31 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    11 October 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    10 September 2026

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Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Sports science

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£26,129 to £32,114

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • A genuine passion for sport and working with young people, with experience in a sports-related environment and a commitment to promoting health, fitness and wellbeing.

  • A confident communicator and engaging leader, able to present to groups, lead activities and motivate students to get involved and achieve their best.

  • Strong subject knowledge, supported by a Level 3+ Sport qualification and ideally a degree in Sport, Sport Science, Coaching, Strength &Conditioning or a related discipline.

  • Experience of teaching, coaching or delivering Sport or Uniformed Services would be an advantage, but we’re equally keen to hear from those ready to take their first step into teaching.

  • Well organised, adaptable and proactive, with the confidence to use your initiative, manage competing priorities and respond positively to new challenges.

  • Committed to your own professional development, with a willingness to work towards a Level 5 teaching qualification and other relevant qualifications, including Gym/Fitness Instructing and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition Skills, where required.

What the college offers its staff

  • Annual Salary:£26,129to£32,114depending on experience– see job description for breakdown

  • Full-timeposition,37hours per week, all year round.

  • Generous pension scheme of28.68%employercontributionsfor Lecturing post and16.1%for the Sports Assistant post

  • Staff discount scheme with high street and online retailers

  • Opportunities for professional development and career growth

  • Employee assistance programme

  • Free on site gym

  • Subsidised catering facilities

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Access to free staff parking

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on college website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Sport Lecturer & Sport Assistant JD Sept 26.pdf - 207 KB (opens in new tab)

About Yeovil College

Organisation type
FE College, ages 16 to 99
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
No information available
Age range
16 to 99
Ofsted report
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Website
Yeovil College website
Email address
recruitment@yeovil.ac.uk
Phone number
01935 845453
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Yeovil College has been serving the community in and around Yeovil for almost 140 years.


The College was first formed in 1887 when Somerset County Council began formally organising Science and Art classes in Yeovil. In 1947, the first Principal was appointed to lead Yeovil Technical College and when secondary education in the Yeovil Borough was reorganised in 1974, Yeovil College became one of the early tertiary colleges to be formed in England.


Today, Yeovil College remains passionate about its role as a key provider of education and training in South Somerset and North and West Dorset. It remains committed to its role as a tertiary college for the whole community.

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