition scheme, and dress standards.
• Coordinating registered sports, and delivery of selection trials, training, competition entries, weekly and season game reports, player and coach evaluations.
• Assisting with individual sport coaching manuals.
• Ensuring qualified and accredited coaches are recruited and allocated to each team.
• Organising Sport Awards, Sport Tours and School Carnivals and smaller sporting events and activities, as required.
• Recording, monitoring, and tracking inventory of School sporting equipment, coach and student sport uniforms as required for allocated sports.

This is a Part-Time, temporary position (0.6 FTE), from April 2024 until mid-December, 2024.

This role requires the successful applicant to hold a valid NSW Working with Children Check and to be fully COVID vaccinated.

For more details about the role and requirements, please refer to the attached role description.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring relevant experience in Tennis. The role requires excellent organisation and communication skills, especially engaging with various stakeholders including students, coaches, teachers and parents. We are looking for an enthusiastic team player who will support the team with various tasks from recruiting coaches to accurately updating student information in our systems.

Wenona is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

Wenona School is a child safe environment. Our School actively promotes the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all School staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm, in accordance with their legal and ethical obligations including child safe standards. Wenona's Code of Conduct is available on our website. The successful applicant for this position will be required to provide the School with a current Working with Children Check. (service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check)