About this role
Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 15 February 2026
Contract Type: Casual
Salary: FC6 £16.35 per hour
Working Pattern: Variable hours per week (0 hours contract)
Location: Various locations across Fife
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Job Details
Working within the Fife Active Schools workforce, Active Schools coaches will be responsible for delivering high quality sport and physical activity sessions across Fife. These sessions will support a range of programmes including extra-curricular clubs, parasport and parasport gold programmes, and targeted initiatives.
Programmes will be based in school and community venues across Fife with casual hours between 8am-7pm.
All candidates should possess relevant qualifications/experience in working with children with additional support needs or in sports leadership/coaching.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for. For more specific information about the people we are looking for, or if you feel you do not meet the criteria set out in the role profile, please get in touch with [email protected]
The Person
If you meet the essential criteria below, we’d like to hear from you:
Experience in working with children and young people.
Relevant qualifications/experience in working with children with additional support needs or in sports leadership/coaching.
Display a hardworking, empathetic and can-do attitude.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Membership through Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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For further information, please contact: Elizabeth Anderson at [email protected]
Other facts
About Fife Council
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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What you'll do
- Active Schools coaches will be responsible for delivering high-quality sport and physical activity sessions across Fife. These sessions will support a range of programmes including extra-curricular clubs and targeted initiatives.
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