Job Description

The Opportunity

You’re an experienced sports coach who would relish the opportunity to lead high quality PE and school sport sessions to inspire children to lead active, healthy and happy lifestyles. You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining key relationships with children, parents, guardians and staff within our partner schools. With no two days the same in this role, you’ll embrace coaching a variety of participants and sessions, alongside adapting to new opportunities where you’ll learn and develop within a broader team of coaches.

Day to day you’ll be working alongside another coach, leading a range of sports and programmes to classes of up to 30 children from a various year groups, abilities and backgrounds. You’ll be responsible for their safety, behaviour and of course, enjoyment!

As a Community Sports Coach you are passionate, organised and resilient. You’ll be motivated by the challenges that come with managing large groups of children effectively. What’s important to you is the ability to part of a good team, and the varied nature of a job. On-going training will be offered to support you strive for excellence within the role.

Responsibilities:

· To plan and deliver high quality and engaging PE lessons, sports education programmes, pupil mentoring, and lunch time/after school clubs in primary schools.

· To inspire children to lead an active, healthy, happy lifestyle.

· Maintain the health and safety of those involved in your sessions.

· To monitor and evaluate sessions to improve the quality and impact.

· To communicate regularly and effectively with schools, coaches and colleagues.

· To support primary school staff to develop confidence and knowledge to deliver high quality in PE through our teacher mentoring programme.

· Establish positive relationships with children, their parents and staff in schools, day in, day out.

· Support the broader work of Bristol Sport Foundation, which may include administration tasks and events.

The Key Requirements:

· Hold a minimum Level 1 (or equivalent) National Governing Body coaching qualification.

· A full, clean driving license and your own transport.

· The right to work in the UK.

· Experience of working with primary school-aged children.

· A passion for inspiring children to be active, healthy and happy.

· Effective communication skills.

· Strong interpersonal skills, to build successful relationships.

· Time management, organisational, and administration abilities.

· Proficient in Microsoft MS Office: Outlook, Word and Excel.

As this role involves working with young people, the successful candidate/s will require an Enhanced DBS Check.

About us:

Joining Bristol Sport Foundation (BSF) you’ll join us on a mission to use the power of sport to encourage active, healthy and happy communities across Bristol and the West of England.

Here at BSF, we are fully committed to achieving our vision to inspire our community through sport and physical activity, making a positive difference every day. Since 2016, we have grown to become a reputable sports provider, offering high quality delivery to over 8,500 young people every week.

People stay with our organisation because of the positive impact they have on children, and the opportunities to build long-term rewarding relationships with school staff and local communities.

Working hours: 35 hours/week, predominantly Monday to Friday between 8.45am and 4.45pm.

Part-time (weekdays: 12-4.45pm) will be considered.

Contract type: Fixed term until August 31st, 2025. (Possible extension dependent on funding).

Belong at Bristol Sport Foundation:

At Bristol Sport Foundation, we believe our success starts with amazing people. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation physical and mental disability, marital status, gender identity and expression, and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different.

If successful, you will receive:

• Bristol Sport Foundation branded sports kit.

• Two complimentary tickets per home game to see Bristol Bears and Bristol City FC.

• Travel expenses.

• 22 days annual leave plus public holidays.

• Regular training opportunities and social events