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Position: West Cornwall School and Community Coach
Location: Carn Brea/School Based
Offices: Carn Brea Leisure Centre
Salary: £22,283 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 35 hours per week, evening and weekend working may be required
Reports to: West Cornwall Regional Manager
Argyle Community Trust (ACT) is seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual for the role of Community Coach. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who loves sport, enjoys inspiring others, and thrives on being active within their local community.
As part of a dynamic and supportive team, the successful candidate will play a vital role in helping ACT make a positive impact on individuals and communities across West Cornwall. This position focuses on expanding access to sport and physical activity for all, contributing to the growth, development, and diversity of opportunities in the region.
We are looking to recruit a Schools and Community Coach who will primarily deliver sessions in a variety of school settings, as well as support community-based programmes including football development programmes and half-term camps. As a registered charity, Argyle Community Trust works closely with Plymouth Argyle Football Club and partners across multiple sectors, using sport as a powerful tool to foster long-term engagement and community development.
A key responsibility of this role is to identify, establish, and maintain sustainable participation opportunities tailored to local needs, while also supporting regional delivery across Devon and Cornwall to ensure alignment with ACT’s strategic goals.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the KS1 and KS2 National Curriculum and school sport. Proven experience in delivering football and multi-skills activities to children aged 3–14 in a variety of settings—including schools and leisure venues—is essential.
Applicants should also hold relevant coaching or teaching qualifications across multiple sports and possess strong digital and administrative skills to support the wider responsibilities of the role.
WE are proud to be the official charity for Plymouth Argyle Football Club. Argyle Community Trust uses the prestige of football and the reach of the club to inspire, engage and help people of all ages, achieve their full potential.
Argyle Community Trust has a clear vision, along with our national partners, to be an active, inspirational and inclusive community hub for the South West region. We aim to have a positive impact on a range of groups within society and to provide the local community with the opportunity to explore their full potential, improve their life chances and aspirations through the power of football and Plymouth Argyle FC.
We are hugely proud to say we have changed lives and inspired people over the past 20 years and envisage this to continue for many years to come. We offer a large range of activities and programmes from football to nationally recognised educational qualifications, from health to social action and disability.
To ensure we remain focused and true to our aims we have a strategy showcasing what we do and how we we intend to continue and build upon our work.
Our Community Strategy builds on Argyle Community Trust’s desire to make a change to people’s lives using the power of Plymouth Argyle Football Club. The populations that we serve face barriers in relation to health, well-being, education, employment, levels of physical activity, high deprivation in some areas and low attainment levels.
Through the work undertaken as part of our last strategy, through research and consultation there is clear evidence to indicate our work is needed within our community. National, regional and local plans reflect the work that we undertake with the aim of breaking down the barriers stated above.