Apprentice Physical Activity Sports Coach

North Lincolnshire Council

Barton-Upon-Humber (DN18 6AE)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

Posted on 28 May 2026

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Summary

Do you have lots of enthusiasm, ideas and a can-do approach and are committed to developing sport and physical activity programmes.

This is an opportunity for someone to be part of the planning and delivery of a range of exciting physical activity and health opportunities throughout North Lincolnshire. 

Wage

£15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
37 hours per week - one day per week training, exact working days and hours TBC

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

1 year 4 months

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

  • Support Primary PE Co-ordinators in developing school sport and physical activity in their school, for both active and non-active populations
  • Organise and deliver school sports opportunities across local primary schools, actively involving appropriate local community sports clubs and leisure providers
  • Contribute to the administration, marketing and promotion of the service
  • Increase and improve the range of intra school sporting competition within primary schools across North Lincolnshire support, deploy and develop young people as leaders, coaches and officials
  • Deliver leadership programmes in primary schools in North Lincolnshire
  • Ensure the health, safety and welfare of young people engaged in the programme ensuring all safeguarding concerns are reported

Where you'll work

Baysgarth School
Barrow Road
Barton-Upon-Humber
DN18 6AE

Training

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

Training provider

ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) 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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade A - C or 4 + or equivalent)
  • Maths (grade A - C or 4 + or equivalent)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • Ability to transport yourself across North Lincolnshire
  • Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check

About this employer

North Lincolnshire Council have an aspiration to make North Lincolnshire the best place to live, work, visit and invest. We have built a strong working relationships in the pursuit of the realisation of this ambition and have delivered many successful employment and skills programmes over recent years, working hard to secure positive outcomes for our residents.

Company benefits

  • Staff discounts
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Company pension scheme

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

You will gain a Level 3 Community Support and Health Officer qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033551.

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Closes in 8 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

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