- Professional
- Escritório em Edinburgh
Role: Tennis Coach
Grade and Salary: Grade 4, £24,215 - £26,707 per annum (pro-rata)
FTE and working pattern: 0.5FTE, 17.5hrs per week, programme times to be confirmed but are flexible to fit successful candidates (self-employed contract can also be negotiated during recruitment process)
Holiday Entitlement: 28 days annual leave plus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday) (pro-rata)
Purpose of Role
Oriam is looking to appoint an enthusiastic tennis coach who is passionate about coaching on a programme at our six court facility.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Delivery of Oriam tennis coaching sessions as per programme and coaching curriculum.
- Record attendance at classes and fill out necessary paperwork for Go Learn.
- As per LTA requirements, attend regular CPD to develop skills and experiences.
Essential & Desirable Criteria
Essential
- Qualified to LTA Level 2 Coaching Award.
- Accredited to LTA Accredited+.
- Proven experience in tennis coaching, possessing the personality, initiative and energy to take on this key role.
- Excellent customer service skills, through effective communication in a positive, influential and timely manner across a range of communications.
- Commitment to work regular mornings, evenings and weekends, as per programme schedule.
- Competent in the use of relevant IT packages.
Desirable
- Qualified to LTA Level 3
- Demonstratable commitment to developing personal and technical skills out with main tennis coaching pathway.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted up to midnight (UK time) on Thursday 13th November 2025.
Please submit your CV & covering letter via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment.
We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g., part-time working and job share options.
Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.
Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/ .
Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.
About the Team
Oriam has a vision to be a destination for sport and exercise that is globally recognised for its performance facilities and sports education, nationally proud and locally inspiring to our Heriot-Watt community.
Oriam successfully bid for a £4.5million six court indoor tennis centre through the Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis (TSIT) fund, bringing together equal funding from Heriot-Watt, LTA and SportScotland to increase participation in tennis. For more info on the project please visit: Tennis at Oriam - Oriam Scotland
About Heriot-Watt University
At Heriot-Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
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