Their appointments come after an extensive recruitment process that attracted a number of candidates.

 

Rose, a former England and Britain goalkeeper, made 162 international appearances during her playing career, notching up 101 caps for England and a further 61 for Britain.

 

After making her international debut in 1993, Rose went on to play for England at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

 

She was a member of England’s double silver medal winning team at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal winning side at the 1999 European Championships in Cologne.

 

During that time she was also a member of the Britain squad at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and in 2000 when the Games took place in Sydney.

 

Since retiring from playing international hockey in 2004, Rose has worked with England’s unnder-18, under-21 and senior women’s squads as a goalkeeping coach, passing on her experience to the next generation of international ‘keepers.

 

In 2005, Rose joined the English Institute of Sport (EIS) as a Performance Lifestyle Advisor, helping England’s elite athletes to manage the complex work-life-hockey balance that comes from performing at the top level.

 

After three years at the EIS, Hilary left to begin a full time degree in Diagnostic Radiography at Canterbury Christ Church University.

 

She is currently in her second year.

 

Rose said: “I am extremely excited to be appointed as part of the management team for the senior England women.

 

"It is a very interesting time in elite sport with the 2012 Olympic Games looming and the pressures of competing in your own country.

 

"Any influence, knowledge and experience I may have that will aid England, and subsequently Great Britain, is an amazing prospect.

 

"England will be competing on the World hockey stage up to that point and I look forward to seeing the team grow in stature and confidence along the way.”

 

Beer first worked for England Hockey in 2001, joining as regional administrator in the Midlands before moving on to become Regional Development Officer in the South in early 2003.

 

He left England Hockey in 2006 to take up a role as Sports Development Manager at Oxfordshire Sports Partnership where he remains.

 

His first role in hockey management came during the 2007 Great Britain Super League, where he was manager of the winning Wessex Leopards women’s team.

 

Shortly afterwards Beer joined the England Hockey National age group squads as manager of the England under-16 boys, a position that he has held for the past two years.

 

During this period he has also spent time as team manager for the England under-18 girls as they won the 2008 UK School Games hockey tournament and in January 2009 he managed the Britain Youth women during the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.

 

Beer said: “This is an extremely exciting time to be involved with performance hockey and a unique opportunity that I am very much looking forward to.

 

“Despite a relatively short period managing in the National Age Group Squads I have gained varied and valuable experience across both genders and all ages, which should stand me in good stead for this latest role.”

 

Beer is confident that working together with Rose will work.

 

He said: “We'll work with the squad in the lead up to each tournament and then hand over in between, so the arrangement should be fine.

 

"Thanks to the job share with Hilary and my hugely supportive employers I am able to take on this role alongside my full-time job for Oxfordshire Sports Partnership.”

 

Rose said: “Working as a split role will provide its challenges with communication and management styles but I am thoroughly looking forward to working with Rich and learning from his experiences as part of other world class teams.”

 

The team manager position became vacant after Chris Pickett retired from the role following the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.