Children’s Health Coordinator, LFC Foundation

Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited

Organisation: Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited
Salary: Market Rate
Location: Anfield Sports & Community Centre
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 17 June 2025
Job Description: We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our LFC Foundation team as a Children’s Health Coordinator. In this role you will oversee the day-to-day coordination of the children’s health programmes, and a large element will involve exercise/activity delivery, weight management educational workshops and mentoring.

The LFC Foundation currently delivers a number of children’s health programmes including MOVE, an exercise referral programme that supports children with respiratory conditions and obesity issues, to access physical activity in the community but also in a supported environment.

What will you be doing?

Work closely with the Health Manager to establish strong and lasting relationships with Primary Care staff and other health professionals
Provide specialist coaching support for children with CF, asthma and obesity issues
Deliver weight management sessions to families and support them to make positive lifestyle changes
Deliver mentoring sessions to children/young people poor mental health
Deliver activity sessions in the community
Deliver the projects in line with the project plans ensuring all KPI’s are met
Ensure quality and safeguarding standards are achieved and maintained
Work closely with partner organisations
Support the development of all children’s health programmes
To encourage and mentor participants to access our community activities and workshops
Support beneficiaries to identify and access physical activity opportunities in their local area that reflect their needs, interests and abilities
Deliver the projects as per the project budgets
Ensure effective collection of all monitoring and evaluation data
Record data on LFC Foundation databases
Provide timely reports and analysis of performance
Ensure case studies and PR opportunities are regularly undertaken in line with Club and Foundation guidelines
Provide content for LFC Foundation social media
Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you will have recent proven experience working with children and adults in an exercise environment achieving lasting behaviour change, including working with children and young people with poor mental health and experience delivering weight management sessions or similar. It is desirable you will have experience delivering virtual exercise classes/remote consultations and a proven track record of delivering preventative health interventions and signposting individuals to specialist services.

Essential qualifications for the role:

Level 3 Exercise Referral qualification
Level 2 weight management qualification
Mental health first aid qualification
First Aid at work qualification
You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues around physical activity and behaviour change for children and young people living with long-term health conditions. You’ll be able to showcase excellent personal organisational skills and interpersonal skills, empathy and resilience.

Why should you apply?

This role is offering full-time fixed term contracts, working 35 hours per week on a 5 from 7 days basis. Your main base will be our Anfield Sports & Community Centre.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.

You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

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How to apply: Please apply via our website: https://careers.liverpoolfc.com/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=940&jobboard=UK_Sport