The City of Edinburgh Council
Coach (Swimming/General Sports) - Citywide
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Coach - Swimming/General Sports
City Wide
Salary: £18.82 - £23.15 per hour
Hours: 0 per week
Purpose of Job
Sports coaches are employed in a range of settings/projects and will be required to coach a range of skills relating to a specific sport or physical activity to a variety of school-aged children with varying abilities and experience.
Major Tasks
- Design suitable coaching programmes for each level of ability, in line with the recommendations of the relevant national sports governing body.
- Enable all participants, no matter their level of ability, to have the opportunity to take part.
- Monitor the progress of participants and reward their achievements.
The post holder will be expected to work before, during, or after school hours to fit in with the extra-curricular programme. This includes evenings, weekends, and school holiday periods.
Job Activities
- Develop and deliver coaching programmes
- Design suitable coaching programmes for each level of ability, in line with the recommendations of the relevant national sports governing body.
- Create and deliver suitable lesson plans for coaching school-age pupils as part of curricular and extra-curricular school programme(s) in a variety of settings as appropriate.
- Ensure that coaching sessions are enjoyable, well-structured, and focus on developing skills, decision-making, and a general understanding of the activity.
- Ensure that sessions and games are appropriate for the age, maturity, experience, and ability of the individual.
- Encourage participants to progress through the recognised ‘pathways’ in the relevant activity.
- Enable all participants, no matter their level of ability, to have the opportunity to take part.
- Monitor the progress of participants and reward their achievements.
- Develop an appropriate working relationship with participants based on mutual trust and respect.
- Fully reflect and evaluate on the session being delivered as a commitment to delivering high standards.
- Ensure that all facilities and equipment are suitable for the purpose intended, are safe, and in fully working order, setting up and clearing equipment as necessary.
- Maintain appropriate safe standards of behaviour among the participants.
- Communicate positively with all participants, parents, volunteers, Active School Co-ordinators, Sports Development Officers, Teachers, and other school staff.
- Promote and explain the links between sports and a healthy/active lifestyle.
Coaches should maintain a positive, professional, and supportive attitude at all times. Ensure that appropriate health and safety guidelines are adhered to at all times, for example, ensuring the safe and appropriate use of all equipment.
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This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care-experienced people, carers, and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4
Our Organisational Culture
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity, and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Happy to talk flexible working.
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Job Description and Person Specification
- View Sports Coach job description https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/37325/sports-coach
- View Sports Coach person specification https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/39255/sports-coach-ps-26-03
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About Us
Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland’s capital city? The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to work with us and deliver key services across our capital city. We’re the second-largest local authority in Scotland with a workforce of over 19,000 who all play a crucial role in maintaining and supporting vital services to over 500,000 residents. We offer an incredible variety of career opportunities across a broad range of sectors. Join us and you’ll find a role where you can make a difference and grow your career.
Our Culture
Our Behaviours, respect, integrity, and flexibility, guide everything that we do, and we strive to make sure all colleagues feel valued and have a sense of belonging in the workplace. We want to make sure that we bring people into our roles who demonstrate Our Behaviours and are dedicated and committed to our purpose of serving our community. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service to meet citizens' needs and make the city a better place.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.
Colleague Support and Wellbeing
As outlined in our People Strategy 2024-27, we aim to nurture a healthy workforce where we can all thrive. We offer regular events, initiatives, and learning opportunities covering a range of different health and wellbeing topics.
We’re committed to supporting employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. There are several policies in place to support this, ranging from flexible work options to career breaks. Our full suite of employment policies can be found here.
We have a range of support options available, including access to counselling, a mental health support service, an occupational health service, speak-up supporters, and a colleague listening service.
Reasonable Adjustments
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience at work for all our colleagues, and we’ll work hard to ensure that we meet the changing needs of colleagues throughout their time with us. We’re also geared up to support all candidates who may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Candidates invited for interview should let the hiring manager know what they need, and they will do everything they can to accommodate your request.
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