Relief Assistant Coach

Job Description

• Work location: Strathdearn Primary School
• Contract type: Relief (As and when required)
• Salary: £14.68 per hour
• Homeworking: This post is not suitable for homeworking
• Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity's purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
• Assist with the delivery of extra-curricular term time and holiday activity sessions which are appropriate to the needs and abilities of the participants.
• Support with development of the Strathdearn after school activity provision, assisting the Lead who in turn will support with the delivery of further activities.
• Work alongside the Lead, Active Schools Co-ordinator and Strathdean Community Development Team to ensure activities become sustainable and volunteer led.
• Ensure participants are made welcome to their activity, enjoy their activity, and know what is expected of them to gain most from the activity.
• Maintain registers, records and statistics of activities in line with established procedures.
• The safe setting up and tidying away of equipment.
• Adhere to sport-specific risk assessments, and perform dynamic risk assessments before and during all sessions
• Know and comply with the Active Schools System of work and Emergency Action Plan for the facility where activities are taking place.
• Pursue continuous professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of High Life Highland as a whole.
• Attend and undertake any training online or in person.
• Aim to reduce wastage and uphold our environmental values of being as sustainable as possible in all tasks.
• Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the team.
• Maintain an awareness and knowledge of the risk management responsibilities appropriate to their role, as identified within the HLH Risk Policy and associated guidance documentation.

A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is required for this post

Date posted: 2nd October 2026

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.

High Life Highland (HLH) is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable groups,including children and protected adults and believes that they should never experience any kind ofabuse. It has a responsibility to promote the welfare of those in vulnerable groups and to keep themsafe and to practice in a way that protects them. HLH expects all those with whom the Charity engagesto share this position. Where applicable, new positions will be subject to the appropriate level of Disclosure Scotland checking; identity checks (address, date of birth), employment/experience history,two references (one of which must be most recent employer, where appropriate), qualifications, Rightto Work in the UK (where applicable). The above will apply to anyone working on behalf of HLH (paid orunpaid) including all board directors, staff, workers, volunteers, agency staff and students.