Level 3 Community Sports and Health Officer Apprenticeship

  • Employer The Ace Programme, The Oval Cricket Ground, London
  • Town / City London
  • Job Type Apprenticeship
  • Salary £526 per week
  • Closing Date 25/03/2024
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This role seeks an energetic and enthusiastic individual who has a passion for supporting and developing diverse communities and working with multiple partners and organisations. The role combines coaching and development work and will be responsible for engaging from a diverse community of all ages across London and including support in our national areas, becoming active members of the cricketing community.
Summary

At The Ace Community Programme Charity you will work towards your L3 Community Sport and Health Officer Qualification over the course of 12-18 Months.

The ACE Programme was launched by Surrey County Cricket Club in January 2020 in response to the decline of the black British professional players by 75%, and less than 1% of the recreational game. The ACE Programme was designed to engage young people of African and Caribbean Heritage and a talent search was launched.

In Black History Month, October 2020, following significant investment of £540,000 from Sport England, The ACE Programme Charity launched as an independent charity. Three years after delivery, the charity is pleased to be an official partner of Sport England and England & Wales Cricket Board, providing opportunities for African and Caribbean heritage children to access cricket across six cities – London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. The charity aims to ‘Support Underrepresented Talent from the Grassroots to the Elite’

The purpose of the role is to support the charity with their aim to increase participation predominantly within the black British communities by supporting and improving the experience of everyone involved whether they play, attend or follow the game.

The student will provide community, school and club based cricketing opportunities, through both coaching, competition and administration.

General Duties:

  • Cricket Participation
  • Working with the Director of programmes to support and deliver ACE cricket programmes across the academy.
  • Support on various ACE programmes as required. These could include:
  • Delivery on our academy programmes – coaching, fitness testing, video analysis, nutrition, sports psychology
  • Delivery on our community hub coaching programmes.
  • Delivery on our school’s coaching programme, including competitions.
  • Delivery on events – festivals, engagement days and open days
  • Delivery on our social media platforms.
  • Support the ACE programme team in the delivery of other cricket development activities.
  • Opportunities to understand how a charity works on a day-to-day basis, sports development and marketing.

 

Desirable

  • Interest in cricket
  • Qualified to Level 2 or equivalent
  • Current clear ECB DBS check in place
  • Current Safeguarding and First Aid qualifications
  • Current member of the ECB Coaches Association

Desired Skills

This is an apprenticeship programme, designed to help you gain skills and experience ‘on the job.’ We aren’t looking for any previous coaching qualifications or experience but certain personal qualities and characteristics are a must (see below) Successful applicants will be assisting and delivering sport and physical activity sessions in the community. Your sessions may be the highlight of their week- so you will need to be reliable, enthusiastic, energetic and committed!

Personal qualities

  • Enthusiastic team player
  • Interest in sports coaching and sports development
  • Interest in Talent ID Pathways
  • Ability to enthuse and inspire young people about cricket
  • Experience of working within diverse communities
  • Supported course/unit practice

Qualifications required

Missed out on getting your Maths and English GCSE’s? Don’t worry- you can still apply but you will need to complete Functional Skills Level 2 before you finish the apprenticeship. Our Learning Coaches can support you with this so don’t let this put you off!

Training to be delivered

Community Sport and Health Officer Apprenticeship L3 including Functional Skills in Maths and English

 

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