Community Sport & Health Officer Apprentice
GREENWICH LEISURE LTD
Camden (N1C 4AG)
Closes on Monday 18 August 2025
Posted on 18 June 2025
Contents
Summary
The Community Sports Officer (CSO) is responsible for establishing pathways of opportunities for all individuals and communities, through using physical activity and sport to tackle health inequalities. The officer role is part of a wider community sports team who deliver on social value and contractual commitments across GLL services in Camden.
- Wage
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£19,480.62 a year
- Training course
- Community sport and health officer (level 3)
- Hours
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40 hours a week, Exact shifts to be confirmed - including early mornings, evenings and weekends.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
The CSO will be responsible for increasing participation in sport and physical activity across our 6 GLL leisure centres within the London Borough of Camden.
The role involves a specific focus on hard to reach target groups who have barriers to accessing sport and physical activity. These target groups in Camden include Children & Young People, Women and Girls, those with disabilities and Older Adults. The CSO will also oversee the overall development and quality delivery of specific community sports activities in Camden including –
• Establishing and delivering pathways for a range of
community individuals and groups to physical activity and Sport.
- Increasing participation in sports and physical activity with particular focus on hard to reach groups
- Developing and engaging with a wide range of local community and Camden Council partners
- Research and Planning to effectively deliver on Camden’s Shared Vision
- Facilitating and Coordinating delivery of sports and physical activity programmes to a high standard
- Marketing and communication to ensure key GLL products are developed and reach a wide audience of participants
- Reporting and Evaluating –providing a range of management information to manage and communicate performance
The role will require a mix of working in our leisure facilities in Camden and within local community settings. Working locations will vary throughout a week but will always be based in Camden. We have a no working from home policy. Examples of other Leisure Centres you will be working in -
- Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre
- Kentish Town Sports Centre
- Oasis Sports Centre
- Talacre Sports Centre
- Kings Cross Sports Centre
Some outreach work may require working outside with occasional work on weekends (approximately once every two months).
At GLL, you will be working towards a Community Sport and Health Officer Apprenticeship Level 3 Apprenticeship qualification over the course of 15 months.
Where you'll work
5 Pancras Square
Camden
N1C 4AG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Your training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Successful application of tactics and strategies to empower people from inactive and hard to reach populations to take up an active lifestyle
- Successful application of a range of approaches that bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours within target communities
- Supporting people within target communities to become involved in the preparation, planning and delivery of sport and active lifestyles
- Using local insight and customer-orientated marketing skills to attract high priority groups into existing leisure, parks and sport infrastructure
- Negotiation, lobbying and brokerage skills with local partners across public health, community development and anti social behaviour
- Demonstrate clear and effective communication techniques in order to give/receive information accurately and in a timely and positive manner
- Problem solving and effective decision making with regards the design and implementation of sport and physical activity programmes
- Writing successful funding bids to enable new, different or more opportunities to take place for sport and physical activity
- Managing disruptive behaviour of clients and customers before, during and after activities
- Managing and adapting personal behaviours to ensure provision is inclusive, customer-focused and accessible
- Building partnerships and developing meaningful relationships with local partners and stakeholders in sport and physical activity
Your training plan
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
About this company
As a Charitable Social Enterprise and workers cooperative GLL has grown over the last 30+ years to become the UK’s largest public leisure and libraries operator, managing over 375 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Island. As a staff owned business, we ensure all our people are paid fairly and in 2023 were awarded with Investors in People Gold status, whilst offering a range of meaningful careers and training for everyone in our local communities.
After this apprenticeship
GLL prides itself on its internal Learning & Development and internal promotion levels, with Community Sports Manager being the progression route for this position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326774.
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Closes on Monday 18 August 2025
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