Deputy Director of Rowing
Great Marlow School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JE21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive Salary (depending on experience)
Deputy Director of Rowing job summary
Deputy Rowing Director
- Salary: Competitive depending on experience
- Hours of work: 37 Hours per Week
- Working Days: 10:30 to 18:30 four week days plus one of Saturday or Sunday mornings 0730 – 1300 Schedule negotiable to suit individual requirements.
- Working Weeks: 52 weeks
Great Marlow School seeks to appoint a Deputy Director of Rowing who has strong organisational skills and good communicational skills including social media. The successful applicant must be a highly experienced coach with a proven track record in coaching juniors to international representation. The ideal candidate must be comfortable communicating with students, staff, and parents to make sure all parties are informed of the day-to-day activities of the club.
Great Marlow School Boat Club
Great Marlow School Boat Club (GMSBC) was re-established in 2008 and is known for its competitiveness in rowing at national and international level. The club has enjoyed substantial successes at all of the National Events including winning 1st Eights at the Schools Head, Winning Championship Boys Quads at the Scullery Head and over twenty students gaining International Selection in the since 2012.
The club has around 120 members from Year 8 to Year 13, boys and girls, who train on the river at Marlow, a 20 minute walk from the school.
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The Great Marlow School and the Marlow Education Trust has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and for ensuring that they are protected from harm, therefore it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.
As part of the Great Marlow School and the Marlow Education Trust's pre-recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of cultures and all sections of our community.
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all staff must share this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Great Marlow School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1428 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Great Marlow School website
Great Marlow School is a large co-educational secondary school located in the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The school has around 1,450 students aged 11-19, with over 200 attending the sixth form.
Founded in 1961, the school converted to academy status in 2011 and in the last six years has invested £9 million in developing the school facilities including a state of the art sports centre, sixth form centre and performing arts accommodation. The Redgrave Sports Centre was named after former pupil and Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave, he opened in the centre in May 2013. The school and the sports centre are a 'hub' of the local community and host events and activities throughout the evenings, weekends and school holidays.
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