Sparta Trampoline Club – Coach Coordinator

Job Description

Sparta Trampoline Club is Scotland’s largest professional trampoline & DMT club. We welcome members aged two to 70+, offering recreational, competitive, ASN/disability, adult, and preschool classes in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. We provide opportunities for everyone to thrive, express themselves, and fall in love with movement through fun and structured learning.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Scotland’s largest trampoline club and work full-time in sport. The successful candidate will play a key role in expanding
Sparta’s programmes and increasing the opportunity for the wider community to get involved in trampolining.

Club mission statement

Our mission is to enrich our community’s physical and mental health by providing a world leading trampolining experience.

Club values

• Family – Sparta feels like home where everyone is safe and secure to be themselves on and off the trampoline
• Fun – At Sparta we enjoy ourselves by working hard and playing hard too
• Fitness – Trampolining is a fantastic form of exercise which naturally releases endorphins improving feelings of health and wellbeing
• Friendship – We all respect each other, and forge friendships based on trust and equality
• Fulfilment – Sparta inspires people to have the courage and determination to try their best and fulfil their potential

Job description

The coach coordinator at Sparta Trampoline Club SCIO will play a vital leadership role to help streamline our operations (class bookings/private lessons/hall hires), enhancing our class programmes to deliver the best experience for our members and directly have a link with the community. Sparta is based within a deprived area of Glasgow, a key element of this role will be to outreach and engage with our local community to provide participation opportunities to allow people from the local area to enjoy trampolining at any level.

The coach coordinator will work collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to ensure programmes are inclusive, sustainable, and aligned with club values to enhance the local communities lives through trampolining and DMT. Sparta is striving to deliver consistent, high-quality sessions and expand our outreach programmes.

This role is funded by SportScotland, therefore there will be ongoing reviews in relation to the key performance indicators to monitor the impact of the role over the 3 year period. The successful candidate will play a key role in fulfi lling the objectives of the role to maintain the funding.

Hours of work

Full time – 35 hours per week mixture of administration and coaching hours across evenings and weekends. The nature of the role requires a high degree of flexibility.

Key responsibilities

• Support day-to-day business running
  • Support the running of club classes and programmes alongside managing club communications and daily running of the centre
• Workforce Management
  • Supporting management of a team of coaches and volunteers; working on weekly rotas, class cover and managing annual leave
• Enhancing and promoting class programmes
  • Collaborating with club directors on how to enhance club programmes, bringing in new ideas to develop and expand programmes and promoting these to members and the wider community to increase participation
• Supporting fundraising and club events
  • Support club directors with the planning, delivery and evaluation of club events. Liaise with coaches, staff, volunteers, participants and external partners to support successful event delivery.
• Increase community outreach
  • Expand opportunities for underrepresented groups in the local area by engaging with schools and other groups to encourage participation. These programmes can include school visits, mini workshops and events to bring in new members and attraction to the club while ensuring the maintenance of a welcoming club culture
• Coaching classes to the highest standard
  • Support the delivery of trampoline, DMT classes and outreach programmes to encourage skill learning and long-term participation in sport. Enhance volunteer development and mentoring for junior coaches and volunteers

Other duties

As this is a new role within Sparta, this job description is a broad overview of the post. The above list is not regarded as exclusive or exhaustive, as there may be other duties and requirements, which the successful candidate may be required to perform from time to time, in consultation with the club directors and/or Board of Trustees.

Essential requirements

• L2+ in trampolining/DMT or relevant gymnastics discipline
• Have integrity, drive, enthusiasm and initiative
• Able to demonstrate management and leadership skills
• Strong organisational skills and project management
• Experience in outreach, community engagement, or public relations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to changing situations
• Ability to analyse data and evaluate outreach efforts
• Commitment to ongoing continuous professional development

Desired requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in sport
• Previous experience in community outreach
• Experience working within/with Active Schools
• At least one years experience managing a team
• Experience planning and coordinating events
• Experience assisting or writing funding applications
• Experience in social media to promote our club/classes/programmes
• Experience working with diverse groups

Required qualifications

• Hold a Level 2 Qualification in trampoline gymnastics or DMT (or gymnastic equivalent)
• Scottish Gymnastics Safeguarding course (if not attended, this will be a requirement on starting the role)
• Up to date PVG (if not up to date must complete prior to starting)

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