Youth Coach

**The Outrunners are recruiting a Youth Coach to deliver our Schools and Youth Programmes in partnership with Nike**
- **Job title**:Youth Coach and Practitioner
- **Location**: East London - Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets
- **Salary: £25,200-£27,000** (pro-rata 4 days per week)

Core hours: Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm.

**Who are we?**

The Outrunners is a Hackney-based charity empowering young people across East London through running and movement. Supported by partners like Nike and Moju, we aim to boost well-being, teamwork, and communication skills for youth aged 8-18. Our aim is to boost the well-being, teamwork and communication skills for young people across East London.

For a relatively new organisation, we’ve already had a big impact through supporting hundreds of local young people and changing the landscape of youth work in the process. Check out our feature in

Last year we launched an exciting partnership with Nike’s Social and Community Impact team. As a Youth Practitioner, you will help us to scale our Schools Programme. You’ll deliver our programmes across schools in East London, aiming to engage more young people in movement and running.

**The Role**

We are looking for a **Youth Coach and Practitioner**to work alongside the Youth Programme Team to develop and deliver our **Nike funded Schools Programme** targeted at Year 7 and 8 young people (age 11-13) across East London.

We’re seeking someone caring, ambitious and keen to learn who loves working with young people. You will have a strong moral compass and a proven commitment to really make a difference to young people’s lives.

You will be highly motivated, with high standards for yourself and others, as well as having a good understanding of the barriers and challenges faced by young people living in East London.

You will have lots of energy and enthusiasm, and enjoy movement. You will be a natural people-person with a high level of empathy, able to make people feel valued, respected and heard.

**Main Duties**:

- Deliver fun and engaging Outrunners sessions at our partner schools to young people aged 11-13, alongside PE teachers.
- Manage relationships with partner teachers and SLT at our partner schools.
- Work with the Youth Programme Manager and other Youth Practitioners to design and deliver holistic movement programmes with a focus on running, targeted at 8-18 year olds.
- Ensure safeguarding procedures are upheld for all young people.
- Undertake administration tasks such as ensuring evaluation forms are completed, uploading data to our CRM system and planning sessions.
- Complete any other business required by management and pitch in to help with other tasks at busy times during the year.

**This job is for you if**:

- You have experience of working with young people and their families
- You have experience delivering youth programmes targeted at young people with proven successful outputs
- You have relevant youth work experience **or** a relatable youth work qualification (please note - a youth work qualification is only a desirable criteria)
- You can develop strong working relationships with colleagues and teachers within schools
- You have a working understanding of safeguarding children and young people and how to maintain appropriate professional boundaries
- You have a commitment to, and working understanding of, equality and diversity, with the ability to work in culturally diverse communities, as well as a readiness to challenge discriminatory behaviour
- You have excellent communication, time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and multitask
- You have worked in schools supporting young people
- You have experience working with young people in sports and fitness
- You have qualifications in youth work or fitness

**What’s in it for you?**
- The opportunity to make a difference to young people's lives
- The chance to attend exclusive, exciting events
- Nike/Outrunners branded sports clothing provided for work
- Learning and development opportunities to fit your aspirations, including with some of our partner businesses
- Working alongside aspirational brands such as Nike and MOJU

**Interested? Here’s how to apply**
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- If you meet our requirements, we will contact you about the next stage after the closing date.
- The closing date for this vacancy is midnight **on Friday 5th September.**

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £25,200.00-£27,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 05/09/2025
Reference ID: YouthPractitionerOutrunners
Expected start date: 30/09/2025