Sports Programme and Training Lead

Kings Camps; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's activity organization is seeking a Programme & Training Lead in Sheffield. This full-time role involves planning, training, and ensuring seasonal staff are prepared for their roles. Ideal candidates should have experience in activity programmes, communication skills, and a qualification related to teaching or sports coaching. The position requires flexibility, with high levels of UK travel and offers competitive benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and enhanced pension contributions.

Benefits

25 days holiday allowance, increasing with tenure

Enhanced pension contributions

Free places for children on holiday programmes

Social opportunities and discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in leading activities for children.
• Previous promotional event organizing experience is advantageous.
• Experience in safeguarding children is required.
• Ability to build effective working relationships quickly.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule in-person programme delivery and training.
• Coordinate and deliver training for seasonal staff.
• Support operational management and maintain service levels.
• Respond and manage programme incidents and complaints.

Skills

Activity programme experience

Communication skills

Problem solving

IT skills

Education

Qualification in teaching or sports coaching

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Organisation Kings Camps Salary From £26,500 per annum, DOE Location Sheffield, with high levels of UK travel Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 7 December 2025 Job Description The Operations & Partnerships Team are responsible for ensuring that our internal (Kings Camps) and external (UK and worldwide) programmes and services meet our customer and client promises through effective delivery of our people, programmes and equipment. We have a high level of responsibility and trust for the effective oversight of a large volume of children, seasonal staff, and a national venue portfolio.

We’re looking for a Programme & Training Lead who can take specific responsibility for our programme delivery, ensuring 500+ seasonal staff across the UK are trained, equipped and ready to start work with children. The Programme & Training Lead will be a practitioner

who contributes to training content, but also responds effectively to questions from different stakeholders, responding to accidents, incidents and complaints, and who will organise and deliver in-person promotional events. This role will need someone who is ready to respond to last minute and unforeseen change and is open to a high level of UK travel.

Your key responsibilities

1. Plan
   1. Work with the Operations Manager to agree programme outcome requirements per season and per year
   2. Schedule in-person programme delivery including people, programme content and equipment
   3. Plan for the delivery of pre-camp training
   4. Schedule camp support visits
   5. Create training schedules and content for programme personnel
2. Prepare
   1. Work with the Operations Manager to prepare in-person programme and training content
   2. Produce and update resources for Kings Camps Managers and Red Tops
   3. Work with warehouse personnel to prepare equipment for programmes and activities if needed
   4. Train and organise representatives to deliver initiatives across the UK
   5. Share information both internally and externally regarding operational details and practicalities such as facility information, children’s needs or any other information pertinent to the running of camp
3. Deliver
   1. Point of contact and support for newly-appointed Red Tops, providing information and venue-specific guidance
   2. Coordinate and deliver in-person and online training for programme personnel, preparing them for their roles and responsibilities
   3. Promote and run in-person activities and support to help launch new venues and teams or drive growth in existing venues
   4. Support Regional Managers to ensure programme audits are completed and work with Camp Managers to ensure we maintain the service levels we promise
   5. Share responsibility for performance management of Red Tops
   6. Share responsibility for the response, management and reporting of programme incidents, behaviour concerns, health and safety, and safeguarding

Key Requirements

• A qualification or background relating to teaching or sports coaching
• At least 2 years’ activity programme experience, leading and delivering activities to children
• Previous experience of organising or hosting promotional events would be highly advantageous
• Training or experience in safeguarding children in a sports or education setting
• Training and mentoring experience
• Full UK driver’s licence (essential)
• Must be able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people in different roles
• Ability to build effective working relationships quickly
• Effective problem solver
• Excellent all-round IT skills – must be competent in the use of MS Office suite
• Show a flexible approach to work – prepared to work outside normal office hours including some weekend commitments at scheduled points of delivery and UK travel
• Dependable, friendly and highly personable
• Organised and with an attention to detail and a can‑do, proactive and positive attitude
• Supportive of our mission and values

Our Culture and Benefits

• Our People : Work in our like‑minded, dedicated and passionate team that aligns with our mission and shared purpose – to get children active, having fun and learning together.
• Salary : From £26,500 per annum, DOE
• Pension : We offer more than the norm, with an enhanced pension and employer contributions (5%), and we also offer a Group Life Assurance Scheme.
• Holiday : In addition to statutory holidays, we offer a generous starting holiday allowance of 25 days per annum (FTE) with additional holidays being added after 2 years’ service up to a maximum of 30 days per annum (FTE) after 5 years’ service.
• Work Patterns : This is a full-time role, typically 37.5 hours per week, within 8am-6pm Mon to Fri but in the modern working world, flexibility is key and embracing peak demand at popular times of the year is required from our team.
• Our Meetings : We start every week with a Monday Morning Meeting (MMM) for the whole team to connect.
• Quarterly Brief : Each of these help with comms and provide every member of our team with development opportunities.
• How we celebrate : We all gather at a monthly social with our famous Friday Quiz and we also offer nominations and awards for those who exhibit our values each quarter.
• Our offices : We consider ourselves lucky to be in beautiful offices in a leafy suburb of Sheffield. We have free on‑site parking, bike store and good public transport links. We’re out of the hustle and bustle of the city centre, but there’s plenty of local shops & cafes close by.
• Discounts : We offer free places on our holiday programmes for your children (5 to 17 year olds), a cycle scheme, travel and social opportunities and a range of discounts and rewards, including charity worker benefits!
• Training : As well as a bespoke onboarding plan linked to your new role at Kings, you’ll receive market‑leading Safeguarding training and a free disclosure check as part of our safer recruitment commitments.