The Wheelchair Performance Pathway plays a critical role in this mission, and we are seeking a high impact, experienced, and highly credible National Coach to ensure Great Britain remains one of the most respected nations in the world for player development. This includes delivering a world-leading Elite, Pro Scholarship Programme (PSP), Pro Transition Programme (PTP), Wheelchair Access and National Age Group Programme (NAGP) to support and develop wheelchair tennis players to progress from the early stages of performance competition through to an elite international level, with the ultimate ambition being for British players to win Grand Slam titles, Paralympic medals and World Team Cup titles.

The National Coach will case manage any identified Wheelchair Performance Pathway programme players and within that will have direct responsibility for overseeing and quality assuring the technical, tactical and performer development content of supported player programmes within an interdisciplinary environment.

The role requires support as a player’s case manager during daily training activities at the NTC in Roehampton or any other player’s home base, working on and off court with the player and their lead coach and support team. It also requires organising training, preparation camps, and tournament support during targeted competitions like Grand slams and other ITF Wheelchair tournaments and within specific medal focused events such as the World Team Cup and Paralympic Games.

The LTA has been the governing body of tennis in Britain since 1888 and our vision is to open tennis up to all different types of people. Tennis is a game for everyone, and when we open tennis up, we open up the ambitions of our people too!

We’re innovative, bold, ambitious, and proud of the work we’re doing – you can see it in our teams, who are friendly and made of different energetic voices.

The LTA, through its vision ‘Tennis Opened Up’, is committed to creating a diverse environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We are proud to actively invite applications from all candidates who meet the essential criteria and can work in the UK. We commit that everyone will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, any disability, marital or civil partnership status, and pregnancy or maternity status.

We particularly welcome applications from:
• People from ethnically diverse communities
• Deaf and disabled people
• Members of the LGBTQ+ community
• People with lived experience of the UK's many and varied communities

Previous Experience of:

Essential
•Coaching elite-level tennis players to be able to perform and win at major events.
•Preparing tennis players for major events.
•Working with a range of personnel to deliver a world class performance programme for Elite,
•PSP, PTP and NAGP players.
•Strategic planning, including developing and delivering individual structured performance
•plans for Elite, PSP, PTP and NAGP players in conjunction with stakeholders.
•Using player and event analysis to inform the coaching process.
•Successfully driving long term and effective working relationships with multiple
•stakeholders.
•Monitoring and evaluating processes to ensure improvement over time.
•Planning and leading on elite training camps and national training sessions.

Desirable
•Coaching tennis at an international or Paralympic level.


Knowledge, Training & Qualifications:

Essential
•A thorough understanding of the high-performance tennis environment and an ability to adapt style/methodology based on player needs, including the integration of performance support services to bring about performance gains.
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport, trust and a positive working environment.
•Commitment to develop knowledge and understanding of Wheelchair Tennis and individual player abilities to best support their performance and well-being.
•IT literate with excellent written, verbal, presentation, communication and influencing skills.
•Decision making and accountability; ability to make key decisions with autonomy in high pressure environments.
•Up-to-date LTA Coach Accreditation+ including a satisfactory DBS disclosure.

Desirable
•Level 4 SPC.