Anti-Doping Officer

• Co-ordinating the Irish PF’s Anti-Doping Programme, including management of the anti-doping budget and liaison with the Irish PF Treasurer in relation to budget requirements
• Liaising with the Irish PF’s Anti-Doping suppliers and partners (e.g. CCES, Sport Ireland, testers, labs, WADA, etc.) to provide calendar information and flights for each competition
• Ensuring that there is an adequate Anti-Doping Area set up at every competition
• Supervising, or deputising someone to supervise, all Irish PF in-competition testing
• Reporting all anti-doping results to the Irish PF Executive Committee and the International Powerlifting Federation and European Powerlifting Federation as required
• Liaising with Social Media Officer to provide updates about WADA guidelines, prohibited list, and any education needed for lifters
• Liaising with Website Officer to ensure website is updated with WADA Code and Prohibited List
• Answering Anti-Doping queries from members via email
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

Competition Secretary

This role involves the majority of the administrative and technology-related tasks involved in the organisation of competitions.

• Liaising with venues and the Executive Committee to create a suitable Competition Calendar of regional and national-level competitions that align with the International federations’ calendars
• Providing a Competition Calendar to the Irish PF Membership and liaising with the NIPF to minimise competition clashes where possible and arrange scheduling of joint competitions where required 
• Maintaining the Competition Calendar and organising for communication of any changes to the Competition Calendar to the membership base via social media and the website calendar
• Responding to competition queries via email and social media
• Creating invite lists or criteria if required, in liaison with the Irish PF Executive Committee, and ensuring that all competitors are members of the Irish PF in good standing
• Sending out invitations for all National-level events and liaising with the Competition Directors about tickets
• Agreeing on lifting schedules with the venue Meet Director and Technical Director and communicating this to lifters via the website and social media
• Setting up LiftingCast in advance of the competition and providing login details to Technical Director, Competition Director and Livestream personnel 
• Publishing results of competition to Open Powerlifting
• Ensuring all documentation (weigh in sheets/ kit check/ anti-doping forms/ attempt slips/ etc) are created for each competition and ready to be printed by Competition Director
• Liaising with the Social Media Officer to publish relevant posts for competitions and lifter achievements
• Liaising with the Marketing & Sponsorship Officer to improve the competition experience
• Updating the Executive Committee with all relevant competition information and relaying decisions made to the Operating Committee when required
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

Competition Director

Two members are required for this role as it involves the organisation and in-person operational delivery of competitions. 

• Managing the scheduling and delivery of all provincial and national-level competitions throughout Ireland by attending and overseeing competition weekends
• Liaising with the Irish PF Treasurer and Executive Committee in regard to competition budgets and entry fees
• Launching events and ticket sales on Tito and notifying members through email, the website and social media
• Monitoring and managing ticket sales and waitlist procedures on Tito
• Liaising with venue meet directors to confirm meet arrangements and how they can facilitate the running of the event
• Monitoring progress of competition preparation and providing updates on this as required to the Competition Secretary
• Arranging for Irish PF medals and Best Lifter trophies to be provided
• Liaising with the Volunteer Managers to ensure adequate personnel are provided for all competitions and that refreshments will be available for the volunteers
• Liaising with Anti-Doping Director re. anti-doping requirements 
• Liaising with Technical Director re. referee availability 
• Liaising with Social Media and Marketing Officer re. competition arrangements and promotion
• Ensuring print-outs of weigh in sheets/ kit check/ anti-doping forms/ attempt slips/ etc are printed and delivered to venue
• Liaising with media partners to obtain photos and videos for post-competition recaps and delivering all to Social Media Officer 
• Carrying out post-competition evaluation and reporting to Irish PF Executive Committee on this after competitions
• Arranging for competition certificates to be created, printed and completed on the day of competition
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Operations Manager

This is a new role that will involve working directly with the Competition Secretary and Competition Directors to ensure all requirements are met by the venue for the competition.

