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University Of East Anglia

Coordinate the delivery of the multi-disciplinary support services team for TASS, ensuring UEA meets both its delivery site, dual-career accreditation and reporting requirements. Directly deliver personal development and lifestyle provision to empower talented athletes.

University Of East Anglia

• Working with the England Academy Lead Coach and other coaches in the England Academy and DTS Coaching groups to deliver inclusive and player centred coaching environments aligned to the England Player Development Model. Supporting the player progression and athlete development framework/curriculum for Academy and DTS players. • Attend Academy and DTS training sessions and camps across an annual cycle. Adhering to the policies and procedures of England Korfball and acting in accordance with England Korfball Safeguarding & welfare policies and guidance• Required to attend international tournaments including the upcoming U17s European Championship event in Eindhoven (June 2024).• Selected from the team of academy coaches working with 15–18-year-olds to lead the DTS programme (March 2024) and work with athletes 18+, seen as being three to four years away from elite squad selection.• This role will require me to work collaboratively with both the academy and elite training squad leads regarding athlete selection and appropriate progression through the pathway system. • I have undertaken learning to inform my understanding of the academic research surrounding effective design of talent pathway systems.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

• Manage the coordination of the UEA individual and team sport scholarship programmes, Norfolk Sports Academy and Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), as TASS delivery site lead, with all talented athlete programmes comprising of over 200 athletes. • Responsible for the British Universities and Colleges Sport programme at UEA, consisting of over 50 teams. • Oversee the UEA club external coach programme, involving liaising and managing contracts, providing CPD opportunities for over 75 paid coaches from a range of 56 sports.• Responsible for the partnership management with a number of local community sport programmes with performance functions, that enables the development of sport talent pathways for athletes. • Recruit and outreach lead for uea+sport, including organising the promotion of the extra currricular sporting offer at University open days and outreach events. • Manage a team of three full-time and 5 part-time/volunteer support service staff and jointly manage the uea+sport department budget at UEA.

Norwich, United Kingdom

• Lecturing and delivering seminars across a range of sport sector areas including; Academic and Professional Practice, Psychology of Physical Activity, Science of Physical Activity (PA), Research Enquiry, Sport Development, Health Promotion, Inclusive Community Practice, Games Activities, PG Career Pathways, High Performance Sport and Partnerships in PA Provision. • Discussing and promote employability opportunities to students on various degree pathways.• Marking and providing feedback to students on formative and summative assessments.• Teaching mentor stated ‘you have a unique ability to understand…topics from a range of views, this is a very powerful combination for your future work in the sector and within HE’. ▪ This experience has furthered my passion for teaching and passing on knowledge to others. It is amazing to see students develop and grow and begin to understand and then act upon their own interests and passions.

Norfolk

▪ I was responsible for the coordination and development of UEA’s holistic sport and PA offer. UEA’s offer includes an exercise referral initiative, a health and wellbeing programme, a social recreational sport programme (ueactive), an intra-faculty sporting competition (Ziggurat), a club sport club programme, a Volunteer Academy, and a PA tracking and reward app (UEA+MOVES). ▪ In 2016-17 uea+sport won the inaugural British University and Colleges Sport ‘Participation programme of the year award’ to recognise the success of our social/recreational sport programme ‘ueactive’. ▪ A huge proportion of my current full-time roles requires me to plan, organise and deliver large scale events. ▪ This includes assisting with our annual Derby Day inter-varsity event versus the University of Essex which involves coordinating around 40 sport fixtures and managing over 5000 spectators across the day. ▪ I was the event lead for UEA’s inaugural MMA Fight Night event with 26 participants and 350 spectators.▪ I assist with the delivery of our sport award evenings each year accommodating up to 400 students.▪ I have also organised,assisted and volunteered at a number of other small, medium and large scale events including ueaccess inclusive sport evening, the uea+sport Volunteer Academy launch evening, This Girl Can activity evenings, UEA Rugby Festival, UEA Korfball Tournament, the UEA Winter Dance Show, UEA Scorpio Pole competition, UEA Strictly Come Dancing, UEA Movember events and UEA So You Think You Can Cheer Dance. ▪ The above shows the range of events that I have helped organise and deliver in my current role.▪ Since they were introduced I have achieved ‘exceeds all requirements’ ratings in all annual appraisals.▪ This role has given me a wonderful range of experiences working with motivated and intelligent students and staff. I am lucky to work in a sector that is hugely enjoyable and satifying, where no day of work is a chore.

Various

▪ I am qualified to deliver introduction, level 1 and level 2 coaching awards courses.▪ I am qualified to assess individuals undertaking coaching qualifications.▪ I have to administer pre and post course documentation for verification and audit.▪ The Director has said because of the work I have carried out, she is more than happy to act as a referee▪ This role taught me to plan events far in advance so you have enough lead in time to recruit sufficient participants and submit all appropriate paperwork.

