Company Description
🎉
NOW RECRUITING! 🎉
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Schools Programme Officer: Primary
📍 East London & Essex | 💷 £28,500 | 📅 Contract to Dec 2026 (to be extended in line with funding)
Become a game-changer for children aged 5–11!
⚽ Join the Team. Inspire the Next Generation. Make Learning Legendary.
At the
award-winning West Ham United Foundation, we’re using the power of football to fire up imaginations, boost confidence, and transform classrooms across East London and Essex. With our brand-new Community Hub now open, we’re bigger, bolder, and ready to bring top-class learning to thousands more children — and we want
you to be part of the journey!
We're looking for a superstar
Schools Programme Officer: Primary to help deliver our exciting
Premier League Primary Stars programme and Extended Services offer. If you love working with young people, have a passion for education and sport, and want every day to feel like matchday… this might be your dream role.
Position
🌟 What You’ll Do (AKA: Your Starting Line-Up Duties)
- 🏆 Lead and grow our Extended Services offer — from PE to clubs, you’ll bring the energy.
- 📣 Recruit new primary schools and build brilliant relationships with Headteachers.
- ⚽ Deliver inspirational PE lessons, classroom activities, football coaching and more.
- 🍎 Coordinate and deliver our exciting Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) programme.
- 📊 Plan, track, and evaluate sessions — helping us keep winning off the pitch too.
- 🤝 Engage children from diverse communities and help them develop skills for life.
- 🚀 Work with the Education team to shape the future of WHUF’s school programmes.
Requirements
🧩 What You Bring (Your Player Strengths)
- A passion for helping children learn, grow, and be active.
- Experience working with primary-aged children in schools or community settings.
- A Level 2 coaching qualification (any sport!) and confidence delivering PE.
- Creativity, motivation, and the ability to plan inspiring sessions.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build great professional relationships.
- A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, equality and doing things the right way.
(Don’t have First Aid or Safeguarding training yet? We’ll sort that!)
Safeguarding Commitment
We’re committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding children and adults at risk. This role is subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Other information
Benefits on offer (may vary based on contract type and location)
- 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
- Pension and life insurance
- Healthcare cash scheme
- Travel season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Priority access to apply for match tickets
- Discounted season tickets
- Staff discounts in the club store, café and our official partners products and services
- Discounted gym membership and onsite fitness room facilities
- Family friendly leave policies
- Company Social events
EDI Statement
- The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, aligning with the organisation’s business and tactical approach to eliminating barriers and addressing inequity. You agree to actively contribute to creating a discrimination-free and inclusive environment, ensuring equitable access to opportunities and benefits, while fostering a culture of dignity and respect that enables everyone to perform and achieve their potential.
- Candidates must demonstrate their capability and willingness to uphold best practices and procedures, promoting lasting positive change while eliminating biases and barriers to attracting, achieving, and supporting talent from all communities, regardless of background, circumstances, or protected characteristics.
Safeguarding
- The successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to the safety and welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk of harm across all stakeholders. Everyone, including third parties who work with the Club or the West Ham Foundation, is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals. Successful candidates must undergo essential background checks before starting their employment, which may include screening of social media. The type of DBS check required will depend on the responsibilities of the position and may be basic, standard, or enhanced.
- The successful candidate agrees to proactively identify and respond appropriately to any concerns, and follow the Club's Safeguarding reporting procedures to report allegations of abuse, poor practice, or anything that may impact the welfare of a child, young person, or adult at risk without delay, within 24 hours, or as otherwise directed by the Club’s or the West Ham Foundation Safeguarding Team.
Applications
📝 To apply, please submit your application via our careers portal: https://www.careers.whufc.com
📅 Deadline: 5pm Friday 19th December 2025
📌 Please note: Due to the high volume of applications expected, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
