Disability Sports Coach & Developer
Salary: £28,000-£32,000
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 8th July 2024
Interview Date: From 15th July 2024
Job summary
Are you a highly motivated and experienced Disability Sports professional, who believes in the power of sport to changes lives? We are looking for a Disability Sports Coach & Developer to play a pivotal role in delivering our successful disability sports programmes.
What we offer
- Flexible & remote working;
- Competitive salary and benefits package (including healthcare plan, Perkbox discounts and CPFC match tickets);
- 26 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays);
- A personal development plan and training opportunities;
- The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in South London.
Job description
As Disability Sports Coach & Developer you will:
- Plan and deliver high-quality disability football and sports programmes across South London, including regular sessions at primary, secondary, special education and mainstream schools;
- Work closely with partner organisations including schools, local authorities, County FAs, The Premier League, and impairment-specific groups, to maintain current programmes and set up new sessions;
- Support sessional disability coaches to deliver high-quality sessions;
- Update monitoring systems (Salesforce) and support with writing bids and reports for funders;
- Liaise regularly with other Foundation staff to support inclusion work across the Foundation and promote cross-working;
- Work with the Communications team to create case studies and increase the profile of disability programmes.
Person specification
As successful candidate you will have:
- A passion for supporting young and disadvantaged people with disabilities, and belief in the power of sport to change lives;
- Experience in delivering high-quality football sessions to people with disabilities, with a proven track record of achievement and quality session delivery;
- Knowledge of different impairments and experience supporting people with different needs;
- FA Level 1 (or above) qualification in football coaching, and ideally a qualification in disability sports;
- The ability to develop positive relationships with colleagues and partner organisations;
- The ability to keep calm under pressure, be self motivated and work well within a team.
Safeguarding
We are committed to ensuring the welfare and protection of all children, young people and adults at risk who take part in our activities, and all staff are expected to share this commitment. All successful candidates will go through safer recruitment checks before commencing employment.
Equalities
We endorse the principle of equality and strive to ensure that all our staff and participants have a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, and can be assured of an environment in which their rights, dignity and worth are respected.
We want our staff to reflect the diversity of our local community, and we welcome applications from individuals of all age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support your application, please just let us know.
- Department
- Disability Sport
- Locations
- Selhurst Park Stadium
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Hours
- Full-Time
Selhurst Park Stadium
OUR BENEFITS
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Flexible and remote working
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Generous holiday allowance
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Healthcare plan
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Perkbox discounts
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Match tickets for CPFC home games
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Discount in the club shop
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Free access to Palace TV
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& plenty more!
Our Values
- TEAMWORK 🤝
We support everyone around us and treat them with respect, working together to achieve great results.
We are proud to represent Palace and aspire to be the best in everything we do.
- INNOVATION 💡
We are not afraid to try new things, we are creative and inspiring, always seeking new ways to progress.
About Palace For Life Foundation
The Palace for Life Foundation is the official charity of Crystal Palace FC which has been working with the south London community for over 25 years. We use the power of football and the Palace brand to change the lives of young people across south London, particularly the most hard-to-reach and hard-to-help. We work with over 13,000 people each year, inspiring them to find a better path and to lead a healthier life.
Disability Sports Coach & Developer
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