Table Tennis Coach

Job Reference: TTC/09.2026

Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £14,144.84 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £28,234 per annum dependent on skills and experience.

Working Hours: 20 hours per week 52 weeks per year. The working hours are 20 per week on average. Regular working hours are 7 per day Thursday and Friday including up till 8pm on a Thursday, with the remainder used to cover tournament weekends across the year. Flexibility to cover absence or holiday would be advantageous.

With our academy programme continuing to develop and grow, we seek to appoint a qualified Table Tennis Coach to support the delivery of 1:1 and group training sessions as well as provide coaching support at tournaments

The purpose of this role is to demonstrate high-quality professional practice and provide quality coaching at a variety of levels. Devise action plans / individual learning plans and maintain appropriate records.

The successful applicant must have:

• Qualified to UKCC Level 2 or above, or a willingness to obtain
• Knowledge of Table Tennis coaching techniques and methodology for 11-20 year olds
• Current first aid and safeguarding certificate or a willingness to obtain
• Experience of working with 11-20 year olds within a table tennis coaching environment
• Experience of planning and delivering a coaching programme
• Full driving licence
• The ability to manage planning, communication and administrative duties
• The ability to work co-operatively with others
• The ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• The ability to relate to students and to set appropriate standards of punctuality, attendance and conduct

The roles main duties include:

• Delivering coaching sessions to a large group and/or individual members of the Table Tennis Academy alongside the other coaching staff
• Having the ability to deliver current coaching methods and have good understanding and knowledge of the current game
• Operating as an effective member of the table tennis academy
• Carrying out administrative duties associated with the table tennis academy
• Providing such returns or reports as may from time to time be required by the Head of Curriculum
• Aiding with recruitment to the programme and networking on a National and International level
• Assisting as and when required at our partner programme with the David Ross Education Trust
• Keeping our social media accounts up to date with current news and liaise with the college marketing department to ensure wider publicity
• Attending tournaments as and when required throughout the season

This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.

Fancy a 4-day working week*?

Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month

Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.

What we offer you in return:

• An excellent pension scheme :
  • Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5% 
• A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
• In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
  • 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
• Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
• Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
• Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave

The closing date for all applications will be Wednesday 23 September 2026. Interviews will take place on Thursday 01 October 2026.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to hrapplications@grantham.ac.uk  
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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