DBACT is inviting expressions of interest for the 2024 ACT team coaching group.

DBACT’s intent is to field crews across multiple age categories at 2024 Australian Championships in Perth and are looking for suitable people to form a cohesive coaching team.

All positions are vacant for the 2023/24 season with openings for:

• An overarching Head Coach – that takes on a reporting role to DBACT and who is also required to be a category coach:
• Coach Juniors
• Coach 24U
• Coach Premiers
• Coach Senior A
• Coach Senior B
• Coach Senior C

Note – all Coaches will be autonomous to the Head Coach and will run their own selection camps and make their own selection determinations with a requirement to report regular updates to the Head Coach.

Terms: DBACT will be offering 2 year terms to coaches with an option to renew for a further 2 years, this is with a view to grow the ACT’s high performance capabilities.

Essential:

• Current coaching qualifications or experience if not yet qualified
• Ability to work as part of a team to formulate and implement benchmarking and selection process that can be applied across categories and to ensure that crews are viable for AusChamps entry.
• Ability to work in an autonomous environment - note category coaches will be responsible for the selections, training plans and development of their category.
• Ability to be impartial, recognise bias and apply integrity to selections
• An interest in developing paddlers in a high-performance environment

• Current First Aid Certificate
• Current WWVP card
• Financial member of DBACT or other AusDBF association

Your expression of interest should address the above criteria and include:

• Which position or positions you are interested in ?
• Why are you interested in a coaching role with the ACT team ?
• Your current coaching qualifications/accreditation level
• Coaching experience (dragon boating or other)

• Your ability to commit to the coaching team for the 2024 racing season including traveling to the 2024 AusChamps event in Perth.

Please submit your EOI to vicepresident@dbact.com.au by 20 September 2023, please limit your EOI to no more than 2 pages.

Your qualifications should be available in RevSport, if they are not, please attach to your EOI.

Please also consider that while DBACT aspire to enter crews across all available categories at the 2024 AusChamps, crews will need to be viable (enough crew members at a competitive level) to be entered.

If a category is deemed not viable, it may be rolled into another category or remain as a development crew for 2025, in this instance the successful applicant will be offered an opportunity to join an another category as an Assistant Coach.

The coaching team will make determinations on team viability and offers to join as an Assistant Coach where a category is deemed not viable.