Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 30 November 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 22 November 2026 Contract Type: Casual Salary: FC6 £16.92 Working Pattern: As and when required Location: Various locations across Fife Supporting Statement As part of your application, you must provide us with a
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. 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 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. A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for. For more specific information about the people, we are looking for, or if you feel you do not meet the criteria set out in the role profile. 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.
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Casual Active School Coach in Kirkcaldy employer: Fife Council
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