Tom Mahoney

Experience

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  Sussex County FA

  Jul 2011 - Mar 2018

  Referee

  I am a Level 7 Referee in the Arun and Chichester Saywell International Youth League, West Sussex Youth County Cup and Youth Challenge Cup competitions.

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  White Meadows Primary School

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2012

  Placement Student

  Work Experience

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  Highdown Gardens

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Kitchen Porter

  A summer working in the kitchen of a Carvery

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  Summerlea Community Primary School

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  Placement Student

  Work Experience

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  Brighton & Hove Albion FC

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  Academy Referee

  I referee and linesman Brighton and Hove Albion Academy Youth teams ranging from U10-U16

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  Chesswood Junior School

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Placement Student

  A 4 week placement for my Primary Education course at the University of Chichester

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  University of Chichester

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  Student

  I transferred from the Primary Education degree, also at the University of Chichester, to my current degree of Physical Education and Sports Coaching as I wanted to focus on my true passion, sport. I have and am gaining so much from this degree, whether it's people and social skills, to the hard academic work learning about the top ways to deliver sport as well as all the theory in between. I believe I am a good student, a fantastic role model and I work very hard. My grades are very good, and I am striving hard to reach my goal of working with children in sport. More specifically, I would love to work in Sports Performance Analysis as this is my passion and I am excited to gain as much information and experience as possible. I have also taken modules in Sports Physiology, Sociology, Psychology, several Research Methods, several Games, Working With People, Inclusion, Reflection and Performance Analysis - Biomechanics and Notational Analysis. Show less

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  Summerlea Community Primary School

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Placement Student

  A two week placement for my working with people module on my PESC degree at The University of Chichester where Physical Education lessons were observed deciding whether teachers or coaches are best at delivering physical education.

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  Rustington Otters Football Club

  Dec 2016 - May 2017

  Performance Analyst

  As a part of my Performance Analysis module on my Physical Education and Sports Coaching Degree at the University of Chichester, I am required to work with a team as a Performance Analyst. I will be filming all games and giving feedback on the teams performance to the teams manager. I will be using data from the placement in my Performance Analysis Essay in my Second Year.

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  The Littlehampton Academy

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Placement Student

  A 2 week placement for my Inclusion module on my PESC course at The University of Chichester, observing gifted and talented children.

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  Portsmouth Football Club Ltd

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2018

  Performance Analyst Intern

  I gained experience at Portsmouth Football Club whilst undertaking a week’s emersion placement in the team’s Performance Analysis department. During this time, I assisted the Academy Performance Analysis manager in activities such as filming all U18 training and preparing for a U23 Semi-Final cup match VS Swansea. I analysed previous game footage, picking out the strengths and weaknesses of the team, creating player profiles and coding specific game highlights using Sportscode software. I feel I gained valuable experience and insight as to how an elite professional club operates from a performance analysis perspective. Towards the end of the last season, I was able to participate on a voluntary internship at Portsmouth FC. In this time, I filmed various age groups from the club’s academy to be analysed. This experience allowed me to show how adaptable I am to different enviornments. It is a high pressured job with little room for error. You have to have good listening skills as well as be able to take instructions, which I believe I do well. The job requires me to be able to work independently as well as in a team. This job has enhanced these skills of mine. Show less

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  Tesco

  Jul 2018 - Sept 2019

  Personal Shopper

  I have started working at Tesco to gain retail and customer service skills that will allow me to expand on my current skill set. The job enables me to work as part of a team and work efficiently to time frames. I am required to show exceptional services to customers in store and deliver a high standard of shopping to customers who have ordered from home. I have had to to listen and receive training on how to use the machinery to deliver this service, as well as work to strict deadlines. This position enables me to broaden the skills I have learnt throughout my educational, sporting and professional career so that I am a more rounded individual. Show less

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  Freedom Leisure

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Multi Sports Coach

  The opportunity to get back into working with young people through sport was something I could not turn down. I was responsible for delivering high quality lunch and afternoon school sports clubs, such as football, tennis, basketball to a variety of KS1 and KS2 children. I also had to plan, prepare and deliver PE lessons for PPA cover across West Sussex primary schools. As a part of the role I worked as part of the Friday night project where local teenagers would come to the sports centre and use the facilities. I would ensure they were enjoying themselves whilst remaining safe. My final part of the role was to help deliver holiday camps across the summer which was an experience I liked. I really enjoyed my time working with Freedom as it allowed me to have flexible working hours around my Tesco job, whilst gaining more valuable experience of working with young people in schools and sport. My manager Lee was fantastic to work for and was very grateful for the chance. Show less

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  Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation

  Oct 2019 - now

  My main responsibilities are to support the Education and Employability Manager and Education and Employability Development Officer (SEND/Inspires) with the development of existing and new curriculum programmes, including PE, Literacy, Numeracy, PSHE, STEM and enrichment. I manage relationships with existing schools as well as driving new business for the Foundation.It is my responsibility to schedule and oversee PE and Primary Stars delivery and provide staff support and supervision, including delivery observations. I oversee the planning, design and delivery of all content within Premier League Primary Stars including calibration with my team.I manage and host team meetings as well as a team of contracted staff and casual coaches within PE and Primary Stars. I also monitor and evaluate information for Premier League Primary Stars and PE provision, including teacher feedback and pupil progress is collated and recorded accurately. I also oversee project KPIs and ensure targets are monitored achieved. Show less I am now a Curriculum Lead with a PE focus, responsible for creating content and quality assuring the PE that is delivered through CPD, PPA and ASC in Schools across Brighton and East and West Sussex. I have a created various PE schemes and lesson plans across all sports and ages adhering to the National Curriculum. I deliver PE CPD events to large groups of Primary teachers, offering high quality training of Physical Education. I have been targeted with growing the number of schools and teachers we are working with in PE as well as our Albion Cup tournament where local schools take part in a fun, competitive and inclusive Football Tournament.This is also my first line management role in which I have two direct reports whom I trained and continue to push and work with on a daily bases. This has improved my communication skills and empathy and as well as forcing me to make decisions directing affecting others and being responsible. Show less Working as part of Albion in the Community's Schools team, it was my responsibility to deliver high quality interventions and lessons across schools in Brighton and Sussex. I was one of two Mentors who delivered the Premier League Primary Stars programme. The programme has two elements. The first to use Sport, specifically football and Brighton and Hove Albion to engage young people who may be struggling in lessons. This may be academically or with soft skills such as resilience, teamwork or confidence. We use football themed maths, literacy and pshe sessions to work on these skills and bring enjoyment to their school lives.The second part of the programme is to deliver PE CPD to primary school teachers. Our aim it's to deliver high quality PE lessons and work with teachers to up skill and give knowledge and confidence so they can continue delivering PE after we have worked with them.As a part of this role data was extremely important to report back to the Premier League and internally. I would need to be organised, efficient and work to deadlines to capture qualitative and quantitative data through questionnaires and data sheets, before inputting onto our data base, Views.I had to form relationships with many different stakeholders from headteachers and staff and the club, to the young people I was working with and be a responsible, reliable role model in which I was looked upto. I carried the BHAFC badge with pride and represent the club to a high level in all the work I did. Show less

  • Education and Employability Development Officer (PLPS)

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Curriculum Lead

    Dec 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Premier League Primary Stars Sports Mentor

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2021