Description
Regular position
Reporting to the IHQ Senior Head Coach, the Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Artist Training is responsible for the development of individualized and group strength and conditioning programs for artists in training at IHQ. He or she will also promote injury prevention, maintenance and performance enhancement to ensure the longevity of a career in performance and faster recovery times.
Primary duties and responsibilities:
The Strength and Conditioning Specialist will be required to:
- Coordinate with the Artist Training coaching team and the Performance Medicine team to assess physical training needs for individual artists and performance enhancement needs for acts being developed at IHQ;
- Develop, implement and monitor injury prevention or performance enhancement programs personalized for each individual artist in training at IHQ and specific to every act being developed at IHQ;
- Identify and report conditioning, de-conditioning and injury prevention trends to the Senior Head Coach;
- Objectively assess, measure, adjust and document all strength and conditioning programs implemented;
- Develop criteria based on the post-analysis report of each conditioning program to measure the program's effectiveness and determine whether the objectives were met;
- Assist the Director of Performance Medicine with the development of reintegration protocols for injured artists;
- Administer or assist in physical capacity assessments, in cooperation with the PMed and Artist Training coaching team;
- Cooperate with the Artist Training team and teach the coaches to ensure the continuity of the physical training program for new artists, from the training environment to the show;
- Assess innovative ways of using time and work with the existing artist schedules to integrate portions or all of the prescribed programs within the weekly working schedule;
- Promote an educational program that will help increase artists' awareness of different variables pertaining to the training program's methods, and encourage artists to be self-reliant when it comes to carrying out their physical fitness program;
- Use modern training methods (e.g. Pilates, resistance training, plyometrics), and design training methods that meet artists' needs.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Advanced certifications in the areas of strength and conditioning;
- Certification from the National Coaching Certification Program;
- University degree in physical therapy, athletic training/therapy, kinesiology, physical education or any other related field;
- Six to eight years' experience in coaching acrobatic core disciplines;
- Experience in care, prevention and rehabilitation, as well as in developing and implementing injury prevention, maintenance or performance enhancement programs with athletes or performers;
- Fluency in French and English;
- Working knowledge of MS Word and Excel;
- Ability to work as part of a team;
- Leadership;
- Self-reliance;
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary team;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
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