Adventure Sports Coach - Tower Hamlets, London E3
Young Tower Hamlets and Tower Hamlets Council
Location: Urban Adventure Base, London E3
Salary: £40,953 to £42,851
Adventure Sports Coach at Young Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets Council)
Grade: H
1. Context
This is an incredibly exciting time to join Tower Hamlets Youth Service.
A key priority within the Tower Hamlets Council Strategic Plan is to transform and improve services for young people in the borough. We are ambitious about ensuring that all young people in the borough have access to a diverse range of youth work opportunities, activities and support through the delivery of a high-quality youth service.
2. The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time Adventure Sport Coach within Young Tower Hamlets (YTH).
The Sport & Adventure Learning Team within YTH offers a range of exciting, engaging adventure learning activities to young people in Tower Hamlets including canoeing, kayaking, indoor rock climbing, mountain biking, inclusive cycling, BMX, skateboarding, skating, artificial caving and archery. The team also manages the borough's Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) programme, which includes the management and delivery of DofE Expeditions.
This role will have a focus on the delivery and coordination of indoor rock climbing which includes GCSE PE Rock Climbing, NICAS Climbing and Bouldering, community events and youth-based sessions. Climbing facilities include Limehouse Youth Centre, Urban Adventure Base and mobile climbing tower.
In this dynamic role the Adventure Sports Coach will:
- Have a lead role delivering and developing rock climbing
- Hold relevant qualifications in rock climbing, minimum Climbing Wall Instructor
- Hold relevant qualifications in other adventurous activities, e.g. Paddlesport Instructor, Lowland Leader Award
- Support the Adventure Sport Coordinator and team with coordination and delivery of the wider Adventure Learning Programme
- Deliver high-quality outdoor activity and sport sessions and programmes to the local community via day-time sessions with schools, local community groups and youth groups, community events and open-access youth sessions.
- Support with the full delivery and quality assurance of national accredited programmes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Sports Leaders Awards.
- Assist the Group Manager and Adventure Sport Coordinator in the management of the Team’s works programme and ensure appropriate and safe standards of work and activity delivery are maintained.
- Complete appropriate planning, monitoring, risk management and evaluation of sessions, off-site visits and expeditions.
3. Role Requirements
- National Governing Body qualified, in one or more adventurous activities with priority given to rock climbing
- Holds an appropriate Outdoor First Aid qualification or work towards achieving within 6 months of appointment.
- Experience of working with young people in an inner-city environment.
4. Our offer
We are committed to developing excellent managers and practitioners and making Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. If you choose to work with us, you will benefit from:
A competitive salary - £40,953 to £42,851
- Up to 31 days annual leave rising to 32 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays
- Learning and development opportunities via my annual review scheme and supervision
- Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave
- Opportunities for agile/flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme/ Rent deposit scheme/Access to free eye tests
- Discounted gym/Costco membership
- You at Work discounts and many others
We have fantastic transport links – Tower Hamlets Town Hall is directly opposite Whitechapel Station, which is a minute away. Whitechapel is an interchange station which serves Hammersmith & City, District, Overground, with quick access to central line DLR and Jubilee lines. We also have the Crossrail Elizabeth line with links to Canary Wharf, Shenfield/Abbey Wood/Heathrow and Stratford, which is the best-connected hub in London.
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.
Application Details
- Interviews: week commencing 29th of September 2025
All applications should be made via our online application system, no CVs or alternative forms of applications are accepted.
If you require more information on the role, please contact [email protected]