Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship

Ready turn your passion for sport and activity into a career?

As a Community Activator Coach Apprentice with Junior Adventures Group (JAG), you’ll help children discover the joy of being active while developing the skills to become a confident coach over a 13 month self-guided, coach-supported apprenticeship.

You’ll learn how to plan, deliver and evaluate inclusive physical activity sessions that encourage people to move more and build healthy habits.

Community Activator Coaches inspire children of all ages to adopt and maintain an active lifestyle. Through coaching, community engagement and positive role modelling, you’ll help children build confidence, develop skills and enjoy being active.

You’ll gain hands-on experience delivering sessions in school and community settings, while developing essential skills in coaching, communication, behaviour management, safeguarding and leadership.

Life as a Community Activator Coach…

Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll be getting up to.

Coaching sport and physical activity:

You’ll support and deliver fun, engaging and inclusive activity sessions for primary school children. This may include multi-sports, team games, skill-based activities and physical activity challenges. You’ll learn how to plan sessions, adapt activities for different abilities and evaluate their impact, ensuring everyone can take part and succeed.

Inspiring Active lifestyles:

You’ll motivate children to get involved, try new activities and build confidence through movement. By creating a positive environment and acting as a role model, you’ll help children understand the physical, social and wellbeing benefits of staying active.

Delivering Safe and Inclusive Sessions:

You’ll help ensure sessions are safe, structured and inclusive, developing knowledge and experience in:
o Safeguarding and duty of care
o Behaviour management
o Health and safety procedures
o Safe use of equipment and spaces
o Adapting activities for different abilities and motivations You’ll also support the safe supervision of children, including sign-in and sign-out procedures, preparing activity spaces, equipment checks, and following safeguarding, incident reporting and first aid procedures where required.

Supporting Community Engagement:

You’ll contribute to activity programmes that connect schools and communities through sport. This may include connecting JAG and local communities with activities designed to encourage participation and active lifestyles.

Growing as a Coach:

Throughout the apprenticeship, you’ll be supported by your JAG Line Manager, a dedicated Learning Coach and an online learning platform to track your development and progress.

You’ll develop key professional skills including:

Communication and leadership Teamwork and collaboration Session planning and organisation Reflecting on and improving your coaching practice

You’ll be fully supported with an End Point Assessment (EPA) to showcase everything you’ve learned. Don’t worry - you’ll be fully prepared and supported every step of the way before reaching this stage.

Training Outcome:

Clear career progression pathways within JAG (from Activity Leader to Club leadership opportunities). Proven track record of apprentices going on to Activity Leader and Club Management positions at JAG.

Employer Description:

Love sport, energy and working with children? Become a Community Activator Coach Apprentice with JAG and help inspire the next generation to move, play and stay active. Gain hands-on coaching experience while working towards your Level 2 qualification in just 13 months.

Working Hours :
30 hours per week, including early mornings (exact shifts to be confirmed).

Skills:
Communication skills,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Team working,Patience,Physical fitness