At a glance

Skills

Public relations
Service design
Mentoring / Coaching

Where

London, E3 3BS

Mainly at the office

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week

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Young Elite Management is a sports management mentoring company, registered as a Community Interest Company, that will offer sports management and mentoring services (initially football but longer term the plan is to extend to other sports).

What will you be doing?

We are recruiting for a professional Community Sports Coach to maintain all community coaching and outreach activities. You will be required to represent the company and work with the management team to develop and implement initiatives that increase company visibility within the surrounding community. For this role the minimum qualification you need is previous coaching work experience done previously. Preferably we would like the candidate to be FA Level 1 or 2 qualified with previous work experience completed.

A sports coach's role and skills can vary depending on where you work. Sports coaches work with individuals and teams at professional and amateur clubs, community sports associations, schools, colleges and universities. They may plan a recruitment drive to find new players and organise sporting events.

What are we looking for?

As a sports coach, your primary role includes:

· Evaluate performance and provide suitable feedback, balancing criticism with positivity and motivation

Assess strengths and weaknesses in a participant's performance and identify areas for further development
Adapt to the needs and interests of group or individual participants
Communicate instructions and commands using clear communication methods
Demonstrate an activity by breaking the task down into a sequence
Encourage participants to gain and develop skills, knowledge and techniques
Ensure that participants train and perform to a high standard of health and safety at all times
Inspire confidence and self-belief
develop knowledge and understanding of fitness, injury, sports psychology, nutrition and sports science
Conducting Outreach methods to work with athletes within the community
Advising Athletes
Suggesting New techniques
Being a role model
Offering lifestyle advice
Organising competitions and meetings

What difference will you make?

Our mission is to improve the young people we work with, with their wellbeing as well as supporting them with there sporting aspirations.

Before you apply

Sports Coach Role Descriptions (1) (3) (1).docx

About Young Elite Management

Causes

Young people

Organisation type:

Social enterprise

This service aims to ensure the young people we are working with are given effective mentoring for sports enhancement. The main beneficiaries of our project are individuals who have a passion to...