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JOB SUMMARY: ELMS Sports Foundation and Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sports Authority of India for development of National Centre of Excellence (NCOE)-Boxing, Rohtak. National Centre of Excellence-Boxing is based at Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Rohtak where Indian boxers’ train.

We are recruiting for the position of Principal Consultant – Sports Science for NCOE Boxing, Rohtak. The Principal Consultant will lead the Sports Science program for Boxers and play a pivotal role in the development and implementation of strategies to achieve sustainable success for Boxers at NCOE Boxing, Rohtak.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

● Be responsible for creating the overall high-performance strategy, policies, and procedures for the Academy.
● Manage High Performance full-time/part-time staff and specialists/experts.
● Develop an excellent professional partnership with your colleagues, especially the Coaches, Sports science staff, and Technical Staff to support and maximize the athletic potential of boxers.
● Lead organization-wide programming (nutrition, sleep, recovery, strength, and conditioning, mental conditioning, etc.) and collaborate with staff on ground to oversee the implementation of this programming.
● Be responsible for analyzing and reporting on all performance data.
● Oversee development of recommendations for specific performance issues (altitude training, time zone adjustment, etc.).
● Serve as the High-Performance content creator and educator for Coach Education, Player Development and Referee programs.
● Provide support to meet the diverse needs of both senior teams and youth national teams.
● Lead all aspects of the team’s athletic performance assessment and monitoring processes.
● Oversee regular physiological and biomechanical assessments.
● Interpret player data along with general movement observations to build detailed strength training, conditioning, and injury prevention training requirements.
● Analyse and interpret complex information to share with Technical Staff, Head Coaches, and players.
● Collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer, develop and execute fundamental sport science and sport medicine processes, including monitoring and management of player workloads and recovery.
● Contribute to the development and communication of corrective, rehabilitation and return-to-play programs.
● Assist in the evaluation of player movement performance and proficiency.
● Manage and keep of performance training, sport science, and sport medicine equipment and technology in the Athlete Management System.
● Develop NCOE oriented practical solutions based on individual and team data-analysis (GPS, wellness, testing, etc.).
● Plan and deliver scientifically based optimal recovery strategies post-practice and postgame.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Master's degree or above in sport science or similar.
2. Minimum 6 years of on-field experience working with athletes.
3. Experience of working with top international boxers will be preferred.
4. Demonstrated effective leadership and decision-making skills.
5. Proficient in the latest scientific methodology and techniques for sporting development.
6. Sound communication, relationship management and other soft skills. Reasonably Conversant in English (Written and Spoken).
7. Flexible working with different stakeholders and conditions.

REMUNERATION:

Remuneration will be fixed commensurate with experience and Industry Standards.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Interested candidates can send an email with their updated CV with a cover letter expressing their interest in the role to careers@ogq.org with subject line - “Application for Principal Consultant - Sports Science”.