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Nedlands Yacht Club

Published Tue 24 Mar 2026

About Nedlands Yacht Club

The Nedlands Yacht Club is located on the western foreshore of the Derbal Yerigan/Swan River in the City of Nedlands, Western Australia. The NYC, prides itself on being an affordable, family friendly sailing club with off-the-beach access to the best sailing waters in Perth. Organisationally, the NYC has a small number of full and part itme staff, however many of the duties within the club are run by volunteers. The NYC is an authorised Australian Sailing Sail Training venue and the NYC has a healthy program of Tackers sailing courses run durign the school holidays for primary school students.
 
NYC has three business units comprising Sailing, Functions and Marketing, and Facilities. Financial management of the club is by the volunteer Treasurer. A core income stream for the club is as a functions venue, with NYC hosting a large number of weddings, parties, and conferences throughout the year. The club has a fully licensed bar and kitchen facility.
 
The NYC is going through a period of expansion. The club has recently completed a new building from which sail training and regattas and State/Australian/World championships may be held.  The NYC is seeking to exploit the new Sail Training Center to increase the number of Youth, State, and Australian sailing events held at NYC. Of equal importance is growth of the functions and marketing business unit to continue to provide the club with income to replace aging equipment, to run the sailing business unit, and to keep membership fees affordable for families. 
 

Purpose of Job 

The Training Coordinator is a part or full-time role in the Sailing business unit of the Nedlands Yacht Club. The role is accountable to the Rear Commodore Sailing for development and delivery of the club’s sailing coaching and training programs to deliver improved sailing performance outcomes for Nedlands Yacht Club. The Training Coordinator will work with Tackers to Open fleet sailors under the age of 21. The Training Coordinator will have a high degree of people skills to encourage young sailors to develop skills and to engage parents to support their sailors and Nedlands Yacht Club. 
 

Dimensions

Financial dimensions:
  • The Training business sub-unit is expected to be cost-neutral.
Business dimensions: 
  • Number of direct staff = variable to suit coaching and training programs
  • Dinghy Fleets = Optimist, Open Skiff, ILCA, International 420, and Aero.
  • Sailing season = October to May, each Sunday; June to September, once per month.
  • External relationships: Australian Sailing, other yacht clubs
  • Flagship Club Events: HMAS Perth Memorial Regatta, Nedlands Challenge Sailing event, WA Secondary School Teams Sailing Championships, Cat Classic, Youth Sail.
Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
  • Accountable for development and delivery of the Club Training and Coaching Plan. The plan will include a budget, including forecast revenue and expenses for the year. The plan will include: Australian Sailing Training programs including Tackers, Start Sailing, and Out There Sailing and other Discover Sailing Center Programs; bespoke youth coaching and development plan for youth Green to Open Fleet Sailors and adult Green fleet; Race Administration training (for senior members); and Coach, Instructor, and Assistant Instructor development programs.
  • Accountable for the hiring of coaches, instructors, and assistant instructors to deliver the Training and Coaching Plan. The Training Coordinator will manage all human resourcing elements including hiring, performance management, dispute resolution, training and coaching standards, and appearance and behaviour.
  • Responsible for development of the green-to-open fleet racing program aligned to club Sunday afternoon sailing.
  • Responsible for provision of coaching (including on-water) to NYC youth sailors attending Perth-metro area regattas.
  • Responsible for identification of training and coaching opportunities outside of the current fleet that will support the growth of sailing at the club.
  • Responsible for training and coaching program administration through the Club’s sailing registration system, RevSport.  This includes advertising training and coaching events, reconciliation of participants with Australian Sailing, and transfer of participant and parent information to the membership office.
  • Responsible for the training and coaching social media and online presence. The Training Coordinator will maintain a regular flow of engaging social media content across a variety of platforms covering the spectrum of the club’s training and coaching activity.
  • The Training Coordinator will normally be the “first-face” seen by sailors joining a training or coaching program and is expected to be highly organised, have high standards of behaviour and patience, and present themselves in a neat, tidy, healthy, and in NYC sailing uniform. The Training Coordinator will demand the same standards from coaches etc employed.

Main Interfaces

Daily, summer season
 
  • Club staff
  • General public training and coaching enquires
Weekly summer season
 
  • Youth sailing members participating in training and coaching.
  • Parents, Guardians and Support Persons
  • Casual coaches, instructors and assistant instructors
Monthly
 
  • Management Committee Report
  • Performance reporting with Rear Commodore Sailing
Annual
 
  • Annual General Meeting
Ad-hoc
 
  • Australian Sailing
  • Training and Coaching Leaders from other yacht clubs

Qualifications & Experience: 

The job holder must have:
  • Sailing Coach accredited by Australian Sailing (or equivalent international accreditation)
  • Valid Working with Children Check
  • Three years’ in an equivalent role or five years’ as a Sailing Coach reporting to a Training/Coaching Coordinator.
  • Relevant experience sailing an NYC dinghy class (see business dimensions above)
  • Proficient in the Google Workspace and Microsoft Office suite of applications.

Required Competencies

The job holder must have the following skills and competencies:
  • Collaborator skills: Communicate effectively and with respect and integrity. Value diversity, play on strengths of others and self.
  • Team leader skills: link goals and people behind bigger goals, communicate these and influence people. Drive team members to high performance.
  • Financial acumen: Develop and manage a budget, authorise payment of wages
  • Information Technology: proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of applications; proficiency with Revolutionise Sport (RevSport).
  • Communication skills: promote the club to new-members, guests, sponsors, and customers; coach staff and volunteers to do the same; clear written and verbal communications internally and externally.
  • Personally resilient, flexible, self-confident, and ability to communicate effectively with children;

Working Conditions

  • The position is office based at the Nedlands Yacht Club, Perth, Western Australia, 6009.
  • Full-time hours of work are 38 hours/week, 152 hours/month, 5 days per week – normally Sunday to Thursday;
  • Part-time hours will be by agreement.
  • Flexible working hours are required to manage club training on weekends, at regattas, and during summer school holiday sailing programs.
  • NYC sailing shuts down during the winter months.
  • NYC recognises the Training Coordinator will be a sailor themselves and hence flexibility is provided to manage training, national, or representative commitments.

Remuneration

  • The position will be paid a weekly wage in accordance with the relevant industrial award.
  • Annual leave = Full-time staff 4 weeks per year – Annual leave loading in accordance with the award.
  • Annual leave for part-time staff will be pro-rated.
  • Superannuation = as per award.

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