Sports Coach

Starting Salary: FTE £29,873 (pro-rata – actually salary is £1,659)
Job Grade: Level 2, Zone 2
Work Location: Talacre Community Sports Centre
Hours per week: Part-time 2 hours per week, mainly evenings (possibility for additional work at weekends during term time)
Contract Type: Fixed Term-contract to 30 April 2025
Closing date: Wednesday 20th November 2024 23:55

Alternative flexible working options available/open to discussion

About us

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because, we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. We are looking for a part-time Development Sports Coach to join our team and support our Girls football development and competition programme.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Camden Sport and Physical Activity Team supporting children and young people develop and maintain positive attitudes to being active within their daily lives. We are committed to using sport to inspire, motivate, educate and improve the health and life chances of young people in Camden.

In this role you will be responsible for planning and leading positive girls football coaching sessions. You’ll need to develop effective session plans to meet the varying needs of the different groups we work with.

You’ll act as a positive role model to inspire, motivate and empower young people to realise their potential. Further opportunities may become available to manage teams at evening and weekend competitions/leagues.

About You

You’ll have relevant sports coaching qualifications which include a minimum of Football Association (FA) Level 2 coaching award and be working towards developing further coaching qualifications.

You should have experience working with and coaching children within football and/or sports environments and of supporting children to participate in competitions and leagues.

You’ll also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work with a range of different people including children, coaches, officials and parents/carers.

Our coaching sessions take place after-school and early evenings, and the leagues are evenings and weekends, so you’ll need to be able to work during these hours and be able to travel independently to different locations.

Excellent time-keeping and management skills are also required. Most importantly you will be a positive role-model for young people.

This is a great opportunity for the right person to join our team.

Please refer to the job profile for full details of the role.

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting people, and we’ll redefine what a career can be.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click HERE to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 11/20/2024