Trainer for the Austrian National Team
(international top level trainer)

The Austrian Orienteering Federation (OFOL) is looking for an elite national team trainer with the begin of 2010:

Requirements

• Skilled and experienced trainer for the Austrian Elite Team
(Qualification: nationally or internationally certified trainer)

• Experienced trainer beyond national standards – „international top level trainer“ (ideally having experience as a trainer in a leading orienteering country)

• Wide technical experience in orienteering (e.g. personally having done high performance orienteering)

• High personal commitment

Tasks

• Leading of and responsibility for the elite national team

• Support of the coaches of the junior and youth team (head coach of all Austrian teams)

• “Train the trainer” function for other (national team) coaches

• Design of short-, medium- and long-term plans for the elite team

• Planning of the national team orienteering activities (normally that does not include the organization of details, which should be done by other staff members)

• Reconciliation and coordination of objectives, yearly and further plans and the precise activities together with personal trainers, the Federal Military Sport Center and regional training centers

• Participation in all core activities (training camps and competitions) of the national team at least in the extent of approximately 40-45 days/year and taking part in core activities (training camps and competitions) of the youth and junior team at least in the extent of approximately 10-15 days/year

• Design of concepts for orienteering training with the highest standards (maps, courses, objectives and tasks for athletes in the respective training etc.) – the actual implementation of the trainings can be carried out by other staff members as well

• Post-processing of the trainings (observation of runners in different situations e. g. at the start, during trainings and competitions; analysis, follow-up meetings, feedback)

• Giving advice for the runners in training camps, competitions and in coordination with the personal trainers and as far as possible also during the individual training periods (by e-mail, phone etc.). Advice should cover fields such as: training, plans for training and strategies for competitions etc.

• Willingness to cooperate in the basic and advanced education of other trainers

• Consultancy for the trainers and the athletes of the Federal Military Sport Center

• Extent of employment: 70-90 days/year

Are you interested? Then please send a letter of application containing your proper curriculum vitae and the disclosure of your salary expectations until 20. November to guenter.kradischnig@icg.eu.com and schuh.lauf1@gmail.com .

The personal interviews with selected candidates are planned to be held in the 48th calendar week (23.-29.11.).