Spear Kennington - Assistant Coach

About Spear Kennington

Spear is partnering with St Mark’s Church, to deliver the Spear Programme in Kennington.

The Spear Programme is delivered in Spear Kennington which offers young people professionally recognised coaching, for free, to support them into sustainable work or education. They leave Spear equipped to thrive in work and life. 

About the role

We’re looking for a passionate, people-focused and self-motivated individual who is driven by social justice and wants to see young people facing barriers to employment thrive. Joining Spear’s coaching team, you will play a key role in delivering our programme, supporting group coaching sessions of up to 15 young people and weekly 1:1s that equip them with the skills and mindsets to return to work or education, and to stay there. You’ll walk alongside trainees through our 12-month Spear Career follow-up support, and build relationships with local organisations to bring more young people onto the programme.

This role is ideal for someone with high emotional intelligence, confident communication skills and a great sense of humour, who enjoys coaching people through challenges, creating moments of breakthrough and celebrating progress. You’ll receive full training in our professional coaching methodology, so it’s a brilliant opportunity for someone eager to learn and grow as a coach and leader.

For more information please read through our Job Specification and Work with us pack.

If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Key Information:

• Salary: from £27,000
• Full-time, Permanent - Monday to Friday
• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days) plus bank holidays
• A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer
• Closing date: 9am on Thursday 3rd December (We interview on a rolling basis and may close the role early if we find the right candidate)

Person Specification

• An active Christian, dedicated to representing the values and ethos of Spear and St Mark’s Church.
• A commitment to grow and learn spiritually and as a Christian leader, and a desire to 
• learn and understand coaching techniques.
• Passion for social justice, especially supporting young people into employment or education.
• High emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and fun!
• Confident communication and interpersonal skills, both over telephone and face to face.
• An ambitious and self-motivated individual with the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure.