Sport Coordinator

Location

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom

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Salary and Benefits

• Full-board accommodation is provided at no additional cost to you.
• All salaries are paid monthly in arrears.
• Weekly salary of £480.

Responsibilities

Pre- Course:

• Responsible for reading and adhering to the Operating and Safeguarding Handbook, Sports Handbook and maintaining good standards of Health and Safety at all times.
• Attend the company and sports team inductions and assist with the centre set up as required.
• Attend the pre-summer online training.
• Complete the Safeguarding and Prevent online training courses.

During the Course:

• Meet and greet students at the airport and accompany them to the centre as required.
• Ensure that all sports equipment and materials are in place for the start of the course.
• Plan, prepare and lead (in conjunction with the Excursion and Activity Manager) an engaging programme of sports and activities and ensure that the team are involved and enthusiastic.
• Coordinate all sports and afternoon activities, ensuring adequate supervision.
• Timetable sports activities and ensure that group leaders and students are aware of and participate in them.
• Participate in team meetings to ensure that all the team are involved with and engaged in the sports programme.
• Feedback regularly to your Excursion and Activity Manager and Centre Manager.
• Regularly update an activity/sports noticeboard.
• Deal quickly and effectively with student and group leader queries regarding sports.
• Maintain accident and damage records.
• Maintain and be responsible for all sports equipment, materials and registers.
• Ensure the activities programme complies with the British Council guidelines (e.g., supervision ratios).
• Work with the team and group leaders to maintain team and student discipline.
• Dress appropriately at all times.
• Supervise mealtimes (and lights-out for residential team members) as required.
• Maintain an entirely professional manner at all times and in all dealings with students.
• Maintain the good name and reputation of UKLC at all times.

Post-Course:

• Complete exit feedback at the end of your contract.
• Contribute to (in conjunction with the Excursion and Activity Manager) brief team appraisals for all the sports team.

Working Hours:

A Sport & Activity Co-ordinator is required to work 22 sessions per fortnight based on a six-day working week. A session is defined as an afternoon activity, an evening activity or a half-day excursion (a full-day excursion is two sessions). Generally, a session includes a half hour break. Airport transfers may be considered as one or two sessions depending on the duration. In some centres sports and activities may take place at weekends and it may be necessary for SCs to work on six consecutive days.

This job description is an outline of your main responsibilities. Within the context of your contract of employment, the company may, within reason, request you undertake other tasks and duties as needs dictate.

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£480 per week