Lead Coach

Resurgo Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in Clapham Junction is seeking a passionate and experienced Lead Coach to oversee the delivery of the Spear Programme. You will manage training sessions and provide one-on-one coaching to young people, ensuring they are engaged and work-ready. This full-time, permanent position offers a salary of £27,810 - £29,000, with office-based work from Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Confident and experienced leader with a passion for social justice.
• Ability to adapt and deliver coaching materials.
• Strong relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee training room and group sessions with young people.
• Build relationships and manage culture in the training environment.
• Deliver weekly Spear Career sessions and maintain records.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Coaching

Job description

Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for social justice and passionate about positively transforming society?

Then this could be the role for you. Join us as our next Lead Coach, and use your leadership and interpersonal skills to deliver the Spear Programme in Clapham Junction.

You’ll be working with the St Mark's Battersea Rise to manage the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 20 years, Spear has equipped more than 11,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the barriers they face.

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.

The important stuff

Location : Clapham Junction, office-based

Salary : £27,810 - £29,000

Contract : Full-Time, Permanent

Hours : Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Closing date : We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate

Upcoming Assessment Days : Thursday 20th November

Application pack : Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

In this role, you’ll be responsible for :

The Lead Coach is primarily responsible for overseeing the training room and group sessions with young people. You will help shape the training environment and will confidently adapt and deliver materials and sessions to work within the group’s development towards work readiness.

Delivery of Spear Programme - Group and 1 : 1 coaching [60%]

• Preparing and coaching Spear Foundation sessions and 1-1s, ensuring that young people are engaged, retained and work-ready by the end of this initial phase of the programme.
• Building relationships with young people on the programme and managing culture and attitudes in the training room.
• Adapting the Spear coaching material according to the needs of the Trainees and managing behaviour effectively.

Delivery of Spear Career [20%]

• Delivering weekly Spear Career sessions (including running workshops with past Trainees), maintaining records and reporting on statistics, and creatively developing ongoing relationships with Spear Trainees.

Training the Assistant Coach [10%]