Community Sport and Health Officer - Apprentice

COACH CORE FOUNDATION

Nottingham (NG8 6GD)

Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026

Posted on 27 October 2026

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Summary

Love gymnastics, organisation and working with people? Join our coaching team and help deliver a safe, fun and inclusive programme.

Wage

£14,560 to £23,132.20, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
35 hours per week, including weekends and evening work. Exact shifts to be confirmed.

35 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 22 December 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

As a Community Activator Coach - Apprentice, you will work alongside our coaching team to facilitate the delivery of our safe, fun and inclusive gymnastics programme. The role will have a mix of short term and long term admin tasks, practical coaching and planning.

Daily roles and responsibilities will include;

  • Built a rapport with your group of gymnasts
  • Follow the session plan and Nottingham City Gymnastics Centre curriculum to deliver a quality gymnastics session
  • Work with the Young Leaders, Class Lead and Supervising Coach to create a strong team
  • Represent Nottingham City Gymnastics Centre
  • Work with your group of up to 8 gymnasts at a time to deliver a consistently excellent and active session
    following the Nottingham City Gymnastics Centre curriculum and session plan
  • Work within a team to complete admin tasks relating to the running and operating of our club
  • Cleaning tasks
  • Event planning and management

This apprenticeship is part-funded and supported by Coach Core's charitable programme, creating employment opportunities for 16–24-year-olds who have faced barriers to education, employment, or career progression. We support young people with the potential to succeed who may have experienced financial disadvantage, additional learning needs, caring responsibilities or other personal or socio-economic challenges.

No previous experience is required – we're looking for enthusiasm, potential and a willingness to learn. Coach Core provides additional support throughout the apprenticeship, while the employer is responsible for the final recruitment decision.

Where you'll work

Sixways Community Centre
Nottingham
NG8 6GD

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 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working

About this employer

We are a Gymnastics for All club based in Nottingham. We run sessions for all ages and abilities, driven by the fun, fitness, and friendship side of gymnastics, with a non-competitive ethos.

We provide high-quality coaching to develop skills in a wide range of gymnastics disciplines, and provide the opportunity for these to be showcased at festival events.

https://www.nottinghamcitygymnastics.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Ongoing training and development, with the opportunity to progress into Full-Time employment and grow within the club to management roles.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061174.

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Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026

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