We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We are looking for an engaging, reliable and enthusiastic individual to deliver tennis coaching sessions at Graves Health and Sports Centre on a Saturday morning and Sunday morning. 

Please note - this role requires you to be an LTA accredited coach with either an up-to-date LTA level 2 qualification or an up-to-date LTA level 3 qualification

About this role

Graves Health and Sports Centre holds 8 indoor courts, within which we run our 'Unmissable Tennis' program on all 7 days of the week. This program delivers tennis to over 400 people, and is led by our team of LTA accredited coaches, who aim to provide the unmissable experience to all tennis players at Graves by creating an environment that promotes unmissable learning, unmissable exercise, and unmissable fun. 

We are looking for a tennis coach who holds either a level 2 or level 3 LTA accredited coaching qualification to join a team that is committed to providing a high-quality coaching service to hundreds of tennis players. Our tennis program caters for individuals of all ages, level and motivations for playing tennis, so we are looking for a coach who is competent at working with any age group and has experience in leading group lessons to both junior tennis players and adults. 

We are looking for a coach who would be able to regularly lead 6 hours of group lessons across a weekend. These hours are on a Saturday morning 9am-12pm and a Sunday morning 9am-12pm. These would be all be indoor group lessons and these groups would be a combination of junior groups and adult groups. 

In addition, by becoming a member of our coaching team, you would also be entitled to deliver private individual lessons and also have the opportunity to take any available cover hours that arise throughout the year. 

What we are looking for: 

ESSENTIAL 

• An up-to-date level 2 or level 3 LTA coaching accreditation
• Experience in leading tennis group lessons to juniors and adults
• Availability to work both weekend mornings, on a Saturday morning 9am-12pm, and a Sunday morning 9am-12pm
• Excellent organisation, time management skills and punctuality
• A dependable and effective communicator, both within a team and when delivering to customers

DESIRABLE

• Experience working within a coaching team
• Openness to take cover hours during the week
• Competent at using mobile phones and responding to emails
• Openness to engage in coach development workshops and team meetings

What we can offer you: 

• Six contracted hours of indoor tennis coaching, entitling you to annual leave and additional holiday pay for any other hours of work
• The opportunity to deliver individual lessons, take available cover hours, and receive additional pay for any one-to-one and team meetings
• A full staff induction, ensuring you have all of the important information about our company, our centre, and our coaching program before you begin your first shift
• Full health and fitness membership (including gym, classes, and swimming) for you and a nominated adult, plus free walk-on access to tennis courts for personal use. 
• Alignment with the real living wage foundation and enrolment on a bonus scheme and optional pension scheme for all colleagues.
• Opportunities to improve your coaching skills through coach development workshops and exploring partnerships with a range of other tennis coaching organisations.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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