At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire students as a Cover Supervisor while utilising your football coaching skills.
- Company: Join Vision for Education, a leader in education recruitment with a focus on safeguarding.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working hours, competitive pay, and ongoing professional development.
- Other info: Build positive relationships and gain valuable classroom experience in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Transition from football coaching to education and make a real difference in students' lives.
- Qualifications: Experience in football coaching or working with young people is essential.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Are you a passionate Football Coach looking to step into education? Want flexible, rewarding Cover Supervisor roles in and around Lichfield? At Vision for Education, we're recruiting enthusiastic, confident, and motivated Football Coaches to work as Cover Supervisors in secondary schools across Lichfield and the surrounding areas.
About the role
This is the perfect opportunity if you're looking to transition from football coaching into the classroom, gain valuable school-based experience, or secure flexible education work that fits around your coaching commitments. As a Football Coach and Cover Supervisor, you will:
- Deliver pre-set lesson plans across a range of subjects
- Manage classroom behaviour confidently and effectively
- Ensure students remain engaged, focused, and on task
- Support pupils' learning in the absence of the regular teacher
- Build positive relationships with students and school staff
- Use your leadership, communication, and motivational skills to create a positive learning environment
Your experience as a Football Coach makes you an excellent candidate. The skills you use every day—leadership, teamwork, discipline, communication, resilience, and behaviour management—are highly transferable to the classroom and valued by schools.
About the school's & The Benefits
Whether you're seeking full-time Cover Supervisor work in Lichfield or part-time flexible supply roles around your coaching schedule, we can tailor opportunities to suit you.
- Flexible working - choose the days you work
- Competitive daily pay rates
- Opportunities in a variety of secondary schools across Lichfield and the surrounding areas
- Long-term and permanent progression routes
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Dedicated consultant support
Requirements
To be considered for the role of Football Coach / Cover Supervisor, you will:
- Have experience coaching football or working with children and young people
- Demonstrate strong behaviour and group management skills
- Be confident, professional, and reliable
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Hold an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or be willing to obtain one
- Have the right to work in the UK
Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are:
- Experience working with children or young people, ideally through football coaching, sports coaching, mentoring, or youth work
Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check registered on the Update Service.
About Vision for Education
Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment.
