Job Title: Sports & Community Co-ordinator
Location: Tipton
Hours: 37.5hrs per week - Full-time (Evening and weekend work required)
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Overview
P&E Sports is a school lettings and community sport provider, working in partnership with schools to activate their facilities for the benefit of pupils and the wider public. The Sports & Community Co-ordinator role is a hybrid post designed to increase community engagement, footfall and participation through a mix of leisure centre operational duties and programme development and delivery.
This is a hands-on role for someone passionate about sport, community and youth engagement - someone who can spot gaps, build programmes from scratch and deliver sessions that bring people into our centres. You’ll play a key role in helping schools become vibrant hubs for activity during evenings, weekends and school holidays.
Key Responsibilities
1. Leisure Centre Operations (50%) - Duty Officer
Support with day-to-day leisure centre duties including:
- Opening and closing facilities
- Customer service and bookings
- Basic site maintenance checks
- Supervising public access and ensuring safe usage of facilities
- Liaise with hirers and ensure smooth transitions between bookings
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness, professionalism, and safety on site
2. Community Engagement & Delivery (50%) – Sports & Community Co-ordinator
- Identify activity gaps across your allocated sites and help create a programme of relevant sessions (e.g. gymnastics, boxing, youth clubs, fitness classes, holiday camps)
- Deliver a range of sessions directly - including sports coaching, youth clubs, birthday parties and holiday camps.
- Recruit and manage external coaches or session leads where needed
- Promote and grow participation in programmes, with a focus on inclusivity and regular engagement
3. Marketing & Promotion
- Create and distribute promotional content across social media, email and printed materials (using tools like Canva)
- Work with schools to promote sessions to pupils and parents, including assemblies and class visits.
- Attend community events to promote opportunities and build local awareness
- Ensure all sessions and activities are well publicised and accessible to the target audience
4. Programme Development & Reporting
- Monitor participation and provide regular reports on engagement and outcomes
- Recommend improvements or new session types based on community demand and site capacity
- Maintain accurate registers, feedback forms and activity logs
- Align delivery with wider P&E Sports goals around youth engagement, community wellbeing and social impact
Person Specification
Essential:
- Experience delivering sport, youth work or activity-based community programmes
- Coaching qualifications or youth work certifications
- Passion for increasing participation in physical activity and community services
- Confidence to lead sessions and work with children and young people (ages 5–16)
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with parents, schools and external providers
- Strong organisational skills and ability to work independently
- Basic IT skills and experience using tools like Canva, Word, and email
- Willingness to work evenings and some weekends
Desirable:
- Experience delivering school assemblies or marketing to schools
- Experience in recruitment or managing part-time delivery staff
- Safeguarding and First Aid qualifications
- Access to transport and ability to travel between sites
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £24,000.00-£26,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 11/08/2025
Expected start date: 01/09/2025