Oxford Amateur Rowing Club – Rowing Coaches
Oxford Amateur Rowing Club (OARC, or Accies for short) is a friendly, supportive and flexible rowing club with an adult-only membership across three squads: men, women and development. We are one of the three ‘town’ clubs in Oxford and are seeking coaches who are willing to buy into our ethos and help us develop our skills!
The club has over 100 members and we are looking for enthusiastic and committed coaches to help us progress. Our members have family, work, study, or other commitments which prevent rowing being their focus however we aim to row to the best level we can despite the limitations thrust upon us by adult life!
We are looking for additional coaches to cover the following:
Men’s and Women’s squad outings
- Weekend morning outings at 8am on Saturday.
- Some later (10am) Saturday and Sunday outings.
- Midweek morning outings through the year. Start times vary from 6.30 to 7am depending on daylight and we aim to be off the water by 8am.
- Midweek evening outings in summer, starting at 6-6.30pm.
Development squad outings
- 10.30am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday
- Midweek times as above.
Ideally, we would be looking for coaches able to regularly commit to a range of outings to play a part in developing crews and individuals over time. However we would also be interested in hearing from anyone interested in coaching sessions on an ad-hoc basis.
You must be happy to:
- coach a broad spectrum of abilities and to work with the captains to maintain engagement of members with varying competitive aims, commitment levels, and technical and physical ability.
- work with our squad captains to develop overarching training plans for season.
- provide individual and crew feedback to squad captains and input on crew selection.
- develop high-level outing plans for uncoached outings.
- advise on rigging.
Our Development Squad is a mixed squad including graduates of our Summer Learn to Row courses as well as joiners from outside who need to build experience before joining the Men’s and Women’s squad. The focus is technical improvement and enjoyment, with racing encouraged, particularly at Isis Winter League events and suitable summer Heads races.
Our Men’s and Women’s Squads vary from graduates of the Development Squad to members with decades of rowing experience, and from occasional rowers to others training most days with a view to competing. Although not all race, the focus is on preparing the skills to do so. The squads race at a number of Heads through the winter including WeHoRR and HoRR, and at regattas of varying levels throughout the summer.
Please send your CV to Jo Watson at [email protected]. Please outline your relevant past experience and why you are suited to this role.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Practicalities
Coaching will primarily be from the bank of the Isis in Oxford (Head of the River to Iffley Lock), but, occasionally, coaches may have the opportunity to accompany outings outside of Oxford, or potentially to join us on training camps.
Coaches will provide their availability in advance each week.
The club will pay coaching fees, on a per-session basis, invoiced by the coaches in arrears at the end of each calendar month.
A character reference from a previous club welfare officer or captain will be required before an appointment is made.
Salary: Dependent on experience
Type: Session
Application Dates: From Monday 14th April 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
