Jobs at Saracens

Due to the ongoing success of the Saracens Foundation, we are seeking additional casual coaches to add to our delivery capacity and continue a high level of coaching on programmes across North London, Hertfordshire and Essex. This is a casual position which will have varied hours as required by the projects. The Saracens Foundation is a registered charity which exists to enhance the lives of children and young people through the power of sport. It achieves this through the delivery of high quality and innovative programmes that promote the benefits of sport, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. Saracens Foundation delivers its work in partnership with key local statutory agencies including schools, colleges and FE establishments, county sports partnerships, local councils, youth offending teams and the local community.

RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS

You will be expected to coach a variety of inclusive tag, touch and contact rugby activities and deliver cross curricular sessions in a secondary and primary school setting. In addition to coaching, a key aspect of the role involves various admin tasks when necessary. Working across secondary schools, a proven ability to build relationships in these environments is essential.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To deliver inclusive rugby sessions that includes delivering tag, touch or contact to boys and girls in schools, either curriculum or after-school.
• Plan, organise, deliver and review all sessions.
• Complete all aspects of monitoring and evaluation of all delivered sessions.
• Use the Saracens Way to engage and increase participation in under-represented groups.
• To have regular meeting/catchups with project officer.

ESSENTIAL

• UKCC Level 2 Coaching Qualification in Rugby Union.
• Experience of working with a range of children aged 6-18.
• Current Driving Licence and have access to a suitable vehicle.
• Hold or willing to apply for a current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate.
• A passion for sport and an understanding of wider issues related to sport, health and education.
• Good organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent communication, motivation and ability to inspire others.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, if necessary.

DESIRABLE

• Attended 3 or more RFU CPD workshops
• Valid first aid qualification.
• Good understanding of barriers to participation in the local area.

Rate of pay: Applications: £25 per hour dependent on experience. Applicants should send a current CV and covering letter to samperry@saracens.net

Saracens Foundation deliver a range of projects  in the areas of  North London and Hertfordshire. We are seeking to engage with casual dance and or gymnastics coaches to work on our Foundation Dance programme within our schools communities. We are looking for enthusiastic coaches who bring the energy to every session for all age ranges.

The post holder will be ‘hands-on’ developing, leading, and delivering dance and gymnastics sessions for the children in the schools we work in predominantly based in North London and Hertfordshire. The sessions will take place across the week from Monday to Friday. You will work alongside our full time dance team to ensure that dance sessions are being that are delivered provide an excellent service to our key stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver regular dance/gymnastics sessions to children from a range of ages.
• Coaches will plan & prepare dance/gymnastics sessions and provide positive playing experiences for all participants.
• Ensures that dance/gymnastics sessions are delivered to the highest standard.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, key partner clubs.
• Coordinate with Foundation Dance team to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations.

ESSENTIALS FOR THE ROLE INCLUDE:

Level 2 Dance qualification.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (DBS) through the Foundation.

Current driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle.

Good organisation and time management skills.

A passion for Dance/Gymnastics and understanding of the work undertaken by the Foundation in this area.

You will be expected to bring the energy/motivation and be an inspiration to your audience.

Willingness to be flexible, if required.

Rate of pay £25 per hour

The location of the delivery will be based at our network of schools in the North London and Hertfordshire areas.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidate should send in a short covering letter and a current CV via the form below

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our team can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Saracens Foundation deliver a range of projects in the areas of North London and Hertfordshire. We are seeking to engage with casual SEN dance coaches to work on our Foundation Disability dance projects at StoneX Stadium in our partnering gyms, churches, charities, community halls and with our SEN school communities. We are looking for enthusiastic coaches who bring the energy to every session for all age ranges including children, young people and adults with disabilities.

The post holder will be ‘hands-on’ developing, leading, and delivering dance and gymnastics sessions for the children in the schools we work in predominantly based in North London and Hertfordshire. The sessions will take place across the week from Monday to Friday. You will work alongside our full time disability team to ensure that SEN dance sessions are being that are delivered provide an excellent service to our key stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver regular SEN dance sessions to children from a range of ages.
• Coaches will plan & prepare SEN dance sessions and provide positive playing experiences for all participants.
• Ensures that SEN dance sessions are delivered to the highest standard.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, key partner clubs.
• Coordinate with Foundation Disability team to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations.

