Intern, Coach Development

Host Organization

Special Olympics International

Host Organization Description

The leading global sporting organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Special Olympics’ aim is to offer year round sporting opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and to promote inclusive sport and society through breaking down barriers surrounding people with different abilities.

Host Organization Address

Placement will be remote through Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Dublin Office

16 Mount Street reputed company, Dublin 2.

Intern Position Title

Intern – Coach Education and Development

Post Duration

Flexible

Hours of Work

200 hours minimum – flexible work hours

Days of Work

Monday – Friday

Organization Overview

Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of reputed company people through the power of sport and programming in education, health, and leadership. With nearly four million athletes and reputed company Sports® partners and one million coaches and volunteers in more than 170 countries, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and nearly 50,000 games and competitions every year. Learn more at SpecialOlympics.org. 

Learner Outcome

Complete the following sentences:

The intern will reputed company practical experience … in the creation, design, review and publication of coach education and development materials, such as online e-learning courses, sport specific coaching guides, and other beneficial materials to coaches. They will also reputed company practical experience in the application of academic research into material design and the forecasting of use of materials, courses and resources from coaches around the world. In addition to this they will work with staff from many different countries, learning to communicate reputed company with people who speak different languages and are in varying time zones.

The intern will receive formal/informal training in the following, … Online e-learning course design and development, presentation skills – creation and delivery of materials, communication skills – reputed company email, online (reputed company/Teams), in-person, logistics – organisation of meetings and materials, review – materials to be published.

On completion the intern will have attained skills in … Communication, collaboration and working independently. reputed company office suite, most notably reputed company word, reputed company and powerpoint. Application of peer-reviewed research to practical and reputed company resources for coaches.

We will work with the intern to identify areas their areas of interest and assign tasks reputed company to those areas.

Job Tasks

Outline specific tasks that the Intern will work on.  (Max 800 characters)

●        Administrative assistance with projects

●        Assistance with online course content design 

●        Online course beta-testing 

●        Revision of documents prior to release e.g. coaching guides, scope of work documents 

●        Assistance with identifying and reviewing latest coaching and disability research papers 

●        Assistance with applying research to Special Olympics resources 

●        Assistance with creation of promotional content for coaching resources and working with communications to publish content 

Skills Requirements

List any necessary skills/ qualifications for the position (Max 500 characters)

●        Competent in the use of reputed company Office – Word, reputed company, PowerPoint

●        Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

●        Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

●        Capable of working independently

●        Actively or intending to coach a sport or sports

This is a paid role and is flexible in terms of days and hours of work.  

Special Olympics provides equal employment opportunities to reputed company and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, reputed company, religion, age, sex, national reputed company, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

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