Chairperson
- Taking overall responsibility for the day-to-day management and success of the club
- Being the venue’s ambassador and spokesperson
- Developing and agreeing a long-term plan for the venue and set directions
- Ensuring the venue runs efficiently, working with the treasurer to ensure the income is sufficient to meet running and development costs
- Hosting committee meetings, keeping to the agenda and ensuring decisions are made in the best interests of the venue
- Working with the secretary to agree management team meetings, agenda items and minutes (meeting notes)
Secretary
- Supporting the chairperson in the running of management committee meetings and the AGM, writing and circulating the agenda and meeting notes
- Maintaining accurate records
- Completing the annual venue registration with the LTA
- Circulating relevant information from the County, Regional and National LTA
Membership Secretary
- Responding to all enquiries from potential new members in a timely manner
- Collecting renewal membership from existing members
- Issuing welcome packs and/or a welcome e-mail to new members including the parents of junior members
- Maintaining a database of members, including equality monitoring data where possible
- Producing membership status updates/reports for the management committee as required
- Suggesting new membership offers, i.e. for attendees of club open days
Treasurer
- Having responsibility for financial planning, including an annual budget and monitoring spend/income against this.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
- Providing a financial update at each committee meeting
- Being the named signatory alongside the vice treasurer, chairperson and secretary on the club’s bank account
- Preparing end-of-year accounts to the AGM
- Paying all bills and issuing receipts
- Making recommendations to the committee on increasing cost saving measures
Website Manager and Social Secretary
- Setting up and maintaining the agreed social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) for the venue using the official logo and background information
- Encouraging members to ‘like’ or ‘follow’ you for news, competition and events updates
- Monitoring the platforms for abuse or negative comments
- Responding to enquiries or questions raised through these platforms
- Update the platforms with regular news
- Implementing the LTA social media guidelines
Welfare Officer
- Working with others in the club to promote the venue’s Code of Conduct(s)
- Ensuring safeguarding and diversity and inclusion is on committee meeting agendas
- Acting as the first point of contact for all children and adults where concerns about welfare, discrimination, poor practice or abuse are identified
- Working with the LTA Safeguarding Team when concerns arise within the venue
- Maintaining contact details for the LTA Safeguarding Team and key statutory agencies
- Contacting the Local Authority children’s or adults’ social care teams and the police about concerns where appropriate
- Working with the LTA Safeguarding Team to facilitate audits of the venue in relation to the minimum standards
- Working with the Committee/Management and LTA to facilitate the completion of any action plan to address the results of an audit
- Working with others in the venue to ensure the relevant people at the venue have completed a satisfactory criminal records check
Courts and Ground Maintenance Officer
- Identify and resolve any maintenance issues, having sought financial authorisation.
- Liaise with the Clubhouse member with regards to Clubhouse improvements.
- Oversee the annual moss and weed killing of the courts.
- Oversee grass trimming and perimeter tidying.
- Carry out regular risk assessments in relation to the court facilities, floodlights and outdoor areas generally to provide a safe and inspiring environment for tennis and socialising.
- Organise maintenance of the floodlights including the lights and the control system
- Maintain the practice wall
Balls and Ball Machine Maintenance Officer
- Purchase and distribute the tennis balls around for teams and for club night
- Be a point of contact for anyone that would like to purchase tennis balls
- Maintain the ball machine, nets and other tennis resources and report any issues should they arise
Club House Manager
- Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness throughout all areas of the Clubhouse and its immediate surroundings
- Manage communications with members, including newsletters, updates, and event promotions inside the club house
- Report any damage to the committee and arrange sorting them out
- Purchase any provisions for the club house when necessary
East Lancashire Teams Representatives
- Obtain committee approval for the number of teams competing in the leagues.
- Select team captains and players, having taken advice from experienced players.
- Ensure team captains collect match fees from their teams.
- Provide team captains with advice on their responsibilities and the rules and regulations around matches
- Ensure all captains have blocked booked the courts for matches on Clubspark
- Attend East Lancs League meetings