Reports to: Education Manager
Direct reports: None
Location: SEMH school
Contract type: Term time only (opportunity for overtime)
Salary: up to £22,500 per annum
Working Days – 25 hours per week, hours between 9 and 4pm, Monday to Friday
Start date: September 2025
BACKGROUND
Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880, when Reverend Samuel Wathen Wigg identified rugby as a way to channel the energies of some of the county’s more troubled youngsters. More than 140 years on, Northampton Saints Foundation continues his legacy, using the power of sport and the values of rugby to INSPIRE, SUPPORT and EDUCATE thousands of people each year. Our education and social inclusion programmes inspire the current generation to learn, develop new skills, increase confidence and where appropriate return to education, training or employment.
ROLE
Responsible for delivering practical based content of existing programmes for Northampton Saints Foundation at a SEMH school out of county.
The successful candidate will be passionate, hardworking, and motivated to provide young people with engaging content and skills to enhance their learning and their future.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To deliver high quality, inclusive and engaging practical based sessions, either in dual delivered programmes in partnership with our classroom Education officers or within stand alone practical based programmes
- To converse with the Education Officer, if present, with regards to the focus/direction of sessions to showcase practical application of skills/values
- To have an understanding of working with young people with special education needs (SEND), social, emotional, mental health (SEMH) and behavioural difficulties.
- To understand the broad spectrum of Club and Foundation education programmes enabling comprehensive, high quality delivery of relevant content.
- To support in the continuous development of current and new programmes to enhance content and quality, meeting the Foundations ambition of ‘best in class’ programmes.
- To ensure high standards of health, safety and behaviour control whilst delivering Foundation programmes.
- Be fully conversant and up to date with safeguarding protocols and processes within an education setting.
- To develop relationships with education settings throughout delivery that ensure repeat bookings and retention.
- Positively contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the Foundation.
QUALIFICATIONS
- GCSE Maths & English Grade 4 or above (or equivalent)
- Level 2 Coaching qualification
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- An understanding / experience of working with young people with special education needs (SEND), social, emotional, mental health (SEMH) and behavioural difficulties.
- Ability to communicate and conduct professional relationships with children, young people, and adults.
- Ambitious, inspiring and passionate about pupils learning enabling them to meet their full potential.
- Experience of delivering practical sessions in education settings is essential
- Willingness to learn more/have interest in moving towards delivering within a classroom setting
- Knowledge of various sports/ delivery of multi-sport sessions
- Comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and promoting the well-being of children and young people
- Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service. Excellent adaptability skills to accompany their teaching style to suit the relevant year group.
- Excellent behaviour management and organisation skills.
- Be able to build quick relationships with pupils and colleagues along with having confidence in their own teaching ability.
- Ability to build strong relationships, work independently and as part of a delivery team
- Ability to self-motivate and use initiative.
- Committed to demonstrating the highest standards.
- Positive mindset, reliable and resilient.
OTHER
The role description, person specification, role grade and role title may be subject to change at the discretion of the Northampton Saints Foundation and in accordance with business developments. Any changes will be communicated to the role holder as appropriate.
Northampton Saints Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and would welcome applications from a fully diverse range of candidates, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring service check and Section 128 check.
A full, clean driving license and access to a vehicle to travel to sites is essential. Mileage will be paid at 45p per mile, from Northampton Saints Foundation to location.
APPLICATION:
Please send CV and covering letter to [email protected] with your name and role applied for in the subject line.
Closing date: Wednesday 18th June 2025
Proposed interview date: Thursday 19th June 2025/ Tuesday 24th June 2025
Please note, if we receive a large number of applications, we may close the process early, so interested parties are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Any CV’s, contact details or other personal data shared with Northampton Saints Foundation in relation to this position will be processed for recruitment purposes only. We are storing this data in line with our privacy policy, and any information will only be shared internally as required to undertake shortlisting and interviews with those directly connected to the recruitment process.
We would like to keep this data until this position is filled. When that period is over, we will delete your data unless we specifically inform you that we will keep it on file for future roles.
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