Lead and Assistant Football Coaches

3 days ago

East Kilbride, United Kingdom Little Kickers Lanarkshire Full time

Looking for a new challenge and love working with children?

Are you available to work on Saturday and Sunday mornings?

Little Kickers, the award-winning football programme for children aged 18 months to 8-years-old, is looking for a high-calibre lead and assistant coaches for classes in East Kilbride and Wishaw.

We need the very best local coaches who are fun, confident, outgoing and great with young children. You’ll be reliable, organised, engaging and enthusiastic while putting all your efforts into making our classes the most exciting part of a child’s week.

**Benefits of being a coach at Little Kickers**
- Fun and rewarding work that helps shape children’s love of football.
- Excellent hourly rates of £10 - £15 per hour, depending on experience.
- 6 weeks holiday entitlement.
- Online and in-person training as well as financial support to gain additional coaching qualifications.
- Great experience for aspiring teachers and sports professionals

**Responsibilities of football coaches at Little Kickers**
- Delivering fun and engaging football classes for children aged 18 months to 8 years old.
- Explaining and demonstrating games and activities for children to follow.
- Physically coaching and encouraging children and parents through sessions.
- Adapting activities for a variety of ability levels to promote progress.
- Completing routine admin such as registers and health and safety checks
- Communicating with coaches, children and parents/carers before, during and at the end of the classes.
- Tidying, cleaning, transporting and storing football equipment.

**Essential requirements for Little Kickers football coaches**
- 2+ years of football coaching/children's class experience.
- Confidence, an outgoing personality, reliability, and a passion for working with kids.
- Creativity and an ability to tap into children’s imaginations through play.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and professional manner.
- Valid Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) disclosure to work with children.
- Willingness to act like a dinosaur, shark, octopus and any number of other creatures/objects to engage children and their parents.

**Desirable**
- Achieved SFA 1.2 children’s coaching certificate or a willingness to undertake certification.
- A full driving licence and car would be an advantage.
- Ideally, you’ll live in Lanarkshire or within close proximity to East Kilbride and Wishaw.

Additionally, we'd love to hear from people with a background in sports and football coaching, teachers or teaching assistants who love football.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £10.00-£15.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

- East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Can you work Saturday and Sunday mornings?

**Experience**:

- sports coaching: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- PVG (required)

Work Location: One location

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