Sports Course Helper

Places Leisure; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading community-focused organization in the UK is looking for a Sports Course Helper to support the delivery of sports courses. You will assist teachers from registration to equipment management, ensuring a high-quality experience for participants. Ideal candidates will be energetic and may have personal experience in sports. This role offers flexible working patterns and comes with a comprehensive benefits package, promoting a healthy community-focused environment.

Benefits

Full Health & Fitness membership for you and nominated individuals

Bonus scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Access to ongoing learning and development

Company Pension scheme

Cashback plan for healthcare costs

Discounts on activities and cafes

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate willingness to help participants achieve their best.
• Experience in practicing sports is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of sports courses, both wet and dry.
• Assist the teacher with registration, equipment, and teaching practices.
• Uphold safeguarding policies and procedures.

Skills

Energetic personality

Experience in sports

Job description

In this role you will be supporting the delivery of our Sports courses both wet (pool) and dry. We pride ourselves in our quality lessons and courses and the Sports Course Helper role is a fundamental part of delivering the best to our customers. You will be helping the teacher in their delivery from registration of participants to helping with equipment and teaching practices., We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

You will be an energetic person who is willing to help people achieve their best. You may have experience in practising sports yourself so can share your experiences with participants whilst you support the teacher and coach in the lesson and course criteria.

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler. We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

Being a 7 day a week business, with opening hours from dawn 'til dusk, Places Leisure offers flexible working patterns including shift work, job share and part time working. More than 80% of colleagues at Places Leisure actually work part time.