Football Lead Coach

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 April 2026
LOCATION
Reading
TYPE
Temporary
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Sports Coaching
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SKILLS

Coaching Communication Organisation Football Child Welfare Sports Coaching

FULL DESCRIPTION

About The Role

The Details:

  • Title:Football Lead Coach
  • Contract: Seasonal work available in school holidays (Summer).
  • Hours: 8.30am – 4.30pm weekdays.

Summary of Position:

  • Ensure the successful delivery of our sport academy programme
  • Ensure the welfare and safety of the children
  • Deliver excellent, energetic coaching sessions where all children can develop their skills, be challenged and have fun and manage/support your team of coaches to do the same.
  • Demonstrate the ability to develop and progress sessions for varying ages and abilities.
  • Act as a key point of contact for parents, Head Office, host venue, and children.

*Bring your skills. Leave with more.*

For a full list of responsibilities and duties, download the Job Description

About You

Essential Requirements:

  • Hold a minimum L2 coaching qualification (or equivalent) or have experience competing to a high level.
  • Significant experience working and coaching children
  • Excellent working knowledge of all aspects of chosen sport (technical, tactical, physical)
  • Good organisation and communication skills.
  • Approachable, patient, and above all, passionate!

Desirable Requirements:

  • Management/supervisory experience
  • Hold a Paediatric First Aid (12 or 6 hour) or First Aid at Work qualification

About Us

What M****akes us Ultimate?

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is a programme dedicated to sports coaching run by Ultimate Activity Camps. Run during the school holidays at outstanding venues, children will leave our academies with new skills and a new enthusiasm for their chosen sport. [Employer hidden] use the highest quality coaches to deliver progressive courses designed to improve young athletes

Benefits

  • Subsidised First Aid qualifications and CPD opportunities.
  • Competitive pay
  • Each day is filled with rewarding work in an enthusiastic environment.

The Ultimate Activity Company is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject relevant check in line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, including, but not limited to, DBS Disclosure checks, identity checks, internet search, employment history and reference checks, and international criminal record checks where required.

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