About

• 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 elizabethf.anderson@fife.gov.uk
• 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
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Directorate Information - Council Department information
• Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @FCJobsOfficial.
• Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email: transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk
• For further information, please contact: Elizabeth Anderson at elizabethf.anderson@fife.gov.uk