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. Many club duties are run by volunteers, but the club employs a small number of full‐time and part‐time staff. It is an authorised Australian Sailing Sail Training venue and offers a healthy program of Tackers sailing courses during school holidays for primary‐school students.
NYC operates three business units – Sailing, Functions and Marketing, and Facilities. The club's main income streams come from functions hosting weddings, parties, and conferences; the club also has a fully licensed bar and kitchen. A new Sail Training Center has recently opened, enabling the club to host more youth, state, and Australian sailing events and to grow its functions and marketing unit to fund equipment replacement while keeping membership fees affordable.
Purpose of Job
The Training Coordinator is a part‐ or full‐time role in the Sailing business unit that reports to the Rear Commodore Sailing. The role oversees the development and delivery of the club's sailing coaching and training programs, aiming to improve sailing performance outcomes for members. The Coordinator will work with Tackers to progress open‐fleet sailors under 21 and will engage parents and volunteers to support their sailors.
Dimensions
Financial: The training sub‐unit is expected to be cost‐neutral.
Business:
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




Develop and deliver the Club Training and Coaching Plan, including budget, forecast revenue and expenses, and program details such as Australian Sailing Training programs (Tackers, Start Sailing, Out There Sailing), Discover Sailing Center programs, bespoke youth coaching plans, and adult green‐fleet programs.
Hire coaches, instructors and assistant instructors; manage all human resourcing elements, including performance management, dispute resolution, training and coaching standards, appearance and behaviour.
Develop the green‐to‐open fleet racing program aligned to club Sunday afternoon sailing.
Provide coaching (including on‐water) to NYC youth sailors attending Perth‐metro area regattas.
Identify training and coaching opportunities outside of the current fleet to support club growth.
Administer the training and coaching program through the club's sailing registration system, RevSport, including advertising events, reconciling participants with Australian Sailing, and transferring participant and parent information to the membership office.
Maintain the training and coaching social media and online presence, producing engaging content across multiple platforms.
Serve as the first contact for sailors joining a training or coaching programme, demonstrating high organisational, behavioural and uniform standards, and applying the same expectations to coaches and staff.
Main Interfaces
Daily (summer season): General public training and coaching enquiries
Weekly (summer season): Youth sailing members, parents/guardians/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
Australian Sailing Coach accreditation (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 (Optimist, Open Skiff, ILCA, International 420, or Aero)
Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft Office suite
Skills and Competencies
Collaboration: Communicate effectively, respect diversity and play to strengths.
Team leadership: Link goals and people, influence, and drive high performance.
Financial acumen: Develop and manage a budget, authorise wages.
Information technology: Proficiency with Microsoft Office, and RevSport.
Communication: Promote the club to current members, guests, sponsors and customers; coach staff and volunteers to do the same; provide clear written and verbal communications internally and externally.
Personal resilience, flexibility, self‐confidence, and ability to communicate effectively with children.
Working Conditions
The position is office based at the Nedlands Yacht Club, Perth, Western Australia, ****.
Full‐time hours: 38 hours per week (Sunday to Thursday). Part‐time hours are by agreement. Flexible hours are required to manage club training on weekends, regattas, and summer school holiday sailing programmes. The club shuts down during the winter months. The role expects the coordinator to be a sailor themselves and offers flexibility for training, national or representative commitments.
Remuneration
Weekly wage in accordance with the relevant industrial award.
Annual leave: Full‐time staff 4 weeks per year (with loading in accordance with the award). Part‐time staff: pro‐rated annual leave.
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