About the role:

Due to an internal promotion, QPR Community Trust are now looking to recruit a full-time School Sport Coordinator to join the team. This is a role that would suit a highly organised, ambitious individual with exceptional communication skills.

Previous experience delivering and coordinating school sport will be essential, and the successful candidate must be business-minded as a part of this role will involve generating new income for the QPR Trust Education Department.

If this sounds like you then make sure you apply!

Key Responsibilities include:

• Work closely with schools that we deliver in across the 7 boroughs and manage

coaching sessions for schools within the Trust’s delivery area. This is to include (not

exhaustive):

- Breakfast, Curriculum Lunch time, & After school sessions

- P.E and PPA delivery

• Develop and manage the apprenticeship programme, ensuring a pathway to employment


• Organise, manage, and deliver competitive opportunities including tournaments and festivals, QPR Schools League and Mayors Cup.


• Develop private school partnerships including current work with Harrow School.


• Provide up to date monitoring and evaluation information as required using Salesforce.


• Explore new methods to increase the unrestricted income for the Schools Department


• Direct Line-manage School Sport Officer as well as wider management of QPR Trust sessional staff


• Attend meetings with key partners - i.e. local authorities, schools, local sports networks, organisations and community clubs - to develop and maintain effective and positive working relationships.


• Provide cover for other coaching staff if required.

The type of experience we are looking for:

Qualifications

• NGB recognised coaching qualification – level 2 minimum


• Educated to degree level or equivalent (desirable)


• Professional teaching qualification (desirable)


• DBS check


• Safeguarding Children certificate


• First Aid certificate


• Driving License and access to a vehicle (desirable)

Skills, Knowledge, Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a sport development / sports coordinator role


• Minimum 2 years’ experience coaching within Primary Schools


• Ability to plan innovative and engaging football and sports programmes.


• Experience of working within a set budget and managing finances


• Previous line-management experience (desirable)


• Understanding of how to increase sales and experience of growing income from schools (desirable)

Personal Qualities

• Excellent organisational and communication skills


• Able to build positive relationships with key stakeholders


• Highly motivated – with ability to implement new ideas


• Able to lead and motivate other team members


• Proactive and customer focused