Friday, 26 August 2022
British Equestrian (BEF), on behalf of our member bodies, is seeking a suitably experienced organisation to undertake research and mapping services to outline the skills and expertise provided by each of the coaching qualifications currently in place. It is anticipated that the contract will commence in October 2022 and be completed by January 2023.
Coaching, coach development and coaching qualifications are an essential part of our work at British Equestrian and across our federation member bodies and home nations. We provide the secretariat to the Coach Development Action Team (CDAT) comprised of coaching lead officers from our member bodies and home nations. This project is intended to map the skills and expertise required and provided by each of the coaching qualifications we have, plus the systems and processes we or our member bodies must approve, recommend and track additional learning for our coaches.
Project aim: This project is important to BEF and Member Bodies as it will help to provide clarity and alignment for what could be seen as a potentially confusing picture for existing coaches and those interested in starting a career in coaching.
We collaborated with the members of CDAT to produce our cross-federation coaching strategy, ‘Culture, Clarity, Profile and Value’ which provides the context for this mapping brief.
The mapping activity will provide an underpinning basis to deliver the actions in the strategy which will ensure that British Equestrian and our member bodies provide an improved, more relevant, clear, and consistent service to our coaching workforce, ultimately resulting in improved outcomes for horses and humans alike.
In particular, understanding the CPD requirements our member bodies have for coaches, connect these requirements with the attributes and behaviours in the CIMSPA professional standards and harmonise the continuous professional development across the federation. Ultimately it will help coaches make the most of what is on offer while identifying where we have gaps in our offer. The analysis should also help us to relate our CPD opportunities and learning outcomes to the requirements of coaching qualifications and so understand where the CPD gaps may be in helping coaches to progress through qualifications. The information gleaned will also help to raise awareness and understanding of the learning opportunities available through our member bodies and across our landscape and raise opportunities for collaboration and sharing resources.
Tender Requirements: The written tender proposal should include the following:
Please see the document provided below which contains more information on the project and proposal submission requirements. For any further questions, please contact the initial project lead, David Padgen: email . The deadline for the proposal submission is 12 noon Friday 16 September 2022.
Questions to help prepare your tender document can be submitted via this link: https://m.shortstack.page/fXVxn0