Casual Active Schools Coach

Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 21 July 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 12 July 2026

Contract Type: Casual

Salary: FC6 £16.92 per hour

Working Pattern: Working as and when required

Location:  Various locations across North East Fife

Supporting Statement  

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

Working within the Fife Active Schools workforce, Active Schools coaches will be responsible for delivering high quality sport and physical activity sessions across North-East Fife.  These sessions will support a range of programmes including extra-curricular clubs, parasport and parasport gold programmes, and targeted initiatives. 

Programmes will be based in school and community venues across Fife with casual hours between 8am-7pm. 

All candidates should possess relevant qualifications/experience in working with children with additional support needs or in sports leadership/coaching.

The Person

If you meet the essential criteria below, we’d like to hear from you: 

• Experience in working with children and young people.

• Relevant qualifications/experience in working with children with additional support needs or in sports leadership/coaching.

• Display a hardworking, empathetic and can-do attitude.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Membership through Disclosure Scotland.

Further Information

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For Further Information Please Contact : ElizabethF.Anderson@fife.gov.uk