About the Role
As an assistant Basketball Coach, you'll play a key role in inspiring children and young people to get active, develop their skills and build confidence through sport. Working as part of Camden's Sport and Physical Activity Team, you'll deliver fun, inclusive and engaging basketball coaching sessions that encourage young people to develop a lifelong enjoyment of physical activity.
Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver high-quality coaching sessions for children and young people.
- Create a safe, welcoming and positive environment for participants.
- Support a range of community sport programmes.
- Maintain accurate participant records.
- Work collaboratively with schools, community organisations and colleagues.
- Contribute to wider team activities, training and events.
Requirements
- Recognised basketball coaching qualification (or equivalent).
- Experience of coaching children and young people.
- Passionate about using sport to positively influence young people's lives.
- Committed to delivering enjoyable and inclusive coaching sessions.
- Excellent communicator with strong organisational skills.
- High professional standards.
- Confident working with children, parents, teachers and partner organisations.
- Act as a positive role model.
- Willingness to continue developing coaching skills.
- Willingness to contribute to the wider Sport and Physical Activity Team.
Skills
- Basketball coaching
- Communication
- Organisation
Location
- Talacre Sports Centre
Work Type
- Permanent
- Term time only
Experience Level
- Level 1 Zone 2
Salary/Compensations
- £3,990
Benefits
- Host of benefits
- Flexible working
About the Company
- At London Borough of Camden, we’re building somewhere everyone can thrive.
- We want Camden to be a place where everyone has the opportunity to succeed and where our communities feel proud of the spaces they live, work and visit.
Equal Opportunity
- Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
- At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive.
- We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience.
- We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.
- At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone.
- If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you.
- This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.
