Seasonal Tournament Assistant
Salary: Competitive
Location: National Tournaments office, Coleshill, West Midlands.
The PGA is seeking applications for the role of Seasonal Tournament Assistant for the National Tournament Department
The PGA’s vision is to improve the personal and professional lives of its Members. To assist with delivering its core objectives, the PGA is seeking to recruit a Seasonal Tournament Assistant based at the National Tournaments office, Coleshill, West Midlands.
Reporting to the Head of Tournaments, the main focus of this post will be to assist with the administration of PGA National and PGA Europro Tour golf events and with the general day to day administration within the National Tournament Department.
Duties will include processing and collating tournament entries and withdrawals, compiling draws and competitor information, dealing with telephone enquiries, general correspondence and filing. The successful applicants will collate and maintain accurate statistics relating to tournaments and assist with the day to day operation of the Tournament Management software (BlueGolf), which includes the initial set-up of all tournaments. The post-holder will be required to maintain all public facing web information accurately in relation to PGA National and PGA Europro Tour tournaments.
To facilitate the above the post-holder will be required to attend tournaments throughout the season and assist in the management of the administration function in field tournament offices which includes registering competitors, scoring and providing administrative support to the tournament director. Core working hours are 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday when office based. When working at Tournaments the working hours will be significantly longer and will include some weekends and Bank Holidays. As a consequence a significant amount of time will be spent away from home during the busy tournament season.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent IT skills including MS Office
- A good knowledge of the game of golf and and understanding of the internal structure of Professional Tours.
- Proven administration skills
- Excellent communication and customer care skills
- Ability to plan and prioritise your workload against strict deadlines
- Flexible approach and well organized
- Self-motivated and a good team player
- Hold a full, clean driving licence
How to apply
To apply for this role please request a job description from Dawn Sales, Health & Safety/HR Advisor, then send your curriculum vitae together with a covering letter which clearly articulates how you meet the requirements of the role to dawn.sales@pga.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm, Thursday, 31 January 2019
Interviews will be held at National Tournaments, Coleshill Manor Office Campus, Couryard 5, Coleshill, B46 1DL on Friday, 8 February 2019.
