Post Title: Childrens Coach (Basketball)

Site Location: Mountbatten – Portsmouth

Salary: £20 per hour

Contract Type: Casual

We have an exciting opportunity for a Casual Childrens Basketball Coach to join our team at the Mountbatten Leisure Centre in Portsmouth. Mountbatten is located in Hilsea, a five-minute drive from Portsmouth city centre and offers access to high-quality fitness facilities including a cardio zone, free weights, functional fitness, group cycle studio, sports hall, running track, swimming pool & spa, and free parking. You will plan and delver junior activities and fitness sessions to children of all ages, ensuring the safety, welfare and wellbeing of all participants.

You will:

· Plan children’s sessions and activities

· Set up and take down equipment, ensuring it is safe to use

· Provide safe, informative, fun and progressive sessions

· Keep all children safe from harm and report any safeguarding concerns

· Attend training and meetings as and when required

· Adhere to health and safety requirements

You will need:

· Level 2 Basketball Coach qualification or Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Multi-Skills Development in Sport

· Previous experience of planning and delivering quality sessions for children of all ages and abilities.

· Confidence in delivering sessions to groups of children and be able to use your own initiative.

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BH Live is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including referencing, an enhanced DBS checks and an online search.

Due to the nature of our business hours of work will include weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

We offer:

· Onsite parking

· Training and development opportunities

· Casual working hours, including weekends, bank holidays and evenings

To apply:

Please see the job description for more details on this role.

All applications to be made via our BH Live careers site: Current Vacancies

Please note that we may on occasion close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for this role. So, please submit your application as soon as possible.

About BH Live:

We are one of the UK’s leading leisure and event venue operators – a registered charity and social enterprise.

Our geographical reach spans across multiple venues, leisure centres and attractions across Portsmouth, Southampton, Croydon and the BCP region with millions of visits per year.

Our organisational and charitable purpose is to generate:

· More participation – through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health, and wellbeing

· Higher audiences – through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience

· Greater economic and social benefit – through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional, and international economies and people