Football Coach — Self-Employed | Sportivos | Cumbria & Lancaster
It's not work when you love it!
£Competitive + Growth Bonus | 13 hrs/week to start
Where it goes is up to you.
Sportivos is looking for an experienced, driven football coach to take over an established area and grow it.
This isn’t a job for someone who wants to clock in and clock out. It’s for someone who sees a timetable of 13 coaching hours per week and asks: how quickly can I double this?
What You’ll Be Doing
- Delivering weekend football sessions to children aged 18 months–11 years across existing venues
- Delivering a School Sports + After School Programme
- Weekend Birthday Parties
- Growing participation numbers and opening new venues in the area
- Delivering birthday parties, and after-school clubs
- Taking Sportivos into local primary schools and nurseries. Delivering Football, Multi Sports, Archery, PE and Count on Sport — proven additional income streams already built and ready to deliver
What’s In It For You
- Immediate earning from an established, active customer base
- Growth bonus — rewarded directly for increasing participation and expanding the business
- Flexible, self-employed structure built around your life
- Full coaching frameworks, lesson plans and support
- A clear pathway to TiFO area ownership — run the territory as your own business
Who We’re Looking For
You are an experienced and qualified football coach — Sports graduate — Teacher, who genuinely loves developing young people and knows how to connect with families.
You are ambitious, entrepreneurial spirit with a get up and go attitude.
Someone who sees a half-full timetable as an opportunity to grow a career in football and coaching, not limitation.
Are you a self-starter. who doesn't need to be micro managing,
Can you show initiative and find new opportunities ?
You will have a brand, a system and in demand product families love.
The scope to grow and get to work.
You understand that in grassroots children’s sport, retention is everything. You show up, you build relationships, and families stay for years — not sessions.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years coaching experience (children’s football or multi-sport)
- Experience dealing with professionals like head teachers
- FA coaching qualifications, Professional qualifications or Sports/teaching degree
- Enhanced DBS (or willingness to apply immediately)
- Full driving licence
- Genuine ambition to grow the role into a career, not just fill it
The Opportunity Beyond the Job
For the right candidate, this role carries a direct pathway to TiFO area ownership — taking full control of the territory as your own business under the Sportivos brand, with the systems, support and community already in place.
To Apply
Send a short message telling us why you’re the right person to take this area and grow it.
Email: [email protected]
Subject - Coaching opportunity.
We don’t need or want a long CV. We want to hear from candidates who understand what it means to be a coach, we need to know you’re serious, experienced and ready to move fwd.
Serious candidates will take the time to reply personally, (or pick up the phone) sending a generic CV or an AI cover letter will tell us everything we need to know about you.
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Coaches require an Enhanced clearance via the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service). Our commitment to child protection and the safeguarding is of the highest priority.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract
Pay: From £15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Profit sharing
Application question(s):
- Are you available and willing to coach at weekends?
Experience:
- Teaching or coaching: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
