Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship
SPORTS AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD
BRISTOL (BS7 0XW)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 9 September 2025)
Posted on 29 August 2025
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Summary
Activator Coach promotes, delivers and coaches fun, inclusive and engaging activities that help whole communities to change their behaviour, adopt and keep to a physically active lifestyle. The Community Activator Coach will be a positive role model who builds good rapport with customers.
- Wage
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£15,392 a year
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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37 hours a week - including week days, weekends, mornings and evenings (6am - 10pm)
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 16 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
Everyone Active are looking for enthusiastic and energetic candidates to work towards their Community Activator Coach Level 2 apprenticeship over the course of 15 months.
Your duties will include:
Demonstrate through your behaviour and attitude that as part of the team you have ownership of and understand the company vision, missions and values.
To teach and deliver safe and structured sessions appropriate to the abilities of those participating in an enjoyable way.
To provide session plans that ensure each activity is structured, relevant and enjoyable.
To give advice to participants on all matters related to the session in progress.
To update and continually review the coaching programme instructed in the classes to ensure that parents re-enrol and interest is maintained.
What your apprenticeship includes:
-A mixture of face to face and online catch ups every 4 - 6 weeks to discuss feedback and progress
-A mixture of on and off the job training, including workshops and webinars
-Reviews every 12 weeks with your Line Manager and apprenticeship Trainer
-The chance to get Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don’t already have GCSE)
- Working towards a level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer apprenticeship over the course of 12-18 months
Where you'll work
Dorian Road
BRISTOL
BS7 0XW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
Community Activator Coach Level 2 apprenticeship, including Fucntional Skills in English and maths if required
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Everyone Active is part of Sports and Leisure Management Ltd, we are the longest-established leisure contractor in the UK, having been founded in 1987. We are called Everyone Active for a reason: we have made it our mission to encourage everyone we come into contact with to participate in at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, either in one of our centres or via online training, five times per week. To help us achieve this mission, we manage over 200 leisure and cultural centres across the UK in partnership with more than 60 different local authorities. We are passionate about being active and staying healthy, and we want our members to be too. Whether it is state-of-the art gym equipment, excellent sports facilities, Swim England-accredited swimming programmes or fun activities for children, our centres aim to offer something for the entire community to enjoy.
After this apprenticeship
Potential progression to Team Leader and then onto Duty Management training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339498.
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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 9 September 2025)
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