Organisation: Livingston AC
Closing Date: 16 December 2024
Job Title: Livingston AC Community Athletics Coach
Reports To: Club Secretary / Livingston AC Board of Trustees
Contract Type: Fixed term – negotiable up to 2 years
Hours: Negotiable – 8 to 16 hours per week
Salary: Depending on experience – up to £15 per hour
Background
Livingston Athletic Club is a well-established and successful athletics club based in West Lothian. The club has a membership of over 300 across our club and community programmes, catering for both adults and junior members, at all levels, from age 6 upwards.
Livingston AC were the “Sports Club of the Year” at the 2018 West Lothian Celebrating Sport awards, and twice nominee for scottishathletics “Impact Club of the Year”.
Role
The role will have a significant impact in the future growth and development of the club. Working within our coaching team, the role will assist in creating a thriving development structure within the Club, focusing on the delivery of structured athlete centred coaching, to ensure that a vibrant athletics club sits at the centre of sustainable athletics development within the community of West Lothian.
Candidate
The successful candidate should have previous experience of coaching young children in a club/community environment, with a UK Athletics coaching qualification.
Partnership
This role is funded through a partnership between Livingston Athletic Club and scottishathletics and is part of the scottishathletics Club Together programme. Club Together is a fundamental project within Scotland’s National Strategy for athletics, “Building a Culture of Success”, placing a key focus on supporting the development of athletics clubs in the country. Club Together is exactly that – clubs, scottishathletics and local partners coming together to deliver once and for all a programme that will make the athletics vision happen.