Main Duties:
Teaching sport and physical activities to children and young people, both in school curriculum time following the PE National Curriculum and/or set programs of study and also deliver a range of OSHL, (Out Of School Hours Learning) extracurricular activities before school, at lunch times, after school and in school holiday periods. Improving child development and fitness through high delivery standards.
Benefits of being an Activity Professional with Premier;
- Impacting the fitness of young people through sport and dance curricular and extra-curricular activities
- Staffing structure which allows career progressions into designated roles
- Official delivery partner for British Gymnastics, England Hockey, British Fencing and England Lacrosse, with ongoing certificated courses running for Premier staff to qualify in the teaching of these sports
- Ongoing in-house training to improve delivery standards and the quality of PE teaching
Responsibilities of an Activity Professional:
- To plan and deliver a range of innovative coaching sessions
- To set up and deliver high quality sports/dance teaching to young people
- Develop and inspire young people to live and lead active and healthy lifestyles, improving fitness
- To teach lessons in line with Ofsted criteria and the PE national curriculum
Requirements to be an Activity Professional:
- Own transport as you will be required to travel to a variety of schools
- Self motivated and have a passion for teaching/coaching sport and/or dance
- Previous experience in a school environment would be highly beneficial
- Be able to pass an enhanced DBS check and deemed safe to work with children
Location we are recruiting for:
Locally, we cover the Staffordshire and the West Midlands region and currently work with around 40 schools every week.
Person Description – Qualities & Skills needed
Personal situation and attributes
Required:
- Demonstrate and articulate that they have a clear passion and drive to inspire young people through sport and physical activity.
- Meet outcomes and results with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on expectations for high quality standards.
- Critically assess own performance in a mature and credible manner
- Deal with a range of different situations.
- Be reliable, tolerant and determined.
- Be an empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view.
- Articulate themselves in a professional well-presented and professional manner at all times.
- Drive and have access to own transport and is sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel.
- Responsible and accountable.
- Motivate and instil confidence in others, have a presence and be able to get on with others and be a team-player.
- No criminal convictions or cautions.
Knowledge & Understanding and Literacy & Numeracy Skills:
Desirable:
- The National Curriculum and education landscape.
- Ofsted and the characteristics of who and what they represent.
- A range of physical activity ideas and inclusion strategies.
- Must be literate and be able to communicate both orally and manually using appropriate and correct grammar and language.
- How to communicate with different audiences using excellent face-to-face and telephone communication skills.
- Commercial responsibilities and have some understanding of sales.
- How they can use listening and questioning skills to challenge and gain information.
- Be creative and possess the ability to maximise opportunities presented when dealing with customers.
Qualifications
All applicants must hold the essential qualifications or equivalent below, it is also relevant for applicants to hold or be working towards the desirable qualifications. Training and additional qualifications will be offered dependent on experience and ability to meet the required competencies and skills required.
Essential Qualifications
- Hold a minimum NGB Level 2 coaching certificate
Desirable
- Hold the Level 2 Supporting Learning in Physical Education and School Sport certificate OR
- Hold a Coaching or Sports Degree
- Child Protection certificate
- First Aid certificate
- DBS or CRB certificate
- Coaching Disabled performers
Computer skills:
Delegates must be able to:
- Use of MS Office 2000 or later, particularly Excel and Word
- Understand basic databases using programmes such as Excel
- Access internet and email.
Management Ability:
Though internal staff management is not initially part of the job, responsibility and opportunity could grow with the development of the business, for example the prospect of recruiting, managing and developing staff. Some people-management skills, experience and natural ability will be useful.
Job Types: Temporary with the view to a contract
Salary: up to £12 per hour
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to £11.44 per hour
Expected hours: 10 – 30 per week
Schedule:
Application question(s):
- Do you have a Full UK drivers licence and access to your own vehicle?
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Sports Coach - Tamworth
