Director of Basketball Academy

Director of Basketball Academy

Commencing: As Soon As Possible

Salary Scale: P03, Pt 32-35 (£47,262 -£50,676 (FT)

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Reporting to: Director of Sport / Senior Leadership Team

We are seeking a visionary leader who combines elite basketball knowledge with a passion for developing young people. The successful candidate will have the experience, ambition and drive to build on Barking Abbey’s exceptional reputation and take one of the nation’s leading basketball academies to even greater heights. They will be committed to producing outstanding student-athletes, creating life-changing opportunities, and ensuring Barking Abbey remains the benchmark for basketball excellence in the UK. The successful candidate will embrace the demands of an elite basketball programme, including a significant commitment to weekend competition through the Academy’s National Basketball League teams, recognising the importance of these teams within our player development pathway.

About Barking Abbey Basketball Academy

Barking Abbey Basketball Academy is widely recognised as the premier basketball academy in the United King-dom. Competing at the highest level in both the Elite Academy Basketball League (EABL) and Women’s Elite Academy Basketball League (WEABL), the Academy has a long-standing reputation for excellence, producing numerous professional and international players.

Our programme has established itself as the leading pathway for talented student-athletes, regularly progressing players to NCAA programmes in the United States on full athletic scholarships, professional clubs across Europe, and international representative teams. Our success on court is matched by our commitment to academic achievement, personal development, and preparing young people for life beyond basketball.

We are seeking an ambitious, passionate and experienced basketball professional to lead our Academy into its next phase of development.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to lead the most successful basketball academy programme in the United Kingdom.

• Access to outstanding facilities and a nationally recognised sporting environment.

• The opportunity to work with some of the country’s most talented student-athletes.

• Strong links with professional clubs, international programmes and NCAA institutions.

• A culture that values excellence, ambition and innovation.

• Ongoing professional development and leadership opportunities.

Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.

The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team.

• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school.

• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management.

• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems.

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:

https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.

Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence check