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Youth Sport Coordinator

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Youth Sport Coordinator

Grade: I

1. Context

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Tower Hamlets Youth Service.


A key priority within the Tower Hamlets Council Strategic Plan is to transform and improve services for young people in the borough. We are ambitious about ensuring that all young people in the borough have access to a diverse range of youth work opportunities, activities and support through the delivery of a high-quality youth service, this includes:

2. The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time Youth Sport Coordinator within Young Tower Hamlets (YTH). The role will help ensure more young people than ever before in Tower Hamlets experience the transformative power of sport.


The key focus for this role will be managing a team of coaches who will be working with a diverse range of young people throughout the borough via community sports clubs, schools, leisure centres and youth centres. The role will ensure there is a high-quality sports coaching offer to young people with varying abilities, skills and needs and will also focus on developing and delivering an engaging sport-based school based and youth work curriculum to ensure that more young people realise the benefits of taking part in sport and physical activity.


In this dynamic role the Youth Sport Coordinator will:


Manage and lead a team of up to eight Youth Sport Coaches focusing on the delivery and development of hockey, basketball, girls football, badminton, athletics and cricket. Work closely with Young Tower Hamlets to create an engaging sports-based youth work curriculum to ensure that more young people realise the benefits of taking part in sports and physical activity. Support young people to participate in further competitions and opportunities, such as School Games, District Sport and London Youth Games, providing further pathways for young people to participate in sports. To support the council with the development and implementation of increased sport and physical activity to young people. Assist the Group Manager and Adventure Sport Coordinator in the management of the Team's works programme and ensure appropriate and safe standards of work and activity delivery are maintained. Complete appropriate planning, monitoring, risk management and evaluation of sessions, off-site visits and expeditions.

3. Role Requirements

National Governing Body qualified, in one or more sports Experience of working with young people in an inner-city environment. Experience of management Experience of programme development and delivery

4. Our offer

We are committed to developing excellent managers and practitioners and making Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. If you choose to work with us, you will benefit from:

A competitive salary - 44,430 - 47,628

Up to 31 days annual leave rising to 32 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays Learning and development opportunities via my annual review scheme and supervision Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave Opportunities for agile/flexible working Cycle to work scheme/ Rent deposit scheme/Access to free eye tests Discounted gym/Costco membership You at Work discounts and many others

We have fantastic transport links -

Tower Hamlets Town Hall is directly opposite Whitechapel Station

, which is a minute away. Whitechapel is an interchange station which serves Hammersmith & City, District, Overground, with quick access to central line DLR and Jubilee lines. We also have the Crossrail Elizabeth line with links to Canary Wharf, Shenfield/Abbey Wood/Heathrow and Stratford, which is the best-connected hub in London.


Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.


Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.


We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

Application Details

Closing date: 7th of September 2025 Interviews: week commencing 22nd of September 2025

All applications should be made via our online application system, no CVs or alternative forms of applications are accepted.


If you require more information on the role, please contact Daniel.murray@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Files

YTH-Youth-Sport-Coordinator-JD-1-1.pdf