Head Sports Coach

Organisation: Bristol Sport Foundation
Salary: £26,250 - £28,750
Location: School and community based delivery across Bristol, South Glos, Banes and North Somerset. Our office is at Ashton Gate Stadium.
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 15 March 2026
Job Description: The Opportunity
You’re an experienced sports coach who would relish the opportunity to lead high quality PE and school sport sessions to inspire children to lead active, healthy and happy lifestyles. You’ll be the main point of contact for one or more partner primary schools, having the responsibility of building and maintaining relationships with key school staff including the office team, senior leadership team and PE lead. With no two days the same in this role, you’ll embrace coaching a variety of participants and sessions, alongside adapting to new opportunities where you’ll learn and develop within a broader team of coaches.

Day-to-day you will predominantly be working alongside a second coach, delivering a range of sports and programmes to classes of up to 30 children from various year groups (school years R to 6), abilities and backgrounds. You’ll be responsible for their safety, behaviour, progress and of course, enjoyment!

As a Head Sports Coach you are passionate, organised and resilient. You’ll be motivated by the challenges that come with managing your school relationships as well as classes of children effectively. What’s important to you is the ability to be part of an amazing team, and the varied nature of a job. On-going training will be offered to support you strive for excellence within the role.

Responsibilities:
· To plan and deliver high quality and engaging PE lessons, classroom-based sports education programmes, pupil mentoring, lunchtime/after school clubs and holiday camps in primary schools.
· To inspire children to lead an active, healthy, happy lifestyle.
· Maintain the health and safety of those involved in your sessions.
· To monitor and evaluate sessions to improve the quality and impact.
· Effectively manage school relationships, acting as the day-to-day point of contact with the school/s.
· To communicate regularly and effectively with schools, coaches and colleagues.
· To support primary school staff to develop confidence and knowledge to deliver high quality PE through our teacher mentoring programme.
· Establish positive relationships with children, their parents, staff in schools, and colleagues, day in, day out.
· Support the broader work of Bristol Sport Foundation, which may include administration tasks and events.

The Key Requirements:
· Hold a minimum Level 1 National Governing Body coaching qualification or a formal teaching qualification.
· The right to work in the UK.
· Experience working with primary school-aged children.
· A passion for inspiring children to be active, healthy and happy.
· Effective communication skills.
· Strong interpersonal skills, to build successful relationships with participants, parents and coaches.
· Excellent time management.
· Strong organisational and administration abilities.
· Proficient in Microsoft MS Office: Outlook, Word and Excel.

Please note - as this role involves working with young people, the successful candidate/s will require an Enhanced DBS Check.

About us:
Joining Bristol Sport Foundation (BSF) you’ll join us on a mission to use the power of sport to encourage active, healthy and happy communities across Greater Bristol and the West of England.

Here at BSF, we are fully committed to achieving our vision to inspire our community through sport and physical activity, making a positive difference every day. Since 2016, we have grown to become a reputable sports provider, offering high quality delivery to over 8,500 young people every week.

People stay with our organisation because of the positive impact they have on children, and the opportunities to build long-term rewarding relationships with school staff and local communities.

Belong at Bristol Sport Foundation:
At Bristol Sport Foundation, we believe our success starts with amazing people. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital status, gender identity and expression, and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different.

Working hours: 37.5 hours/week, predominantly Monday – Friday between 8.45am and 4.45pm. Part-time (weekdays: 12-4.45pm) will be considered.

Contract type: Fixed term until August 31st, 2026 (extension likely, but dependent on funding).
How to apply: Please contact Lara Short: lara.short@bristol-sport.co.uk If successful, you will receive: • BSF branded sports kit. • Two complimentary tickets per home game to see Bristol Bears and Bristol City FC. • Travel expenses for business miles. • Employee Assist Programme. • 22 days annual leave plus public holidays. • A 4% workplace pension in addition 4% employee contribution. • Free eye test. • Free flu jabs. • Regular training opportunities and social events.