Vacancy Notice

Basketball Fiji invites applications for position of National U18 Coaches to join its volunteer team to assist the preparation and participation of either the National Men’s or Women’s Team in the FIBA in Oceania U18 World Qualifiers in Fiji in December.

The main objective of the role is to ensure that our athletes, consisting of ten (10) players per team for both men’s and women’s are properly trained to produce medal winning performances at these games.

The position represents a unique and challenging opportunity. We are looking for people with experience in similar positions at the National Level with sound coaching knowledge of the game, high level management skills and excellent communication skills and are team players.

Duties of the National Team Coaches include but are not limited to the following:

  • Develop a fair, consistent and transparent selection criteria
  • Develop and implement a quality training program
  • Evaluate and select players who meet the selection criteria
  • Develop a strong cohesive team
  • Acts as a liaison person in relating National Teams Basketball Program to the management staff, administration, general public, and local news media in the absence of the Head Coach
  • Conduct and analyse scouting reports
  • Maintains professional growth through attendance of coaching clinics
  • Assist, performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities that are assigned by Team Fiji, BF Office and/or the board
  • Develop a monitoring system for the National Team Program
  • Enforce the team standards and goals set out by the Head Coach
  • “Sell” the program and philosophy to the players, parents and general public

 

Team Fiji management personnel serve on the understanding that the positions are voluntary. Implicit in the role is the reward of enormous satisfaction gained from working with the sporting fraternity of Fiji to bring about outstanding performances from our athletes, to do our nation proud.

Application and CV should reach Basketball Fiji’s Administrator leahleefj@gmail.com , by COB 6th May 2016.




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