Key Stage One Coach (Summer) - Poole, Dorset

Kings Camps; Poole; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Kings Camps is seeking a Key Stage One Coach in Poole to lead and inspire children through sports and activities. This role promises a rewarding experience, focusing on child development in a fun and interactive setting. Coaches will engage children in varied physical activities, ensuring a safe and enjoyable environment while promoting teamwork and personal growth. Ideal candidates will possess coaching qualifications or related experience and a passion for creating enriching experiences during summer camps.

Benefits

Funded residential opportunities

Employee Awards Programme

Discounts on Paediatric First Aid training

Referral rewards

Discounts for family members on camp placements

Career development with promotion opportunities

Free Kings Camps uniform

Qualifications

• At least 6 months’ experience working with children aged 5-17.
• 3 months’ experience coaching sport or delivering active games.
• Paediatric First Aid certification (training available).

Responsibilities

• Lead fun activities for children aged 5 to 7.
• Supervise children during breaks and swimming sessions.
• Ensure child safety and uphold health and safety standards.

Skills

Team Player

Flexible

Adaptable

Education

Level 2 or higher qualification in Primary or Secondary Teaching

Sports Coaching

Physical Education

Job description

Key Stage One Coach (Summer) - Poole, Dorset

Key Stage One Coach

Overview

If you’re looking for an incredibly rewarding way to gain additional experience with children in an out of school setting, which will pay you to keep active and have fun, we’re sure we can find an amazing role for you!

Kings Camps run sports and activity day camps for children throughout the school holidays that deliver our mission – getting children active, having fun and learning together.

We know market-leading programmes don’t deliver themselves - it’s our people who create amazing holiday experiences for children - and we’re now hiring energetic and passionate Key Stage One qualified individuals to deliver our mission in 2025 and beyond.

Why work for Kings Camps?

• Funded residential opportunities
• Employee Awards Programme
• Up to 70% off Paediatric First Aid training
• £30 reward voucher for referring a friend
• Up to 50% off Kings Camps places for your own children, siblings or wider family (5-17yrs)
• Excellent locations – some of the best universities and school sports facilities in the UK!
• Market leading training and development
• Fully funded disclosure for Managerial and Voluntary positions
• Career development and the potential of regular employment with Kings (we always promote from within!)
• Opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of children from all backgrounds
• Free Kings Camps uniform

Job Description

"Known as Red Tops, our Key Stage One (KS1) Coaches lead and bring to life fun activities for children aged 5 to 7. Each KS1 Coach is either assigned their own group of 8 similarly-aged children or will join another coach into a group of 16, support children in a range of activities, including (but not limited to) tennis, badminton, cricket and swimming – with each session typically lasting between 30 – 60 minutes.

Key Stage One Coaches will report to the Camp Manager and are encouraged to demonstrate ‘Active Coaching’ – providing high-energy, fun and inclusive activity sessions that get every child active and having fun, regardless of their ability."

Child safety is our number one priority so you’ll ensure that the welfare of children is paramount at all times, supervising children during breaks, participating in swimming sessions, overseeing the safe use of equipment, promptly recording any incidents. Implementing behaviour management policies, and upholding health and safety standards and procedures

As well as operating at some amazing school and university venues across the UK, we also partner with the RNRMC, Annington Trust and the Army Welfare Service, running Kings Camps for serving personnel’s children at Military Establishments.??If you’d like to join us in a residential capacity, simply add a note in your application!?

Person Specification (Ideal, but with some flexibility)

• We offer 3, 4 and 5 day experiences for children but we’re ideally looking for candidates to be available for the full season (Mon-Fri, between 8am and 5.30pm) with the exception of summer, where we ask for a minimum of 3 consecutive weeks.??
• At least 6 months’ experience working with children between 5 & 17 years
• At least 3 months’ experience coaching sport or delivering active games
• Vibrant, resilient, team player
• Flexible and adaptable
• Level 2 or higher qualification in: Primary or Secondary Teaching; Sports Coaching; or Physical Education
• Paediatric First Aid (training opportunities are also available)

Our Safeguarding Promise

Kings Active Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Safer recruitment is central to the way we work and all staff and volunteers are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding, always creating an environment where young people feel safe and can thrive.

About us

Kings Camps are a market leading not-for-profit organisation offering sports and activity day camps at over 50 UK locations, getting children and young people active, having fun and learning together.

Founded in 1991, we were inspired by US-style summer camps. We decided that youngsters in the UK would love to experience school holiday camps too, and established a model which meant we could reach even more children through not-for-profit work in the UK and overseas.

Our coaches (we call them Red Tops) deliver high quality sports camps with an energy, passion and commitment to child development that we call the Kings Factor.