ESSENTIALS FOR THE ROLE INCLUDE:

Level 2 Dance qualification.

A good understanding of working with children and adults with disabilities

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (DBS) through the Foundation.

Current driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle.

Good organisation and time management skills.

A passion for SEN Dance and understanding of the work undertaken by the Foundation in this area.

You will be expected to bring the energy/motivation and be an inspiration to your audience.

Willingness to be flexible, if required.

Rate of pay £25 per hour

The location of the delivery will be based at our network of schools in the North London and Hertfordshire areas.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidate should send in a short covering letter and a current CV to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net

This is a ongoing recruitment campaign

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our team can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Saracens medical team, working with the Senior Academy players aged 18-21 and overseeing the medical provision throughout the entire Academy structure. The applicant will promote continued enhancement and excellence within the Saracens Academy in order to maximise the progression of athletes through the system into the senior set up.

The applicant should be highly motivated with an energy and desire to develop, improve and drive the high standards expected within the Performance Team, Academy and Club as a whole. This role is based primarily at the training ground in St Albans, but includes work at the stadium in Barnet, with travel required as necessary for games and camps.

This role consists of managing a daily caseload of full time senior academy players, as well as regular ongoing monitoring of those athletes based away from the training ground. You will assess, diagnose, treat, rehab and manage these athletes, clearly communicating decisions regarding their ability to train and play as appropriate.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of a medical team compromising of a Junior Academy Physiotherapist as well as first team physiotherapists, development physiotherapists, a Sports rehabilitation and medical administrator and a team doctor. They will need to have excellent communication skills to work closely and collaboratively with both the Senior and Academy Performance Teams.

This position is managed by the Academy Manager, but with clinical line management from the Head of Medical Services. There is a strong expectation to maximise personal development planning and learning opportunities. There is a strong expectation of self directed and self driven study, on top of regular in-service training to assist and direct development as well as meet CPD requirements of the team. The role will require an openness to challenging their ways of working to strive for excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide evidence based assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and prehabilitation programmes for senior academy players
• To lead and manage the physiotherapy provision on the Senior and Junior Academy programme, including management and development of the Junior Academy Physiotherapist
• Organise and manage a player caseload effectively and efficiently
• Provide pitch side medical care for Academy training sessions and camps as required
• Assist with senior A-league matches as directed by the Head of Medical
• Liaise and communicate closely with the Saracens Performance Team and Academy staff in respect to injured players, their availability and rehabilitative plans.
• Maintain professional and RFU minimum standards, confidentiality, continued professional development and record keeping in line with HCPC registration guidelines.
• Ability to work irregular, unsociable and flexible hours including evenings and weekends
• Contribute to the inservice training programme and CPD sessions`
• Any other administrative, medical cover or assistance as directed by the Head of Medical and Academy Manager

Essential:

• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (or equivalent qualification)
• Minimum of 2 years qualified
• Member of CSP and HCPC Physiotherapy registration
• Ability to undertake PHICIS Pitchside Qualification (or equivalent qualification)
• The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced disclosure check
• Experience in professional sport
• Current and valid driving licence

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound clinical reasoning and decision making skills
• Open minded, reflective and flexible thinking required to improve current work practices and contribute to the high performance team
• Passionate to be part of developing of the next generation of Saracens Players
• Desire to learn and develop self and contribute to the medical, performance and teams vision and culture

The role is full time role at 37.5 hours per week and located at our Training Ground in St Albans, AL3 6BB. Candidates will be expected to work weekends and evenings in line with match day requirements.

Salary: £29,000

HOW TO APPLY

Applications should be made by submitting a CV and covering letting incorporating suitability to the role. Applications should be sent to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net.

Closing date for applications is Monday 2nd October 2023 at 5.00pm

The interview process will consist of two rounds of interviews; an initial zoom interview and a subsequent face to face interview in the week commencing 9th October 2023.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our team can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Our renowned Saracens Pioneer Volunteer programme was established in the Olympic year of 2012. Saracens Pioneers are the life blood (DNA) of Saracens along with the staff and players. Match days are delivered with the support, participation, and time given by our volunteers, known as ‘The Pioneers’. The Pioneers make each and every home match day a unique and fabulous experience for all our visitors to StoneX Stadium.

