We have a vacancy for a full-time Community Coach.
Job Title: Community Coach
Reports to: Participation Manager – Gavin Slater (gavin.slater@theposh.com)
Type of Position: Full-time
Hours: Daytime, Evening and/or weekend sessions
Job Purpose:
To lead and assist in the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of high quality football and sports coaching sessions within our schools, school holiday camps and development centres.
Key Skills and Experience Required: ESSENTIAL
To hold a minimum FA Coaching Football Level 2 Qualification or a level 2 qualification in another sport
Hold a full clean driving license and have access to a vehicle to enable service delivery at different venues.
Experience of coaching within a school/club environment
Have an understanding of Safeguarding issues
Have the ability to assist in supervising and managing a group of young people.
To hold a current Safeguarding and protecting children certificate
Emergency First Aid Certificate
FA Coaching License Coaches Club Member
Key Skills and Experience Required: DESIRABLE
Coaching qualifications in other/additional sports
Level 3 Coaching Football – (UEFA B)
FA Youth Module 1, 2 and 3 + Assessment
Experience of coaching within a professional football/futsal club environment
Level 3 Supporting the Delivery of PE and School Sport
BFAS First Aid Qualification
Specific Responsibilities
To lead in the delivery of high-quality sports sessions to mainly primary school age children from age 4 to 11
To provide a supporting role at a range of events and competitions as required.
To adopt a flexible approach to ensure all sessions are innovative and provide each individual person with the opportunity to develop.
Implement the Community administrative procedures and safeguarding policies.
To be able to use your own initiative and work as part of a team.
Ensure health and safety procedures are implemented, and recorded as required.
Attend any relevant training requirements for example, first aid, safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
To apply Equal Opportunities and Fairness policies and the staff code of conduct to all work that you undertake.
Dealing with enquiries in an effective and courteous manner.
Person Specification: ESSENTIAL
Good communication skills.
High professional standards.
Excellent IT skills including experience of utilising word, excel and outlook email
Good timekeeper.
Team player.
Good organisational skills.
Knowledge and qualifications within the sports industry.
Ability to deal with a diverse range of issues and people.
Honesty.
Flexibility.
Person Specification: DESIRABLE
Be a strong problem solver.
Be open to new ideas.
A positive and pro-active attitude.
Smart appearance.
To apply, please email C.V with a covering letter to Gill Wignall at the address below:
Closing date for applications: Friday 14th December 2018