Sports Coach Teaching Assistant Job Vacancy in Liverpool, England, UK

Are you a Physical Education/Sports Science Graduate or Sports Coach looking to pursue a career in the education sector?

Our client Secondary school in the Liverpool area are looking for a sports coach to join their school staffing team as soon as possible. The successful sports coach will have the opportunity to support in a number of secondary schools in within Merseyside as a PE cover supervisor and learning support mentor, supporting a variety of students.

Supporting in secondary schools in this way, as a confident sports coach will provide you with valuable experience to support a future teacher training application. As a sports coach, you will have the relevant transferable skills to work with students that need a role model figure in the learning mentor role or to control students in the classroom as a PE cover supervisor. Any relevant previous experience is beneficial such as supporting as a youth worker or having undertaken a voluntary role in a school.

As a cover supervisor, you will take on the role of a teacher delivering sports lessons in Physical Education using lesson plans that have been set by the school’s teachers. It is essential that students remain on task and are controlled through effective behaviour management skills. Teaching Personnel provide regular training courses on classroom and behaviour management that you will be able to access for free.

Key features for sports coaches:

• Earn between £70-80 per day
• First-hand, highly valuable opportunities to work in secondary schools if you are pursuing a career in the education sector
• Start with the school as soon as possible
• Opportunities to access teaching personnel’s training and development programmes
• Working on a flexible basis with the opportunity to earn a school-based contract
• Benefit from a variety of secondary school based, supporting within the classroom, leading full lessons and working with small groups of students

If you are a dedicated sports coach interested in working within a secondary school environment, then apply for his role by selecting the link below and upload your latest most up to date CV with a short covering statement to support your application.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.