Head of Programme; Leader

Job in Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17, England, UK

Listing for: MACCA Sports Academies Limited

Part Time position
Listed on 2026-01-26

Job specializations:

Education / Teaching
Child Development/Support, Preschool / Daycare, Special Needs / Learning Disabilities
Child Care/Nanny
Child Development/Support, Preschool / Daycare

Position: Head of Programme (Leader)

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can work within a supportive growing team during the school holiday periods, supporting our Holiday, Activities and Food programme, funded by the Department of Education.

A Head of Programme would be responsible for leading the holiday camp and leading activities to children ages 5 - 16 years old, with assistance from the onsite instructors. Activities follow a modular daily plan provided in advance of the holiday programme start date, each activity will follow any of the following pillars of activity:

Examples include:

Active:
Team Games, Striking & Fielding, Net & Wall Games (More listed below)
Creative:
Thank you cards, Tallest tower challenge, strongest bridge, friendship bracelets
Healthy:
Blind fold fruit tasting, smoothie making, healthy café challenge.

Working days are based off of team availability and can be flexible, we typically operate a 4-day working week from 4-5 hours per day*

Roles & Responsibilities

Safeguarding of children (Training will be provided on appointment).

Inform Regional Lead of safeguarding concerns.
Ensure all children are always supervised, both structured and unstructured activities (this includes toilet breaks, break and lunch).
Ensure instructors are well informed with their daily duties.
Ensure registers are completed in a timely manner and head counts sent to the Regional Leads.

Ensure arrival to site in a timely prompt manner (15 minutes in advance).

Delivery of activities provided (Team CPD days are used to help further understanding). Lead a range of activities across the programme, these could include but are not limited to;

Team Games;
Football, TAG-Rugby, Netball, Handball...
Net & Wall;
Short Tennis, Badminton, Seated Volleyball
Striking & Fielding;
Rounders, Kwik Cricket, Softball

Maintain a professional approach to your duties at all times and set high expectations for children attending our course/your activity.

Promote an ethos of inclusion and alignment with #BeYou #BeKind #BeGreat.

Site Location

The Ferrers School,
Queensway,
Higham Ferrers,
NN10 8LF

A PDF copy of your role description will be available before joining the team.

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