GLL is looking for Pickleball Coaches, to work at across Belfast Leisure Centres. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Pickleball Coach, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a coaching job, it's a career.
The Pickleball Coach role is responsible for delivering engaging, inclusive, and high-quality pickleball sessions for players of all ages and abilities. You will support the growth of pickleball across the city by leading structured coaching sessions, social play opportunities, and introductory activities designed to increase participation. You will play a key role in creating a welcoming and enjoyable environment where participants can develop their skills, meet others, and stay active through pickleball.
What you’ll do:
Arrive ahead of sessions to prepare courts, equipment, and coaching plans.
Deliver structured pickleball coaching sessions for beginners, improvers, and recreational players.
Lead social pickleball sessions, ensuring games are organised, inclusive, and enjoyable.
Welcome participants and introduce new players to the sport.
Explain pickleball rules, scoring systems, and gameplay techniques.
Organise games and rotations to maximise participation and court usage.
Adapt sessions to suit different abilities, experience levels and ages (juniors/adults/seniors).
Provide coaching feedback and encouragement to help players develop their skills.
Promote a friendly and social atmosphere that encourages repeat participation.
Ensure safe use of courts and equipment throughout the session.
Set up and pack down pickleball nets, paddles, balls, and court equipment.
Gather feedback from participants to help improve future sessions.
Support the promotion and growth of pickleball programmes within the centre/city.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you need:
* Pickleball Level 1 qualification.
Experience delivering racket sport sessions (pickleball, tennis, badminton or similar, desirable).
Sports Activator Essentials training (if required by GLL).
Enhanced DBS check.
Safeguarding qualification.
Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Enthusiasm for developing players and growing participation in pickleball.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!
The basics:
Flexible positions available. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service, flexible working may be possible, working from home is not possible in this role.
We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry leading rates of pay.
We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available.
A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
As a staff owned organisation you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and to have a stake in your business.
Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:
Access to a pension scheme.
Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
Free annual eye tests.
Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc.
Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.
