Social Impact Cycling Coach - Manchester

Organisation: Access Sport CIO
Salary: £120 - £150 per day, dependant on experience
Location: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Permanent (Part time)
Closing date: 22 September 2025
Interview date: 23 September 2025
Job Description: About Access Sport
Access Sport is a national charity with a vision that no one should be
excluded from the transformational benefits of community sport. We
are on a mission to make inclusion the norm in community sport by
tackling the access barriers faced by disadvantaged and disabled young people.

We do this by training, equipping, and supporting community sports
clubs, organisations, and volunteers to provide inclusive programmes,
unleashing their potential to transform the lives of underserved young
people in their local communities.

This work is either place based (Changing Places) or sport focussed
(Changing Sports). All the clubs we support are invited to join our
Inclusive Club Network.

In 2024/25 Access Sport engaged over 34,000 disadvantaged and
disabled young people, with a strong representation from ethnically
diverse communities, girls, and previously less active young people. Read more about our impact in our Annual Review. A number of videos
showcasing our work can be found on our YouTube channel. These
include highlights of our Nuffield Health partnership across Greater
Manchester and our impact transforming young lives through cycling.

Role purpose
Summary
Access Sport are looking to appoint a Social Impact Cycling Coach to
deliver accessible and inclusive cycling sessions using BMX as a tool to engage and build self-efficacy amongst inactive, underserved and
disabled young people.

We believe every young person should have:
• Access to a bike.
• The skills and confidence to use it.
• Somewhere local, safe and exciting to enjoy riding.

We work across 3 areas:
• Facilities: We build exciting, accessible, and inclusive places to ride
that are accessible to underserved communities and are free to
use, with equipment on-site.
• Community Outreach: We deliver specialist cycle training to
inactive, disadvantaged and disabled young people in local schools.
• Clubs: We empower local people to create cycling communities by
developing regular and inclusive access to equipment and training.

The role will deliver across our outreach programme, delivering
accessible and inclusive cycling sessions using BMX as a tool to engage and build confidence amongst inactive, underserved and disabled young people. The post holder will deliver outreach to local schools and groups at sites where we are developing a community club.

There may be opportunities to support the some of the community
cycling clubs in and around the Greater Manchester area, working to
engage further young people and deliver inclusive focused sessions.

Responsibilities
Delivery
• Plan and deliver accessible and inclusive cycling sessions to
inactive, underserved and disabled young people from local
schools, SEN schools, Pupil Referral Units and local groups in line
with Access Sport’s vision and values.
• Inspire and engage disadvantaged and disabled young people
from underserved communities.
• Keep an up-to-date record of session attendance and assist with
the surveying of participant progression and development.
• Maintain a consistent line of communication with Access Sport and
relevant schools and clubs.
• Ensure all sessions adhere to health and safety regulations and the
correct actions are taken when reporting/managing accidents and
injuries.
• Safeguard the welfare of participants during sessions.

Person specification
Skills / Experience
Essential
• British Cycling Level 2 Award in Coaching Cycling qualification (or
equivalent). We are interested in hearing from a range of
candidates, if there is a willingness to work towards the relevant
qualifications.
• Ability to connect with diverse community groups, including
D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent young people, women and
girls, ethnically diverse communities and individuals from low-socio
economic backgrounds.
• Experience or knowledge of cycling.

Desirable (we will welcome applications if you have any combination of
these skills)
• Lived experience of one or more of the underserved communities
we support i.e. D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, women and girls,
ethnically diverse communities and low-socio economic
backgrounds.
• Experience coaching or riding BMX, as the work is focused on this
discipline.
• Prior coaching experience in schools, clubs, and community
settings; experience working with challenging behaviour.
• Qualifications in first aid, child safeguarding and supporting mental
health.
• Experience conducting and adhering to risk assessments.
• Understanding of basic bicycle maintenance.
• UK driving license.

Access Sport can provide:
• Award in Emergency First Aid at Work – Level 3
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Child protection in Sport and Physical Activity Safeguarding
qualification.

Personal attributes
• Passionate about cycling.
• A passion for Access Sport’s cause and empowering
underrepresented children and young people to reach their full
potential through sport.
• Commitment to an outstanding level of session delivery.
• An understanding of the importance of safeguarding.
• Understanding of various cycling disciplines with the ability to
adapt sessions for different groups of participants.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal).
• Reliable and hardworking with the confidence to work
independently.
• Proactive and adaptable; ability to use initiative to achieve
outcomes.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing personal and
professional development.

In addition:
• The post holder must have the right to work in the UK.
• The post holder must be able to travel within the UK, with regular
travel in/surrounding areas of Greater Manchester.

Continuing Professional Development
We are committed to supporting the work-based and personal
development of our team members. Therefore, there will be
opportunities such as in-house courses and coach development days to increase knowledge, experience and confidence in your role as a cycling coach.

Equal opportunities
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all
backgrounds. Access Sport is committed to creating an inclusive culture, through fostering a diverse workforce where everyone feels like they belong, differences are valued, and everyone can reach their potential.

We are actively seeking to diversify and to create a workplace that is
welcoming for all, ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society and the communities we support. If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us (details below).

We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting that their
application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview
Scheme (GIS). If you wish to apply under our GIS, please indicate this in your cover email. For more information, please visit our Join the Team page.

Background checks
As this role may, at times, involve working in a regulated environment
with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory
background checks which includes a criminal record check with the
Disclosure and Barring Service and two references.
How to apply: To apply, please complete the application form on the Access Sport website: Social Impact Cycling Coach Application Form Once you have submitted your online application, please email your CV and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to Careers@AccessSport.org.uk with your full name and role applied for in the subject line. Our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form can be found here: www.AccessSport.org.uk/join-the-team. Candidates who have been shortlisted will be invited to an assessment session at one of our coaching locations. Candidates will be invited and assessed on a rolling basis, and we may close the advert early if the post is filled. If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please email Sue.Wheeler@AccessSport.org.uk or call 020 7993 9883. Data Protection Access Sport CIO will only process and store your personal information (this means information that identifies or could identify you) for the purpose of recruitment, after whichy it will be securely disposed.