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Ref no:
423492
Published:
12/05/2025
Closes:
26/05/2025
Location:
various locations, ML1 3AB
Salary:
£29,180 - £31,737 per year pro rata
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Part Time
Hours:
14.75 hours per week

*INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF *

Enterprise & Communities

Active & Creative Communities

Head Sports Coach (Gymnastics)

NLC7

14.75 hours per week

Based within our venues in North Lanarkshire, you will manage the effective operation of our sport projects and ensure the team provides an efficient and effective coaching experience for all young people within the programme. Reporting to the Sports Development & Participation Officer, you will provide weekly reports whilst adhering to the company’s policies and procedures.

Educated to UKCC Gymnastics Level 2, you will have a good knowledge of managing and developing a range of programmes, experience of supervising staff and have a background of partnership working.

Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills as well as ensuring confidentiality and professionalism at all times, are essential for this post.

As a requirement of these posts, the successful candidates must obtain Protection of Vulnerable Group (PVG) membership through Disclosure Scotland.

Work Pattern:

Monday 6pm to 7.45pm, Tuesday to Thursday 3.10pm to 6.40pm and Saturday 8.55 am to 11.40am

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

Click here to see our Recruitment Charter.

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151.

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***

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