Summer Internships At Sport England

swillmott / / Paid Work

Ten twelve-week summer internships are available at Sport England. From their website:

“Sport England’s summer internship programme is designed to provide students with an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience within a sports administration body.The programme will last for twelve weeks, beginning in June and ending in August.Our internship scheme will be applicable to students who have at least one year remaining to complete their degree course. We are currently looking for ten interns, with opportunities in our Business Partnerships, Facilities and Planning, Legal Services, NGB & Sports, Youth & Community Sport and Insight departments. During the three month internship placement the successful intern will be given an integral role within their department. The intern will be given an insight into life at Sport England, which will be gained through a variety of tasks including project management, collating and interpreting data, data management and working on individual elements of funded programmes.   As part of the programme the intern will also be invited for departmental meetings as well as have the opportunity to attend a career development workshop.”

More details on the scheme and how to apply are here.

Part-Time Swimming Instructors, Lincoln

swillmott / / Paid Work

Watertivity School of Swimming are in a position to recruit some Level 2 swimming instructors on a part time basis. They teach at LSST (Lincoln) school on a Monday 17:30-19:30 and also Christ Hospital School (Lincoln) on a Saturday 15:15-18:15 and Sunday 8:30-11:00.

The rate of pay is £10.71 an hour.

If anyone is interested then could you please contact the company director James Wiseman by email.

James Wiseman – watertivity@gmail.com

TriGolf Volunteers Needed – Canwick Park Golf Club (April/May)

swillmott / / Positions, Volunteering

Over the upcoming school half-term holidays, Canwick Park Golf Club are offering Tri-Golf taster sessions to children aged 7-11 years. The sessions will encourage children to participate in physical activity through golf, being offered an opportunity to try golf in a safe and secure environment, introducing children to the golf club environment, in addition to being provided introductory coaching with Canwick Park’s Junior Coach, George Wilkinson.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

It is very difficult to run events such as this without the help of volunteers. Therefore, we send this e-mail, to ask if anybody is able and willing to come and help at any of the days. Whether that be part of one of the days, the whole of the session or all of the dates listed, your help would be greatly appreciated! You don’t need to have any experience of coaching or participating in golf, but if you have some experience of working with children, coaching or leadership or if you have helped run events before, it would be advantageous.

The dates of the sessions are as follows: 9th April,  10th April, 16th April,  17th April, 28th May, 29th May.

As I’m sure you will be aware, voluntary experience is always great to put on your CV.  If you are interested in helping with the programme or would like any further information, please contact Kevin Leigh, Club Manager by telephone on 01522 542912 or via e-mail at manager@canwickpark.co.uk

Thank you!

TRIgolf

Full Time Primary PE Coach, Synergy Sports Coaching

swillmott / / Paid Work

Synergy Sports Coaching are a local provider of PE / sports provision within the sports education market, delivering their services to many of Lincolnshire’s primary schools. They are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic and highly qualified individuals to become part of their successful team of sports specialists. Potential candidates will be able to demonstrate delivery of high quality National Curriculum PE lessons for key stages 1 and 2, while also having the ability to provide schools with support regarding their extra curriculum provision. The aim being simple, to improve the quality and quantity of participation within each primary school that engages with Synergy Sports Coaching.

Please note this is a full time position and therefore only appropriate for current year 3 students. Synergy will be looking to recruit some further casual coaches (suitable for year 1 & 2 students) in the near future.

Primary PE Specialist

Salary: Competitive salary based on experience

Start Date: Summer 2014

Any potential candidate much satisfy the following MINIMUM criteria in order to be considered for the roles:

* Possess a National Governing Body level 2 qualification or hold a degree with links to Sports coaching / Teaching P.E

* Have some experience of delivering PE within a primary school setting or experience in a sports coaching setting within schools

* Possess good communication and organisational skills

* Possess a full UK driving licence and have access to transport in order to carry out the duties of the role

* Be able to demonstrate the delivery of high quality PE / school sport activities

* Hold a clear DBS certificate (Before starting any role, individuals would be asked to complete a company DBS check)

* Have the ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge / understanding of effective pupil behaviour management

 

Any individuals interested should contact Synergy at info@synergysportscoaching.co.uk with their CV and covering letter.

Student Engagement Research/Project Assistants (Deadline 7 April)

swillmott / / Paid Work, Positions

The Student Engagement Team are looking to recruit two of our current students to work with us part-time over the next year as our workload grows. The Student Engagement Team primarily supports staff across the University to improve the quality of what they do by working in partnership with students. We also coordinate some of the University’s student surveys and pilot innovative ways of getting students involved across departments, like being on interview panels for new staff.

These new Research & Projects Assistant posts (we have two available) will provide the Student Engagement Team (currently 3 people, soon to be 4 + these 2 roles) with administrative support and will be directly involved in researching the views and practice of our staff and students. The roles will have an interesting mix of desk based analysis and people-facing interaction in them and we can play to the strengths of the successful candidates.

As a team made up of Lincoln graduates, we know the pressures of student life and can be flexible around teaching and other commitments. The hours equate to one day per week in term time (which can be worked across several days in small chunks if needed) plus we have extra hours we can use during busier parts of the year.

If you would like to apply, please send your CV and a covering letter – outlining how you meet the criteria in the person specification and what you could bring to the team – to dderricott@lincoln.ac.uk by 9:00am on Monday 7th April 2014.

If you have any questions about the role, you can email Dan Derricott, Student Engagement Officer: dderricott@lincoln.ac.uk

You can download the full job description and person specification here.