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Young Elite Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Elite Management is a sports management mentoring company focused on identifying young talent and offering training opportunities and mentoring to athletes at the community level.

The organisation seeks a dedicated Community Sports Coach Coordinator to represent the company, work with management, and develop initiatives that raise visibility in the local community. You may provide nutrition and training plans and promote healthy lifestyles while inspiring athletes to improve.

Qualifications

• Experience in community outreach and youth-focused coaching.
• Ability to design training and nutrition plans for athletes.
• Strong communication and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver coaching sessions across amateur and community settings.
• Evaluate participant performance and provide constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to support athletes.
• Promote safe training practices and injury prevention.
• Organise local outreach events to recruit new players.

Skills

Community outreach

Coaching

Nutrition planning

Sports psychology

Physiotherapy liaison

Job description

Young Elite Management is a sports management mentoring company, registered as a Community Interest Company, that will offer sports management and mentoring services (initially football but longer term the plan is to extend to other sports). These services will include identifying young talented players from communities and areas, offering opportunities to train through recommended coaching services, and also ensuring they are given effective mentoring and guidance to remain focused.

The overall company slogan and aim being 'combining talent with guidance and opportunity' as well as 'Providing effective mentoring for sport enhancement'.

The Duties

We are recruiting for a professional Community Sports Coach Coordinator to maintain all community outreach activities. You will be required to represent the company and work with the management team to develop and implement initiatives that increase company visibility within the surrounding community.

As a sports coach, you may provide nutrition and diet plans for athletes in addition to training plans. You may provide advice on a healthy lifestyle, including what to eat, getting enough sleep and relaxation techniques. Working with professional athletes may involve performance-enhancing and personal development advice. You inspire athletes to strive for their best performance and to develop their knowledge and techniques. You explain sports psychology and sports science to inspire confidence and a belief in their abilities as an athlete. Also, you may liaise with physiotherapists and nutritionists to provide and get additional support.

A sports coach's role and skills can vary depending on where you work. Sports coaches work with individuals and teams at professional and amateur clubs, community sports associations, schools, colleges and universities. They may plan a recruitment drive to find new players and organise sporting events.

As a sports coach, your primary roles may include:

• Evaluate performance and provide suitable feedback, balancing criticism with positivity and motivation
• Assess strengths and weaknesses in a participant's performance and identify areas for further development
• Adapt to the needs and interests of group or individual participants
• Communicate instructions and commands using clear communication methods
• Demonstrate an activity by breaking the task down into a sequence
• Encourage participants to gain and develop skills, knowledge and techniques
• Ensure that participants train and perform to a high standard of health and safety at all times
• Inspire confidence and self-belief
• develop knowledge and understanding of fitness, injury, sports psychology, nutrition and sports science
• Conducting Outreach methods to work with athletes within the community