Sport Lecturer / Sports Assistant

What skills and experience we're looking for

• A genuine passion for sport and working with young people, with experience in a sports-related environment and a commitment to promoting health, fitness and wellbeing.
• A confident communicator and engaging leader, able to present to groups, lead activities and motivate students to get involved and achieve their best.
• Strong subject knowledge, supported by a Level 3+ Sport qualification and ideally a degree in Sport, Sport Science, Coaching, Strength &Conditioning or a related discipline.
• Experience of teaching, coaching or delivering Sport or Uniformed Services would be an advantage, but we’re equally keen to hear from those ready to take their first step into teaching.
• Well organised, adaptable and proactive, with the confidence to use your initiative, manage competing priorities and respond positively to new challenges.
• Committed to your own professional development, with a willingness to work towards a Level 5 teaching qualification and other relevant qualifications, including Gym/Fitness Instructing and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition Skills, where required.

What the college offers its staff

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Annual Salary

£26,129to£32,114depending on experience– see job description for breakdown

• Full-timeposition,37hours per week, all year round.
• Generous pension scheme of28.68%employercontributionsfor Lecturing post and16.1%for the Sports Assistant post
• Staff discount scheme with high street and online retailers
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on site gym
• Subsidised catering facilities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to free staff parking

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.