Sports Coach

1. As a sports coach within the Healthy Living Team, our priorities are to increase physical activity levels / numbers of residents engaged in sport.
2. The purpose of role is to lead in the delivery of sports and physical activity coaching sessions in schools, clubs and community settings.
3. You will Delivering lunchtime / after school sports activities to young people in local schools or helping with delivery of festivals.

Reference Number: EHS00001

About Us:

As a sports coach within the Healthy Living Team, our priorities are to increase physical activity levels / numbers of residents engaged in sport. Our work covers a wide span of ages ranging from early years to older people through different projects. 

About The Role:

Pay Details: Grade 5, SCP 8, £24,702 pro rata, £12.80 ph

Main Place of Work: Various locations across the Vale

Hours of Work: Casual – as and when required

Description:

Depending on your skills and qualities, some of the projects you could be involved with delivering could include:

• Delivering lunchtime / after school sports activities to young people in local schools or helping with delivery of festivals.
• Delivering sports activities and games as part of community projects during or holiday provision– these could be in partnership with our play team or as stand-alone multi-sport sessions and projects could run in school holidays or evenings/weekends.
• Delivering family-based sessions to early years ages.
• Delivering within community-based projects to targeted groups such as females, older people.

Main Duties And Responsibilities:

The job description refers to the principal duties and responsibilities of the Post. It does not necessarily list in detail all the tasks required to carry out these duties and responsibilities.

• To lead in the delivery of sports and physical activity coaching sessions in schools, clubs and community settings.
• To produce and follow appropriate coaching session plans to ensure the activity is fun, safe and progressive and at an appropriate level to the audience.
• To ensure the inclusion of all participants into the session catering for all ability levels.
• To evaluate sessions through various means and implement changes where appropriate.
• To ensure the health and safety of participants through use of appropriate measures including the completion of risk assessments and following appropriate health and safety procedures
• To mentor others who are involved in assisting with the delivery of sport.
• To complete paperwork as required to include monitoring and evaluation of participation.
• To develop and maintain effective and positive working relationships with participants, team members and partners.
• To attend appropriate professional development opportunities.
• To liaise with Healthy Living team to assist with the development and evaluation of programme.