Physical Preparation Coach (Contractor)

Organisation: British Shooting
Salary: £250-300 per day for up to 46 days per year
Location: Field-based role with regular travel to decentralised camp locations across all British Shooting Olympic and Paralympic programmes (e.g. Paralympic Rifle, Olympic Pistol, Olympic Rifle, Olympic Shotgun)
Contract type: Permanent (Part time)
Closing date: 8 February 2026
Interview date: 23 February 2026
Job Description: The Opportunity

British Shooting are seeking a contractor to provide strength and conditioning services. The Physical Preparation Coach will play a vital role in co-ordinating, advising on, and delivering high-quality support that enables our athletes to become healthy, adaptable athletes and optimises their physical health. Working across all Olympic and Paralympic programmes the role will form part of our physical health team, working collaboratively with our physios to drive physical health and performance forward. The contractor will implement a shared philosophy for physical preparation, co-ordinate service provision for athletes at camps and in their home training environments and contribute to our periodised performance planning.

For full information about the role please visit: https://britishshooting.org.uk/article/3038/join-our-world-leading-performance-team

Why British Shooting?

British Shooting is one of the UK’s most successful yet understated Olympic and Paralympic sports. With a medal return from the Tokyo and Paris cycles that punches well above its weight, Shooting is a unified sport that continues to show what is possible through focused leadership, empowered coaching, and a culture that prioritises people and performance in equal measure. With clear performance plans in place working towards medal success at Los Angeles 2028, the foundations are strong, the culture is well established, and the programme is performing.

Why you?

This is a role for someone who can add value to a performance environment through their interpersonal skills, communication and self-awareness and their ability to build rapport quickly leading to strong and productive relationships based on trust. Beyond each practitioner's expertise, our practitioners add value to high-performing teams through their ability to partner with coaches and understand the performance requirements of each athlete. We are looking for someone who can blend the technical knowledge of physical preparation with the ability to design, monitor, and co-ordinate remote training programmes for elite athletes.

Essential Criteria:
- Degree-level qualification in sport science or related area, specialising in the physical preparation of elite athletes
- Experience of remote planning and programming for elite athletes by analysing the demands and identifying physical performance requirements
- Experience of collaborating with coaches and practitioners in the delivery of S&C services to elite athletes
- Ability to plan and deliver remote training programmes to a diverse population
- Excellent coaching skills including the ability to adapt to environment and motivate behaviour change
- Skilled at building and maintaining relationships with athletes, coaches, and practitioners and working in a national governing body of sport

British Shooting is proudly decentralised. In practice, this means significant travel to multiple performance hubs in the UK being part of a team that is often working remotely. The successful candidate will need to thrive in this reality, approaching it with resilience and flexibility. We aspire to have a workforce that is diverse and representative of all sections of society, not only by characteristic but by thought and perspective. We believe a diverse workforce enables growth and creates a sustainably inclusive workspace for all employees. British Shooting welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
How to apply: Send a CV (no more than 2 side of A4) and covering letter to Lisa Davies lisa.davies@britishshooting.org.uk and include the reference Physical Preparation Coach in the subject line of the email. The covering letter should provide a brief overview of your experience and set out a clear answer to the following three questions, with each answer no more than 300 words. 1) Given your career pathway and the work that energises you, what most resonates with you about this role and why? 2) Describe your most impactful physical preparation intervention (e.g. a project, an individual athlete programme, etc). What did you do, why was it impactful, and what did you learn about your practice? 3) When supporting an athlete remotely, what are your methods for maximising engagement and impact from their physical training?