Strength and Conditioning Coach
The Edinburgh Academy
Job Type
Part Time
Location
Edinburgh
Salary
£45000 pa pro rata
Closing Date
30 August 2026
Classification
IQF Level 6
Job Summary
This part-time role involves leading strength and conditioning provision for student athletes and staff within The Edinburgh Academy. The post holder is expected to design and deliver S&C programmes across school sports, conduct sport-specific needs analysis, support athlete development, liaise with coaches and school staff, contribute to rehabilitation support, maintain athlete records, and help establish safe and professional operating procedures for the S&C facility.
IUSCA IQF Classification
This role appears to align most closely with IQF Level 6, as it involves autonomous programme design, delivery, monitoring, needs analysis, athlete record keeping, interdisciplinary communication, and responsibility for establishing and maintaining strength and conditioning provision across school sports. The role also includes responsibility for facility standards, risk management planning, and supporting injured athletes in collaboration with school medical and PE staff, which suggests professional accountability beyond a supervised or defined-scope Level 4 role.
Associated IUSCA IQF Certification
IUSCA IQF Level 6 Accredited International Strength and Conditioning Practitioner (aISCP)
Salary and Role Alignment
Amber. The hourly rate may be reasonable for a part-time school-based S&C role, particularly where the main expectation is early-morning session delivery. However, the advertised responsibilities appear broad for a 12.5-hour, term-time post. The role includes autonomous programme design across multiple sports, needs analysis, athlete records, risk management planning, policy development, and collaboration around injured athletes. These responsibilities are closer to Level 6 professional accountability, so the role may be under-scoped in terms of time allocation and overall remuneration if the post holder is genuinely expected to establish and maintain S&C provision across the school.
IUSCA Alignment Statement
This role has been classified by IUSCA based on publicly available information. The classification is intended to support professional transparency and help practitioners and employers understand the relationship between role scope, responsibility, autonomy, qualification expectations, and salary alignment. Applicants should review the original advert before applying.