Apprentice Sports Coach

EDSTART SOUTH MANCHESTER LTD

Manchester (6 available locations)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

On offer is an amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic, talented person to start their career in local sport and community support provision working with children and young people.

Wage

£6,281.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8 hour shifts. No weekends, exact working hours to be confirmed.

16 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

Main duties include:

  • Assist with the planning and delivery of physical activity sessions
  • Inspire people to live and lead active lifestyles
  • Deliver sport and physical activities to children and young people, both in school curriculum time following the PE National Curriculum

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • Rossett Avenue, Manchester, M22 0WW
  • Dunkery Road, Manchester, M22 0NT
  • Firbank Road, Manchester, M23 2YS
  • Ashurst Road, Manchester, M22 5AU
  • Calve Croft Road, Manchester, M22 5EU
  • Benchill Road, Manchester, M22 8EJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

ELEV8 TRAINING LIMITED

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

Training schedule

  • Community Sport and Health Officer Level 3
  • Exact training schedule hasn't been agreed yet

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 / C)
  • Maths (grade 4 / C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Extroverted
  • Confident

About this employer

We pride ourselves on providing a premium PE service to Primary Schools in South Manchester

After this apprenticeship

  • To become a confident Sports Coach
  • Later down the line of the apprenticeship training will be provided in British Gymnastics, JagTag level 1/2, on job sports training and confidence building, AfPE level 3/5

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ELEV8 TRAINING LIMITED

Brianna Cain

brianna@pmtanda.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333348.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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