Active Schools Coordinator: North Lanarkshire Council

(3 Posts) (Full Time & Part Time) (Temporary) - REQ03511

Closes: 20/01/2025
Location: Windmillhill Street, Civic Centre, ML1 1AB
Salary: £39,829 - £45,696 per year pro rata
Contract Type: Temporary
Position Type: Full Time, Part Time
Hours: 35 hours per week

NLC10 £39,829 - £45,696 (Pro Rata)

Do you have a passion for sports and are motivated, enthusiastic and results orientated? Do you enjoy working as part of a team and have extensive experience of working with children and young people through sport and physical activity? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our Active Schools team in conjunction with Sportscotland.

As an Active Schools Coordinator, you will play a key role in offering opportunities and motivation to the children and young people in North Lanarkshire schools and communities, to adopt active, healthy lifestyles, now and into adulthood. You will support and develop new initiatives to facilitate regular, frequent, safe and fun sport and physical activities.

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relative discipline, you will have experience of working in an educational setting as well as experience of working with customers and delivering customer focused services. You will be an excellent communicator, work well as part of a team with strong influencing and negotiating skills, with the ability to build trust. A problem solver, you will also value and promote equality and diversity within school and community sport.

The successful applicants will require a satisfactory Disclosure Scotland PVG.

This post is temporary for a period until 31/03/2027

Active Schools Coordinator (Temporary) – 2 Full-Time and 1 Part-Time Posts

  • 1FTE Active Schools Coordinator (Secondment Cover - Temporary until 31 December 2026): 35 hours per week
  • 1FTE Active Schools Coordinator (Maternity Cover - Temporary until 31 December 2025): 35 hours per week
  • 0.5FTE Active Schools Coordinator (Temporary until 31 March 2027):
  • Week 1: Monday – 7h, Tuesday – 7h, Wednesday – 7h
  • Week 2: Monday – 7h, Tuesday – 7h

Further information and applications

Date published: 8 January 2025
Date updated: 8 January 2025

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