PE Teacher and Sports Coordinator

**Location:** Sankore International School, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
**Reports to:** Head of Teaching and Learning
**Start date:** August 1
**Position type:** Full-time

## About Sankore International School

Sankore International School is a new, mission-driven school being established by SHOFCO in Nairobi. The school opens in 2026 serving early years through primary, expanding one grade per year toward full capacity. Sankore combines an international curriculum with a strong Kenyan identity and a commitment to access, including a significant proportion of tuition-free students.

Sankore is designed as a deliberately diverse learning community where students build the skills and strengths of character to create a better world for themselves and all of us. Physical education and sport will be central to that vision: building confidence, teamwork, wellbeing, discipline, joy, and a lifelong relationship with movement.

## Role Overview

The PE Teacher and Sports Coordinator will lead physical education and sports programming for students at Sankore International School. Reporting to the Head of Teaching and Learning, this role combines direct PE teaching with the development of Sankore’s broader sports, movement, and extracurricular athletics program.

The role will design inclusive, age-appropriate PE lessons, build foundational movement skills, coordinate after-school and extracurricular sports opportunities, manage external sports and activity vendors, and develop Sankore’s participation in fixtures, competitions, and partnerships with other schools. The primary PE and sports coach role should emphasize inclusive PE instruction, fundamental movement skills, confidence, teamwork, school competitions, sports clubs, and safe participation for all children.

Because this is a learner-facing role, safeguarding is central. International school safeguarding guidance treats child protection as a whole-school responsibility and emphasizes safer recruitment, secure records, staff training, and vigilance across all adult roles working with children.

## Core Responsibilities

### 1. Physical Education Teaching and Learning

- Plan and deliver engaging, inclusive PE lessons for students.
- Develop students’ fundamental movement skills, coordination, balance, strength, agility, spatial awareness, and confidence.
- Introduce students to age-appropriate games, athletics, movement activities, team sports, individual challenges, cooperative play, and fitness practices.
- Differentiate PE instruction for students with varied physical, developmental, language, sensory, and learning needs.
- Build a positive culture where all students can participate, improve, and experience joy in movement.

### 2. Sports Program Development

- Build Sankore’s foundational sports program as the school grows.
- Develop age-appropriate pathways from PE lessons to clubs, teams, friendly fixtures, and competitions.
- Identify priority sports and activities suited to Sankore’s facilities, student interests, staffing, and growth model in partnership with the Business Manager.
- Establish standards for training, participation, sportsmanship, safety, and student development.
- Create systems for team selection, practice schedules, attendance, equipment, permissions, transport coordination, and parent communication in partnership with the Business Manager.

### 3. Extracurricular Activities and Vendor Management

- Coordinate all extracurricular sports and movement-related vendors.
- Identify, vet, onboard, schedule, and supervise external providers in alignment with Sankore’s standards in partnership with the operations team.
- Ensure vendors follow safeguarding, child protection, safety, attendance, communication, and professional conduct expectations.
- Monitor quality of instruction and student experience across extracurricular offerings.
- Maintain records of vendor agreements, schedules, student participation, incidents, and feedback.
- Work with the Business Manager and school leadership on vendor budgets, procurement, and service quality.

### 4. Fixtures, Competitions, and Inter-School Coordination

- Identify appropriate competitions, leagues, festivals, friendly matches, and sports networks for early years and elementary students.
- Coordinate with other schools to arrange fixtures, shared events, and future competitive opportunities.
- Manage logistics for school participation, including schedules, permissions, transport, supervision, uniforms, equipment, and communication.
- Prepare students for competitions in ways that emphasize effort, teamwork, confidence, respect, and healthy competition.
- Represent Sankore professionally with peer schools, event organizers, families, and external partners.

### 5. Safeguarding, Safety, and Student Wellbeing

- Uphold Sankore’s safeguarding, child protection, and student wellbeing policies at all times.
- Maintain safe ratios, supervision, routines, and boundaries in PE, sports, changing areas, trave