Children's Basketball Coach

Location: Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex, County Down, BT20 4BN

Hourly Rate: £18.28 per hour plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Permanent, Casual hours, 2-4 hours per week across 7 days between 9am and 9pm

Make a positive difference every day

At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Northern Community Leisure Ltd.

Northern Community Leisure Ltd encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Children's Basketball Coach to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.

As a Children's Basketball Coach, you'll help young people develop their basketball skills, confidence and teamwork in a fun, safe and inclusive environment. Through engaging coaching sessions and positive role modelling, you'll support children to enjoy being active, achieve their potential and build a lifelong connection with sport. Our work touches lives, and your work has purpose by creating a positive impact on communities and helping to impact a better future for the next generation.

What You'll Do As a Children's Basketball Coach

• Deliver engaging, age-appropriate basketball coaching sessions for children and young people
• Plan and deliver progressive coaching programmes that develop fundamental movement skills and basketball techniques
• Create a fun, inclusive and supportive environment that encourages participation, growth and personal development
• Promote teamwork, respect, sportsmanship and positive behaviours during all sessions
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of participants through effective supervision and adherence to safeguarding and health and safety procedures
• Support festivals, tournaments, camps and community basketball events while helping to increase junior participation

Does this sound like you?

• Experience coaching or leading physical activity sessions for children and young people
• Basketball coaching qualification from a recognised governing body (or working towards)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and engage participants of different ages and abilities
• Knowledge of basketball fundamentals and player development principles
• Understanding of safeguarding, child protection and health and safety practices within a sports environment
• A passion for developing young people through sport and creating a positive, inclusive experience for all

What We Offer

• Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
• Free safeguarding training and DBS checks
• Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)
• 22 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• 6% employer matched pension contribution
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment
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Vetting and checks: An Enhanced Access NI check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.

Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.

Our Inclusive Recruitment Commitment

We prioritise your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

Please note, for many of our roles, a DBS check will be required.

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