Various

▪ Delivering Sport England’s Club Matters workshops aimed at supporting sporting organisations.▪ Passionate about helping sporting organisations develop, grow and become more sustainable and successful.▪ Providing workshops in the following areas, club leadership teams, understanding club structures, participant experience, volunteer experience and developing a marketing strategy. ▪ Learned to deliver an engaging virtual workshop to participants from various sporting backgrounds.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

• Module leader for first and second-year undergraduate students. Delivering the ’Historical Development of Sport’, ’Sports Coaching and Mentoring’ and ’Advanced Sports Coaching’ modules. • Excellent feedback from both the course director and students regarding the quality of the content and delivery.• Role involved creating and delivering weekly sessions as well as holding student tutorials, assessing formative and summative assignments.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

▪ I set-up and developed a summer camp for children aged 7-16 to take part in Korfball.▪ I led the entirety of the camp from promotion, processing forms through to session delivery.▪ The three day camp turned a profit of £300 in the first year and over £500 for the 2nd and 3rd years with money being invested back into the development of Norfolk Korfball.▪ My experience in this role taught me the importance of being supported by paperwork prior to an event or activity as you need an audit trail to show you have consider all the risks and issues that may occur.

Norwich, United Kingdom

▪ I was required to lead a number of sport sessions for children aged 7-14.▪ I had to lead a group of around 20 children in a range of activities across the school holiday periods.▪ I was required to keep registers and also adhere to safeguarding children policies.▪ Due to my efforts during this role I was given more responsibility to be the lead assistant for my group and assist the camp leader with other activities.▪ From this role I learnt the importance of keeping your enjoy up when coaching children for long periods as they can get tired and bored easily so it is important to recognise that and adapt your coaching.

Norwich, United Kingdom

▪ Developed a relationship with local coaches who delivered on the ‘Sportivate’ programme.▪ I liaised with relevant departments including Sportspark, Active Norfolk and the UEA Student Union to organise and promote 30 Sportivate courses.▪ Over 400 students attended and I was offered a paid position to continue to run the project.▪ This role taught me the importance of always keeping good relationships with those that you work with as you never know when you may need somebodies help in the future.

Norwich, United Kingdom

▪ Contributed to camp planning meetings with the Assistant Director of the Sportspark. ▪ Organised an extensive school holiday programme of sporting opportunities.▪ Nine successful sport camps run over the summer of 2014, with many being fully booked.

Norwich, United Kingdom

▪ Promoted to the role of bar team leader▪ Duties included supervising bar staff, opening and closing the bar, club and pub venues and cashing up at the end of shift. ▪ Also had to change barrels and maintain stock levels. ▪ Nominate for team leader of the year award by the Student Union for the 2014-15 year.▪ This taught me the importance of always being the hardest working person you can and to have empathy for staff working long shifts late at night

Colchester, United Kingdom

▪ Assisted the event manager at a range of functions from weddings through to large business awards.▪ Ensuring staff carried out roles, event set-up was to a high standard and event timings were followed.▪ For outside catering events ensured all equipment and catering stock was accounted for and loaded.▪ I was promoted to this role after only 1 month as the management recognised my leadership qualities.▪ This event taught me that you need to earn respect to lead people through your own work ethic and willingness to do any job required.

Ipswich, United Kingdom

▪ Duties included serving drinks to customers at this small village pub.▪ Also had to wait on tables in the restaurant section of the pub.▪ This taught me the need to always portray a positive attitude as people coming out for the evening want to be greeted by a friendly face.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

▪ This role required me to carry out a number of tasks within the hostel▪ This including cleaning all dorm rooms and social areas, assisting with the Friday night dinner and also acting as a bar rep to show new guests the Sydney nightlife▪ This was a very rewarding role as I got to explore a fantastic city, meet lots of people from different backgrounds and cultures and also make some lifelong friends.▪ This role gave me confidence and trust in my ability to make friends and connect with people from a range of backgrounds.

Sydney, Australia

▪ I developed excellent customer service skills when acting as a charity fundraiser for Public Outreach when in Australia for a year. ▪ My role included me building a rapport with customers, both face to face and over the phone, to get them to donate money to the Australia Conservation Foundation charity. ▪ I had to process direct debit and one-off donation paperwork accurately. ▪ I was regularly one of the top fundraisers for this organisation during the period I worked here.▪ This taught me that the importance of acting genuinely as people will see straight through you otherwise. It also taught me the importance of integrity and being honest with people.

Ipswich, United Kingdom

▪ Promoted to the role of store assistant manager following my work as a supervisor.▪ Duties included managing staff, cashing up tills, completing all required store documentation and opening and closing the shop.▪ Also had to complete staff rotas and order stock to maintain appropriate stock levels.▪ This role gave me my first experience of managing and leading people, I was thrown in at the deep end as a number of the staff were older and more experienced me but I learnt a great deal from this role.

Postgraduate Certificate In Higher Education Practice (Mahep), Teaching And Education

I ennrolled on the MAHEP postgraduate certificate course to develop my Higher Education teaching practice. I have undertaken modules.

Msc Clinical Research, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General, Distinction (73.85%)

Completed this MSc with modules including health economics, systematic reviews, research ethics and governance, transferable skills.

Ba (Hons) Physical Education, Health And Physical Education/Fitness, 1St Class Honours Degree

Achieved a first class degree undertaking modules in anatomy & physiology, health related exercise, sport psychology, health & physical.

Access To Higher Education Diploma, 75 Credits At Distinction Level And 3 Credits At Merit Level Out Of 78 Available

Earnt T75 credits at distinction level and 3 credits at merit level out of 78 available credits. Modules included human biology.

Grade ‘A’S In Mathematics, English Literature, English Language And D. Science