Community Coach - Outreach

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A major sports organization in Manchester is looking for a Community Outreach Coach to deliver engaging football sessions for children and young people. Responsibilities include program planning, partnership building, and ensuring a safe environment for participants. Ideal candidates should have relevant qualifications, strong experience in youth work, and excellent communication skills. Evening work on Fridays and Saturdays is required. Applications close on February 4, 2026.

Benefits

Equal opportunities in employment

DBS check support

Qualifications

• Experience with young people in community settings or sports.
• Level 2 Coaching Certificate in football or youth work.
• Understanding of City in the Community's projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging sessions across Community Outreach projects.
• Maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Ensure safeguarding principles are embedded in the program.

Skills

Experience of working with children and young people

Excellent communication skills

Team-working abilities

Planning and delivering high-quality coaching sessions

Creative and passionate about continuous improvement

Resilient and adaptable to change

Education

A-C GCSE or equivalent in maths and English

Minimum Level 1 football coaching or youth work qualification

Educated to degree level in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Purpose

Established in 1986, City in the Community is Manchester City’s official charity. We support people across Manchester by empowering healthier lives through football. Our programmes place physical and mental wellbeing at their core, whilst also creating healthy futures and healthy communities.

The purpose of this role is to deliver fun, engaging sessions across Community Outreach projects across Greater Manchester including Premier League Kicks, Girls and Disability specific provision. Programme delivery includes Football and Multisport sessions as well as Youth Work and educational workshops.

Accountabilities

• Working in partnership with Community Outreach Officer and Lead Coach to support the planning and delivery of a high-quality programme ensuring it provides a fun, structured, enjoyable and safe environment for all participants to develop within.
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with key contacts within facilities and delivery partners to sustain long-term partnerships within the community.
• Working closely with Lead Coach, Project Officer and Safeguarding Officer to ensure participant needs are being met when at sessions and that interventions are effective.
• Investing in personal development via CITC quality assurance procedures and staff CPD opportunities when they present themselves to increase effectiveness personally and professionally.
• Ensuring that CITC’s Safeguarding policy and procedures are embedded to the highest standard across the team. Work to ensure that safeguarding practices and principles are adhered to, ensuring our legal and moral obligations towards the framework.
• Ensuring that all CITC and CFG policies and procedures are adhered to across the team, escalating any breaches as appropriate.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people or various groups within community settings
• Minimum Level 1 football coaching or youth work qualification
• Experience of planning and delivering high quality coaching/youth engagement sessions which are challenging and inclusive to the needs of the group
• A-C GCSE or equivalent in maths and English
• Competent across Microsoft office
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Creative and passionate about continuous improvement
• Resilient and adaptable to change
• Excellent and inclusive team-working abilities
• Level 2 Coaching Certificate in football
• Qualifications in other relevant sports or youth work/mentoring
• Experience of supporting participants with Disabilities in a football or sporting environment
• Experience of working in a Youth Work environment with challenging young people
• Educated to degree level in a relevant field (Education, Sports, Community)
• Understanding of City in the Community Foundation and its projects
• Experience and knowledge of working within a brand environment and understanding the responsibilities that are associated with representing a Premier League Football Club
• Experience of building relationships with external organisations and maintaining internal partnerships
• Full driving licence
• Excellent communication and motivation skills
• Experience of strong behaviour management

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment, and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.

Closing Date for Applications: 4th February 2026

'Please note, this role involves evening work on Fridays and Saturdays.'

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