The successful candidate will be an ambassador, role model and inspiration to transform women’s and girl’s rugby in Wales. Some of the key responsibilities of the role will be to implement and manage the strategic plan for women’s and girls’ rugby participation across Wales and to build an innovative engagement plan to raise the profile of women and girls’ rugby internally and externally across all stake holders and the wider population, promoting rugby’s benefits.
A great deal of progress has already been made in Welsh Women’s rugby in the last three years both in terms of the performance game and participation. A number of full-time professional coaches are now in place for the National XV-a-side and 7-a-side squads. With the Commonwealth Games and Sevens World Series qualifying tournaments around the corner, those roles will now report directly to the WRU Head of Rugby Performance and a performance strategic plan for the women’s game is set to be finalised in the coming months.
The new role (CLICK HERE FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION) will concentrate primarily on growing the female grassroots game in Wales from minis to youth and senior rugby and will ensure that an integrated rugby development structure is established and implemented to underpin the performance structure.
WRU Head of Rugby Participation Ryan Jones said, “A lot of hard work and commitment has helped us to make significant strides in the women’s game in recent years and provide increased opportunities for women and girls to not only play a variety of rugby formats in Wales but to enjoy coaching, refereeing and volunteering in the female game.
“The successful candidate will take that level of involvement to the next level, building on existing structures and resources for greatest strategic effect across the Welsh Rugby Union. With the women’s performance structure now an integral part of the WRU performance department, the new national women’s manager will be able to focus on the community game, working with the Women’s and Girls’ Game Changers, along with schools, clubs and clusters and the rest of the rugby participation team to give more women and girls a positive rugby experience.”
WRU Head of Performance Geraint John added, “There is now an experienced team of professionals in place to lead our National Women’s Teams into their respective competitions from the Women’s Six Nations to our first inclusion in the Commonwealth Games and the World Series qualifying tournament. The team, under head coach Rowland Phillips is working on the new women’s performance strategic plan. However, the successful candidate will have a key role to play in developing and implementing an integrated rugby development structure to underpin the performance end of the game. This will include the regional competition structure for under 18s and seniors.”
