Social Impact Cycling Coach - Manchester

Social Impact Cycling Coach - Manchester Access Sport CIO Greater Manchester

Organisation Access Sport CIO Salary £120 - £160 per day, dependant on experience Location Greater Manchester Contract type Permanent (Part time) Closing date 28 August 2026 Interview date 31 August 2026

Job Description

About Access Sport is a national charity with a vision that no one should be excluded from the transformational benefits of community sport.

We are on a mission to make inclusion the norm in community sport by tackling the access barriers faced by disadvantaged and disabled young people.

We do this by training, equipping, and supporting community sports clubs, organisations, and volunteers to provide inclusive programmes, unleashing their potential to transform the lives of underserved young people in their local communities.

This work is either place based, Changing Places, or sport focussed, Changing Sports.

All the clubs we support are invited to join our Inclusive Club Network.

In 2025/26 Access Sport engaged over 40,000 disadvantaged and disabled young people, with a strong representation from ethnically diverse communities, girls, and previously less active young people.

Read more about our impact in our Annual Review.

A number of videos showcasing our work can be found on our You Tube channel.

These include highlights of our Nuffield Health partnership across Greater Manchester and our impact transforming young lives through cycling.

Role purpose Summary

Access Sport are looking to appoint a Social Impact Cycling Coach to deliver accessible and inclusive cycling sessions using BMX as a tool to engage and build self-efficacy amongst inactive, underserved and disabled young people.

We believe every young person should have

• Access to a bike.
• The skills and confidence to use it.
• Somewhere local, safe and exciting to enjoy riding.

We work across 3 areas

• Facilities: We build exciting, accessible, and inclusive places to ride that are accessible to underserved communities and are free to use, with equipment on-site.
• Community Outreach: We deliver specialist cycle training to inactive, disadvantaged and disabled young people in local schools.
• Clubs: We empower local people to create cycling communities by developing regular and inclusive access to equipment and training.

Responsibilities

• Delivery
• Plan and deliver accessible and inclusive cycling sessions to inactive, underserved and disabled young people from local schools, SEN schools, Pupil Referral Units and local groups in line with Access Sport’s vision and values.
• Inspire and engage disadvantaged and disabled young people from underserved communities.
• Keep an up-to-date record of session attendance and assist with the surveying of participant progression and development.
• Maintain a consistent line of communication with Access Sport and relevant schools and clubs.
• Ensure all sessions adhere to health and safety regulations and the correct actions are taken when reporting/managing accidents and injuries.
• Safeguard the welfare of participants during sessions.

Person specification

Skills / Experience

Essential

• British Cycling Level 2 Award in Coaching Cycling qualification (or equivalent).

We are interested in hearing from a range of candidates if there is a willingness to work towards the relevant qualifications, so we welcome applications from candidates who are not yet qualified.

• Ability to connect with diverse community groups, including D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent young people, women and girls, ethnically diverse communities and individuals from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Experience or knowledge of cycling.

Desirable

• Lived experience of one or more of the underserved communities we supporti. e.

D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, women and girls, ethnically diverse communities and low-socio economic backgrounds.

• Experience coaching or riding BMX, as the work is focused on this discipline.
• Prior coaching experience in schools, clubs, and community settings; experience working with challenging behaviour.
• Qualifications in first aid, child safeguarding and supporting mental health.
• Experience conducting and adhering to risk assessments.
• Understanding of basic bicycle maintenance.
• UK driving license.

Access Sport can provide

• Award in Emergency First Aid at Work – Level 3
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Child protection in Sport and Physical Activity Safeguarding qualification.
• Personal attributes
• Passionate about cycling.
• A passion for Access Sport’s cause and empowering underrepresented children and young people to reach their full potential through sport.
• Commitment to an outstanding level of session delivery.
• An understanding of the importance of safeguarding.
• Understanding of various cycling disciplines with the ability to adapt sessions for different groups of participants.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal).
• Reliable and hardworking with the confidence to work independently.
• Proactive and adaptable; ability to use initiative to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing personal and professional development.
• In addition
• The post holder must have the right to work in the UK.
• The post holder must be able to travel within the UK, with regular travel in/surrounding areas of Greater Manchester.
• Continuing Professional Development

We are committed to supporting the work-based and personal development of our team members.

Therefore, there will be opportunities such as in-house courses and coach development days to increase knowledge, experience and confidence in your role as a cycling coach.

Equal opportunities

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Access Sport is committed to creating an inclusive culture, through fostering a diverse workforce where everyone feels like they belong, differences are valued, and everyone can reach their potential.

We are actively seeking to diversify and to create a workplace that is welcoming for all, ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society and the communities we support.

If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us.

We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).

If you wish to apply under our GIS, please indicate this in your cover email.

For more information, please visit our Join the Team page.

Background checks

As this role may, at times, involve working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which includes a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service and two references.

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