ABOUT THE ROLE
Barker College is seeking to appoint a motivated and passionate tennis coach to work across the thriving programs with over 300 Barker students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The right candidates will be offered up to 25 hours per week during the school term. Programs include Hotshots, private lessons, squad coaching, secondary school programs, and Saturday competition team coaching.
The successful applicant will have the following personal attributes and experience:
- Engaging and enthusiastic coaching style with strong communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with different levels of abilities across various age groups.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver engaging and effective training sessions.
- Morning training sessions run from 6.30am to 8.30am and afternoon from 3:00pm to 6:30pm. Saturday matches can be anytime from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Saturday competitions are run in both Summer and Winter. Tennis camps are held in the first week of all School holidays.
- Proven coaching experience/qualifications or tournament experience.
With more than 350 teaching staff and 250 professional services staff, Barker College is a diverse, vibrant, and dynamic professional environment.
ABOUT BARKER COLLEGE
Barker is a leading independent coeducational school at the forefront of educational thought, visionary leadership and excellence. An Anglican Day and Boarding School, originally established in 1890 Barker is situated in Hornsby on the leafy Upper North Shore of Sydney.
Barker College is a fully coeducational school from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. We also have five satellite campuses:
- An Outdoor Education facility at The Grange, Mount Victoria, NSW
- An Indigenous Darkinjung Barker Campus in Yarramalong, NSW (established 2016)
- An Indigenous Dhupuma Barker Campus in Gunyangara, NT (established 2021)
- A Special Assistance Marri Mittagar Humanitarian campus in Hornsby, NSW (established 2024).
Please view our Careers video from the Head of Barker College and Deputy Head (People & Culture) below.
Further information about Barker College can be found on our website
WHY WORK AT BARKER COLLEGE
At Barker, we aim to be an engaging place of work where all staff are valued and nurtured through a dynamic professional learning community. We encourage and support all our teaching and support staff to be lifelong learners, to be inspired and be supported to thrive in their roles through ongoing professional learning, research and self-reflection. Quality teaching and learning drives the pursuit of supporting the School’s strategic vision of being a leading educational institution that inspires global hope. Staff are highly aligned to the School values of Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Integrity and Respect and take pride in making a positive contribution to student life within and beyond the classroom.
We provide a range of benefits to support the ongoing wellbeing of all our staff and these benefits are outlined here.
CANDIDATE EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
- Successful applicants will be expected to support the Mission, Vision and Values of the School.
- Barker College is an Anglican School and applicants for this position will need to demonstrate sympathy with and support for the School’s Christian values.
- Barker College is a child safe organisation and all statutory checks and references are required prior to confirmation of employment. A NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) and a National Police Check will be required.
- Barker College is committed to a safe work environment and all staff members work within our WHS Policy & Procedures and other relevant documentation.
