The Football Club are looking to fill a work placement role in the Sports Science department for the 2020-2021 campaign.
General Duties
- Report to Fitness & Conditioning Coach
- Be punctual, organised, act in a professional manner and be dressed smartly & appropriately at all times
- Help to produce a positive working environment within the department and club
- Always be looking to broaden your knowledge, helping to bring fresh new ideas to the department
- Endeavour to attend Club CPD Events
- Abide by All Club Policies (inc. Social Media Guidelines)
- Assist in organising and periodising individual and team based sessions
- Assist in planning and delivery of individual and team prehab, strength, conditioning, fitness, rehab and recovery sessions
Morning Duties
- Attend morning medical meeting & liaise with Fitness & Conditioning Coach and Medical Staff
- Ensure monitoring equipment is available for players (e.g. urine samples, weight, HR, GPS etc.)
- Collect and analyse hydration sample and morning wellbeing data (including weight)
- Ensure correct type and quantity of fluids available for players throughout the day (e.g. Fill fridges of a morning; Make training drinks; Gym area etc.)
- Assist with daily injury prevention screens & sessions
- Ensure HR & GPS Systems are ready for training
- Clean and Monitor monitoring units and equipment
- Collect relevant morning data and input into monitoring system
- Help to set up morning sessions
- Help to conduct/deliver morning and activation/prehab/pitch/gym sessions
- Assist with delivery and monitoring of training session (including monitoring of live GPS & HR)
- Help to conduct individual rehab and fitness sessions (record and asses)
- Support cool down and collect relevant post-training data (including RPE’s & weights)
Afternoon Duties
- Help to set up afternoon sessions
- Conduct/Assist with delivery and monitoring of afternoon sessions
- Liaise with Fitness & Conditioning Coach about daily monitoring and data collection
- Assist and conduct analysis of HR & GPS Systems and create outputs, updating any individual and group templates/databases
- Ensure health, safety and hygiene guidelines have been adhered to
- Update personal logbook/diary/journal
- Organise for the next day
- Attend daily debrief
Criteria
Please be aware this a ‘full-time’ voluntary (unpaid) placement, so is suitable for students still in education (i.e. Sandwich Year Placement; Part-Time MSc Student), and on a relevant degree pathway. Placement also subject to a completed CRB.
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 12th April 2020
Interview Date: w/c Monday 20th April 2020
Will need to send a Covering Letter & CV. Please email your applications to craig.smith@theposh.com.