Multi-Sports Coach
Monday-Friday 2:00pm-6:30 pm daily work through the school term time periods (Monday-Friday) and holiday camps if desired full time. Start date September 2026 Qualifications in sports or multi-sports required.
Job summary: Assist with day to day activities of the club. Provide quality playcare within the framework of the club’s policies and procedures.
Line manager: Club Manager, Deputy Manager
Responsible for: Working relationships: Children attending the club and their parents/carers. Management and staff, including students and volunteers. Childcare and play organisations, external professionals, schools, registering authorities.
Sports Coach Job Description
Main duties include:
Multi -sports Coaches are responsible for planning, organising and delivering an appropriate range of sports activities and programmes for children aged 4-12 years of age. Activities can range from tennis, football to rugby and many more multi-sports activities.
The multi sports coaches will need to deliver sessions according to the age and development of the children. They will need to make each sessions inclusive to all children and adapt to suit each child’s needs and abilities. The sessions will need to be fun, energised and skilled.
- Teaching relevant skills, tactics and techniques
- monitoring and enhancing performance by providing, encouragement and constructive feedback
- Has a wide knowledge on all multi-sports activities and able to coach these session effectively.
- Have a passion to work with children
- Assist with planning, preparing and delivering quality play opportunities within a safe and caring environment.
- Providing comprehensive care for the children.
- Setting up the play space including moving furniture and play equipment.
- Providing refreshments and ensuring that hygiene, health and safety standards are met.
- Administering first aid when necessary.
- Consulting with children and involving them in planning activities.
- Helping with club administration, where necessary.
- Encouraging parental involvement in the club.
- Facilitating good communication with all members of the organisation, parents, and schools.
- Undertaking appropriate and relevant training.
- Keeping the work environment healthy, safe and secure.
- Working within the framework of the club’s policies and procedures.
Para 3.25 of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2023
All posts are covered by the Childcare Act 2006 and are subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure for a regulated activity and reference checks.
Policy Statement
Play in Ltd will ensure that throughout the recruitment process we follow guidance set out in the employment and equality legislations, along with human recourse practices. We will ensure fairness and transparency to allow us to select the best candidates for the role.
Play in Ltd will put all essential steps in place to adhere to child protection laws and implement them when requiring appropriate vetting procedures. All successful candidates must have two written references. Recruiting depends on finding people with the appropriate skill set, experience, training and qualifications to carry out their roles competently, and with the ability to make a positive contribution to upholding Play in Ltd’s operating principles and values. Play in Ltd will ensure all staff, students, contractors, volunteers, etc are correctly vetted to implement child protection laws at all times.
Play in Ltd will follow the ‘Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004’ which states that our selection process should be only based on the applicants having the relevant qualifications, skills, competencies and experience to meet the requirements of the post. There will be no bias on grounds of gender, marital or family status, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, race or membership of stated communities. There will be equal access throughout the selection process to suitably qualified applicants.
Play in Ltd aims to be an equal opportunities employer.
Pay: From £12.71 per hour
Education:
- A-Level or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- sports coaching: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
