Community Health and Wellbeing Coach (Casual Role)

We are looking for a Community Health and Wellbeing Coach on a casual basis to support the delivery of our physical fitness sessions and health interventions across the local community including the London Boroughs of Islington, Camden and Hackney. Arsenal in the Community is dedicated to improving the lives of our local community through the delivery of these programmes.

In this role you will be responsible for delivering these programmes with energy and commitment, as well as the opportunity to be involved in walking football sessions for people with long term health conditions. Please note: the indicative number of hours we are looking to offer for these casual roles will be around 4-5 hours a week initially, with the potential for that to increase in future.

Your day-to-day:

• Deliver engaging programmes – plan and deliver a variety of health, fitness and wellbeing interventions in the local community ensuring they meet the needs of individuals and groups.
• Manage and organise equipment – carry, set up and use a range of fitness equipment at sessions, and be responsible for the correct use and safe keeping of this equipment, ensuring the facilities are checked before use and are safe for practical participation.
• Maintain compliance – adhere to all Arsenal in the Community health and safety, safeguarding and emergency procedure policies.
• Drive development – attend professional development days where possible in order to continue personal development and keep sessions engaging and effective, building professional and supportive relationships with all participants throughout.
• Adapt and deliver sessions – take an adaptable approach to work with a variety of individuals or groups from a range of abilities, fitness levels, age ranges and varying backgrounds, with the ability to make appropriate adaptations for participants with medical or mobility issues.
• Take a lead on coordination – take ownership for updating registers, consent forms, incident and accident forms, and recording participant outcomes.
• Uphold professionalism at all times – maintain high standards of professional behaviour towards colleagues, participants and stakeholders with whom we engage, and the wider public when working for our club and wearing our kit.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience of health and wellbeing – have a background in nutrition and fitness with knowledge of working in community settings, or a passion to develop in this area.
• Credible expertise – hold valid, up to date certifications in Fitness Training such as Level 2 Fitness Instructor (Level 3 Personal Trainer, FA Coaching Qualifications) and certifications in First Aid and Safeguarding desirable.
• Clear communication skills – have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to all ages.
• Expertise in policies and procedures – knowledge and understanding of appropriate safeguarding, health and safety and emergency practices.
• Inclusive mindset – able to adapt exercises for different needs and medical conditions.
• Passion for health and wellbeing – appreciate the potential impact of sport and exercise on people in the community and be committed to develop professionally within this field.

Arsenal for Everyone: Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.

Disability Confident Leader: We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application. If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme – please indicate this in your application form. The information you share about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.