VACANCY: Bedfordshire LTA Team and Tournament Manager
Title: Team and Tournament Manager
Reports to: The Beds LTA Chairperson on behalf of the Beds LTA Committee and will be invited to attend both general and executive committee meetings as required.
Based at: Primarily working from home
Remuneration: £10 per hour/average 7 hours per week
Length of Contract: 1 year rolling
Job purpose: To manage the organisation of all county teams from 8 and under through to the Veteran’s teams and to organise, drive and promote both the Junior and Senior County Closed events.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
Junior/Senior County Closed
- Appoint a tournament referee
- Decide on which events to run
- Sanction the tournament
- Create the entry forms
- Advertise the event, posters, emails etc
- Manage the return, engraving and distribution of trophies
- Book the venue/courts
- Source the tennis balls as necessary
- Organise the prizes
- Provide Accounts/Sign Off Expenses as required
Junior County Cup Teams from U8 to U18, Lionel Cox and 12 Counties Events
- Ensure captains are allocated to all age group teams
- Ensure team nominations are made by the captains and teams are picked in good time
- Represent the coaches at Beds LTA and Exec committee meetings
- Communicate the details of the event to the captains and players
- Book hotels as necessary
- Sign off on expenses
- Provide the team with practice balls
- Arrange 2 meetings a year with all Junior County Captains.
County Training U8-U18
- Implement a strategic plan for all age group county training
- Work on the details with the captain
- Book the courts
- Communicate the details to the players
- Collect the payments and provide accounts to the Treasurer as required
- Sign off on the invoices and court expenses
Senior County Teams
- Communicate the details of the event to the captains and players
- Provide team nominations to the LTA
- Book hotels as necessary
- Sign off on expenses
- Provide the team with practice balls
Vets County Teams (As Required)
- Assist the Vets County Co-ordinator
- Communicate the details of the event to the captains
- Provide team nominations to the LTA as necessary
- Book hotels as necessary
- Sign off on expenses
- Provide the team with practice/match balls
Applicants can apply, enclosing their CV, to:
Jan Goodchild
Hon Secretary, Beds LTA
31 Danes Way
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 3 NH
or by email: jangood@hotmail.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 17 February 2014.