Casual Intermediate Gymnastics Coaches

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.

Please Note: there are multiple vacancies available for this post

This post is casual, work in the casual pool is not guaranteed. We are under no obligation to provide work, likewise, you will be under no obligation to take up the offer of work. Hours offered will be as and when needed.

Do you want to work with a fun and hardworking team, ensuring that our guests have an amazing experience when visiting our leisure centre?

Be part of our outstanding gymnastics team, whom are all extremely enthusiastic and supportive. We are recruiting Casual Intermediate Gymnastics Coaches to be based at Gymnastics Centre at Dimensions Leisure Centre, which is one of the principal sport, leisure and events venue in Stoke-on-Trent with over a million guests visit per year.

Casual Intermediate Gymnastics Coaches should:

be friendly, approachable and professional at all times as they are the first point of contact for our guests and visitors. be able to lead, plan, organise and deliver a varied and interesting programme of gymnastics activity, which motivates and encourages adults and young people to participate. be able to support in the planning and implementation of effective pathways that facilitate the retention of gymnasts and development of talent. be able to ensure that sessions are suitably developed to include adults and young people with specific needs where possible. be able to mentor and manage both potential new and existing Assistant Coaches.

The hours for this role will vary depending on requirements.

The posts are casual which are suitable for applicants seeking part time work.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.

Our city

Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we've been voted the kindest city in the UK - and a place where you'll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated 'world capital of ceramics'. But we don't just want to celebrate our proud past - we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent's best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you'll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We'll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.

Our commitment to you

Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent's greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive.

Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need.

Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.