We maintain a pool of up to 170 Pioneers with typically 90 to 100 volunteering on match day.  Recruitment cycles are annual and start in summer. The programme sets high expectations and has done so since inception in 2012, becoming the envy of many sporting organisations nationally and globally. The programme delivers an enhanced customer service to Spectators whilst upholding our Saracens core values.  Pioneers are part of the Saracens family, are highly valued throughout the club, partners, sponsors and fanbase.

Our Pioneers are a diverse group of people of all ages and backgrounds.  Some of our Pioneers travel from further afield, to support Saracens, besides those who live locally in and around North London.

Saracens Pioneers are a team of match day volunteers who represent the smiling faces of Saracens Rugby Club. This opportunity is for anyone interested in volunteering with an elite sporting organisation at its spectator events at StoneX Stadium. The programme will give volunteers practical insight into match day operations, crowd dynamics, as well as achieving a qualification in Spectator Safety.

Our programme currently consists of 16 home matches for Saracens Mens rugby matches that Pioneers can support throughout the season. Whilst we would love for our volunteers to support on all 16 matches, we know that this is not always possible. We do however hope that we cab get about +/- of 8 games throughout the season for Pioneers to support on.

The Pioneer Programme is inclusive and open to all. Primarily we are looking for individuals who are:

• Reliable, friendly, engaging and professional
• Over the age of 18
• Able to display good interpersonal, communication and excellent customer service skills
• Relentlessly positive, responsible, adaptable and energised at all times
• Enjoy working professionally in a team environment
• Supportive and sensitive to the needs of visitors, supporters, Pioneer colleagues and staff
• Able to demonstrate and abide by the Saracen’s core values of Honesty, Discipline, Humility and Work Rate.
• A level of mobility to achieve the Pioneer role within the stadium environment
• Stadium or rugby experience is not essential for the Pioneer role

Pioneer Match Day key roles and responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

Health and safety, welfare and the meeting and greeting to the very highest standards, of all our Spectators and visitors within the stadium environment on a match day.  Saracens Pioneers are a unique resource that draws on best practice for crowd safety management, stewarding and customer service to all our visitors.

Pioneers do provide a dedicated service to assist our disabled visitors.  A number of our Pioneers have professional experience working with client groups with a range of physical, emotional and learning challenges.

All of our Pioneers volunteer in Spectators Services in the following areas:

• Meeting & Greeting and welcoming Spectators, visitors and fans within and to the Stadium, through our three gates and at Edgware, Mill Hill Broadway and Mill Hill East stations, as well as at the Pursley Road bus stops and footpaths
• Undertaking ticketing duties at our three gates
• Working in our North, South, East (which includes hospitality areas) and West stands
• Working in our fan zone areas
• Working with our Hospitality Support Team.

VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Behind the scenes there is a Volunteer Management and Volunteer Support team engaged in supporting, motivating, planning, logistics, HR, training/ development of our volunteers.  Looking after and supporting our Pioneers is extremely important to the programmer.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

We are looking for people who can show potential to become a Pioneer through skills and experience gained from their personal life, work, volunteer experiences and educational background as follows:

• Demonstrate flexibility to cover match day responsibilities in all areas of the volunteer role
• Undertake match day roles in a reliable, friendly, responsible and professional manner, making spectator safety a priority
• Demonstrate good communication that support and develop your potential to deliver excellent customer service within a team
• Show evidence of skills to volunteer in the Spectator Service roles with a passion for volunteering
• Show evidence of personal excellence and going that extra mile that would support the volunteer role
• Give evidence of being relentlessly positive, exceptional and energised at all times.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• It is a mandatory requirement that every volunteer achieves as soon as practicable possible lst4Sport Level 2 Certificate in Spectator Safety or shows evidence that they have achieved this qualification or equivalent. This qualification is provided by Saracens.
• Requirements in some areas would need mobility to climb stairs.
• Complete and meet criteria of volunteer orientation to achieve and confirm your Pioneer status

BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING

• Expenses reimbursed on agreed threshold for travel
• Meal & Refreshments provided whilst on duty
• Pioneer uniform
• Incentives to recognise the time and efforts of all Pioneers throughout the season through a variety of events.
• Opportunities to volunteer within other Saracen’s Sporting events
• The chance to build friendships and camaraderie with fellow Pioneers and colleagues

To find out more about the role and the opportunity to become a Saracens Pioneer, please complete the Pioneer application form on our Volunteer Management System. A member of our team will be in touch with you to progress your application.