• Liaising with venue meet directors about necessary equipment and setup checklist
• Arranging for any equipment requirements not met by the venue Meet Director to be fulfilled by contacting other gyms
• Transporting or arranging for transport of equipment to venues
• Organising volunteers to set up before and clear up after competitions
• Organising reward system for gyms and volunteers, e.g. discounts or early bird
• Liaising with the Treasurer to organise budgets and refunds for transport costs
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Records and Membership Officer

• Communicating with Clubforce to update membership page or to rectify any issues.
• Responding to membership queries
• Creating and providing discounts as necessary
• Providing references to Irish PF members wishing to compete domestically with other International Powerlifting Federation affiliates
• Certifying and updating all Irish National Records achieved in sanctioned competitions
• Creating and arranging for digital certificates to be uploaded to the Irish PF website in a timely manner
• Ensuring records are kept up to date and are available at each National-level competition
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Social Media Officer

• Managing the Irish PF’s Social Media presence including but not limited to Instagram and Facebook
• Answering queries on social media or directing towards the relevant email channels
• Updating the Linktree and highlights with relevant links and information
• Publishing posts for ticket sales, recaps and other announcements
• Liaising with media partners for photography and videography for promotional use
• Posting reminders about important dates for deadlines, events, etc
• Liaising with other committee members about updating members on specific areas, e.g. rule changes, anti-doping guidelines, etc
• Gathering and publishing lifter information in advance of international competitions and publishing story updates with livestream links and results
• Promoting the Irish PF’s competitions across all Social Media channels
• Growing the Irish PF’s Social Media following
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Website Officer

• Managing and maintaining the Irish PF’s website
• Ensuring the Irish PF’s website has timely information relating to membership, calendar, competitions, and records
• Liaising with Competition Secretary to post flights and athlete information
• Liaising with Competition Director to post ticket links and competition information
• Updating other content to the Irish PF’s website in line with the Irish PF’s ethos and membership’s interests
• Updating media content to reflect current members
• Updating website in any way that may improve user experience
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Volunteer Manager

• Arranging volunteers for competitions and creating a spreadsheet detailing their responsibilities for the meet
• Creating How-To videos for volunteer roles
• Organising Spotting & Loading workshops
• Attending competitions to organise volunteers and ensure they understand their roles
• Organising refreshments for volunteers at competition
• Ordering t-shirts for Spotters & Loaders (and other volunteers when budget is available)
• Managing the Early Bird list for all volunteers to gain priority access to tickets
• Managing the Facebook group and liaising with Social Media Officer to make announcements
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

 

Marketing & Sponsorship Officer

• Identifying and pursuing potential sponsorship opportunities for Irish PF and communicating with the Irish PF Executive Committee about potential sponsorship opportunities
• Drawing up and delivering contracts for sponsors
• Liaising with competition directors and volunteer managers about items that have been provided by sponsors for competitions
• Managing delivery of any requirements arising as a result of marketing and sponsorship
• Liaising with a chosen company to organise Irish PF merchandise for members
• Organising ordering and delivery methods for merchandise
• Other duties as necessary in order to achieve the aims of the Irish PF

National Children’s Officer

• Willing to undertake vetting (AccessNI if resident in NI, Garda Vetting if resident in ROI)
• Willing to learn of and have knowledge of the Safeguarding Code and relevant child protection legislation (Children First Act 2015 (ROI)/ National Vetting Bureau Act 2012-2016, Co-operating to Safeguard Children and Young People in Northern Ireland 2017)
• Commitment to attendance at appropriate training as required in order to act as a resource to members in relation to children’s needs (Sport Ireland / SportNI SG1/2)
• Co-ordination of Child Safeguarding training for appropriate members in the federation
• Liaison with all registered clubs to examine the rules, regulations and structures to ensure that they are child-centered
• Ensuring that the Governing Body develops an appropriate powerlifting specific policy, which includes a policy statement, codes of conduct, disciplinary procedures, bullying policy, safety statement, recruitment and selection policy and reporting procedures with relation to children
• Although not a member of the executive committee, will directly influence policy and procedures with relation to children and adults lacking capacity and offer advice to the executive committee with relation to legislation surrounding children and adults lacking capacity