Level 2 Community Activator Coach (Football) Apprentice
FAST FEET FOOTBALL ACADEMY
Hebburn, Peterlee
Closes in 13 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 June 2025
Contents
Summary
You will be expected to assist Fast Feet Football Academy and external provider staff across multiple venues, delivering training sessions to various ages. You need a solid understanding of football coaching principles, be passionate and enthusiastic about youth development, and have experience of working with young athletes.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday (possibly some after-school/evening work required).
30 hours (6 of which will be dedicated weekly to ‘off-the-job’ training).
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 18 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Education and Training
- Player Recruitment
- Coaching & Training
- Player Development
- Match Preparation & Management
- Communication
- Administration
- Health & Safety
Where you'll work
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- St Joseph S Catholic Academy, Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2ET
- St Bede S Catholic School, Westway, Peterlee, SR8 1DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SPORT STRUCTURES EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Your training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Planning and adapting sessions and activities that respond to customer feedback and encourage customers to develop a lifelong activity habit.
- Coaching or leading pre-planned sport or physical activity sessions that are attractive to the target audience(s) and develop motivational relationships with customers.
- Promoting a physical activity offer, (including but not exclusively) organised play and sport in the community which supports individuals on their behaviour change journey.
- Working collaboratively with sports clubs and other community assets – including volunteers, public services, youth workers, the police and community champions.
- Supporting customers to co-produce rewarding volunteering opportunities.
- Supporting families to participate together in sport and physical activity.
- Working effectively with customer insight to overcome individual, community and societal barriers to participation in physical activity and sport.
- Contributing to the employer’s design of activities and services and practising the employer’s organisation’s values, policies and procedures.
- Contributing to teams that deliver community events and festivals.
- Supporting organisations to evaluate, develop and promote sessions and other opportunities such as outdoor group exercise and informal social play.
- Maintaining personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of customers.
- Managing disruptive behaviours from individuals within the group setting.
- Encouraging customers to be regularly active – both formally and informally – within sports clubs or leisure facilities including open-space.
- Effectively using social media and technology, appropriately, to deliver targeted messages to identified customer groups for example children, teenagers, adults and older adults.
- Effectively monitor and evaluate activities, sessions and projects using technology platforms to maintain accurate records and produce timely reports.
Your training plan
More training information
Working hours will be amended depending on early start/late finish but 8:00am start and 8:00pm finish will be the earliest and latest hours expected. A weekly rota will be provided upon commencement of role.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4 or above)
- Mathematics (grade 4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
We would like the apprentice to show a willingness to complete or be working towards the following FREE qualifications prior to, or at the start of the apprenticeship (guidance and links will be provided): - EE Playmaker by England Football (The FA) - The Greater Game - FA Introduction to Talent I.D. - Safeguarding for All
About this company
Fast Feet Football Academy is a football training institution based in the North-East of England. Founded by our Managing Director, Mark Rutter in 2011, our academy focuses on developing technical football skills in children and young people aged 3 to 18. Our academy aims to create a fun, engaging, and supportive environment to nurture each player's potential and confidence both on and off the pitch. Fast Feet Football Academy offers a variety of programmes, including individual technical skills development through our Development Academy, and more advanced training in our Elite Performance Academy. We provide educational programmes including post-16 scholarships and work with local schools to deliver after-school clubs and physical education sessions. Our academy prides itself on our bespoke training syllabus, designed to support individual player development and ensure each child spends significant time mastering ball control and improving their skills. All our coaches at Fast Feet are FA qualified, and our team includes individuals with extensive experience in both playing and coaching football.
After this apprenticeship
There is a potential for Fast Feet Football Acdemy to hire the apprentice full-time, upon completion of the apprenticeship, should they suitably meet the criteria for a full-time role.
This apprenticeship would allow the apprentice to move on to a higher-level apprenticeship or potentially an introductory-level coaching role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FAST FEET FOOTBALL ACADEMY
David Pounder
david.pounder@fastfeetfa.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326100.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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