Alternatively, if you want to know more about the programme, or if you know anyone else who may be interested in joining the team, please email pioneers@saracens.net.

Get Onside is the Saracens Foundation’s prison project that uses a combination of educational workshops alongside a practical rugby programme to engage prisoners, teach them positive values and behaviours whilst developing a sense of self-confidence and hopefulness for a future free from the cycle of the justice system. The Get Onside Project Officer will be tasked with leading the educational workshops with prisoners inside HMYOI Feltham & HMP The Mount as well as delivering practical rugby sessions. The successful candidate will also be responsible for coordinating the course curriculum, whilst also managing the budget and administrative side of the programme.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. To lead on the delivery of the Get Onside programme, both in the classroom-based workshops and on the rugby pitch.
2. Support graduates in their first year of release
3. Recruit and engage employers in our mentor training scheme
4. Assists in the development of creative ideas to improve projects, engage beneficiaries, and provide the greatest impact on people and communities
5. Support and lead in the design, delivery, and coordination of projects, including budgeting and administration
6. Responsible for scheduling and relationship management with external providers and guest speakers.
7. Ensures that work produced meets all objectives set, is done by the agreed time to the highest standard and achieves the best possible outcome for the Foundation
8. Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the project and reporting to key stakeholders

JOB TITLE:                          Project Officer – Get Onside

LOCATION:                          StoneX Stadium

CONTRACT TYPE:            Permanent

RESPONSIBLE TO:           Development Manager – Social Inclusion

INTERNAL LIAISON:       All Foundation departments and Saracens

EXTERNAL LIAISON:      Key stakeholders, beneficiaries, trustees

SALARY:                               £25,000 - £28,000

Person specification

The successful candidate will have the following:

Essential skills:

• England Rugby Coaching Award (ERCA) or Level 2 Coaching Award from RFU (or equivalent qualification from relevant Governing Body)
• A ‘people’s person’ with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• Excellent people management skills
• Lived experience or knowledge of working with disadvantaged or excluded people in order to create positive change
• Experience and knowledge of working with a wide variety of different demographics
• An understanding of the sport for change and prison landscapes, and the desired impacts of these projects
• Project management skills that will enable you to create and deliver projects that meet Foundation objectives
• Able to quickly develop strong partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders (internally and externally)
• A ‘self-starter’ who can motivative themselves and others to achieve amazing impacts on communities
• Good communicator and facilitator with excellent presentation skills including ICT capability

Desirable skills

• An understanding or lived experience of challenges faced by prisoners in prison and in the community.
• Experience of working within an elite sport foundation that sits alongside an elite sport club

• Experience of creating and delivering inspiring interventions in order to create a positive experience
• Experience of working with external stakeholders to add value to community-based programmes
• Experience of mentoring vulnerable, disadvantaged or excluded people.

Personal Characteristics

• You have a relentless focus and are a great team player
• You thrive in and promote a culture of hard work, discipline, honesty, and humility to deliver results
• You manage projects, activities, and resources effectively, assuming personal ownership and accountability for results
• Be organised and efficient in your approach to your work and tasks
• Be flexible in your approach to managing your workload but also possess the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

BENEFITS

Compensation

• The Foundation conduct an annual pay review. However, proactive pay increases will be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities

Working from home

• We all work from the office on Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays before a match day. This keeps team collaboration and engagement high.
• If you are normally office-based, you can still work from home occasionally - as long as you have a good internet connection and a private, quiet space which allows you to do your best work

Holiday

• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays - please use them all!

Health & Wellbeing

• Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health

Sports & Entertainment

• After work events including PT, football and tag rugby
• Ballot tickets for Saracens Home Games
• Ballot tickets for International Rugby Games
• Opportunities for discounted tickets to Saracens games and events for you and your family

Family

• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave, if you’ve been with us for at least 26 weeks
• Life assurance with Zurich

Commuting

We’re a member of the cycle-to-work scheme

How to apply:

Applications should be made by submitting a CV and covering letting incorporating suitability to the role. Applications should be sent to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net.

Closing date for applications is Friday 29th September 2023 at 5.00pm

We anticipate first stage interviews to take place on week commencing 9th October 2023.

Saracens Group positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.