MAIDENHEAD & DISTRICT CYCLING CLUB

Club Job Descriptions

President

• Co-ordinating, supporting and representing the Club.

Chair

Responsibilities:
• Producing and maintaining the Club Rules.
• Ensuring the Club is affiliated to governing bodies and associations.
• Implementing BC's Equity Policy.
• Maintaining regular contact with club members.
• Running the Club and committee is a proper manner, to the benefit of all members and associates.
• Enabling club volunteers to access training courses as required.
• Liaising with all sections of the Club and overseeing all Club activities.

Training:
• Sports coach UK - Good Practice and Child protection workshop.

Secretary

Responsibilities:
• Providing a structure for planning and managing events organised by the Club.
• Sponsorship of events (if applicable).
• Organising intra and inter-club competitions.
• Ordering, selling and storage of club kit and equipment.
• Organising and minuting all Club meetings.
• Communicating with the committee.
• Organising the Club's social events.
• Maintaining the records and engraving the Club's trophies.

Training:
• None

Treasurer

Responsibilities:
• The finances of the Club.
• Raising funds through appeals, subscriptions, loans and charges.
• Preparing and submitting bids to appropriate funding sources.
• Ensuring the Club maintains adequate public liability insurance.
• Producing an audited statement of annual accounts.
• Reporting to the committee as required on all financial matters.
• Membership administration, including new members and renewals.

Training:
• None

Club Welfare Officer

Responsibilities:
• Liaising with British Cycling National Child Protection Officer (NCPO) on matters of child protection.
• Promoting British Cycling's 'Policy and Procedures for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults', including distribution and display of leaflets and codes of conduct to members, parents and young people.
• Advising on the development of activities for young people within the Club.
• Supporting the registration of all personnel involved in activities for young people within the Club.
• Receiving, recording and passing on to the NCPO any concerns relating to the welfare of young people within the Club.

Training:
• Sports coach UK - Good Practice and Child protection workshop.
• NSPCC (Child Protection in Sport) Time to Listen workshop.

Club Contact

Responsibilities:
• Acting as the main contact point for existing and prospective members.
• Ensuring that the Club communication tools (e.g. website/newsletter) are kept up to date and accurately reflect their purpose, as agreed by the committee.
• Acting as a contact point for schools and youth organisations.
• Communicating with the local and, if applicable, national press.
• Acting as the contact point for the local authority, County Sports Partnerships, and British Cycling.

Training:
• Sports coach UK - Good Practice and Child protection workshop.
• Running Sport - A Club for All workshop.

Lead Coach

Responsibilities:
• Providing a structured coaching programme within the Club.
• Recruiting suitably qualified coaches.
• Organising a programme of Club training.
• Utilising British Cycling coaching resources to enhance the coaching and assessment programme.
• Ensuring that British Cycling recommendations of coach to rider ratio are not exceeded.
• Ensuring that all coaches affiliated with the Club hold appropriate professional indemnity and/or public liability insurance.
• Ensuring that all coaches affiliated with the Club are first aid trained.
• Showing commitment to further development and outreach work, supported with professional development of coaches within the Club.
• Ensuring his/her availability for evening and weekend coaching sessions.

Training:
• Level 2 Certificate in Coaching (Cycling)
• Activity Coach
• Club Coach
• Various sports coach UK courses