Richard Luscombe Location: Plymouth
Job Description
Hours: 16-24 hours per week; evening and weekend work are a requirement of the post
Salary: £9,200 – £13,800 plus benefits
Contract: Permanent position, Part time
Reports to: Active Through Football Project Manager and Health & Wellbeing Manager
Area: Plymouth
Start Date: January 2023
Closing date for applications: Monday 5th December, 5pm
Interview Date: Tuesday 13th December
At Argyle Community Trust, we are looking for an individual who has the passion, enthusiasm and commitment to increase participation in grassroots sport through this new and exciting project. The right person will be able to generate and maintain strong relationships with local people, communities, and organisations in order to recruit participants onto the Active Through Football programme. They must have empathy and an awareness of the barriers to participation and wider societal issues that prevent people from engaging in sport. The project will require the post holder to support hard-to-reach community members and be able to inspire them to re-engage with sport and physical exercise, as well as wider health and lifestyle workshops.
The role is a part-time post, with responsibility to deliver predominantly female-only physical activity sessions within Active Through Football targeted areas, which include, Whitleigh, Honicknowle, Devonport and Stonehouse. The physical activity sessions that are to be delivered, will mainly consist of circuit classes that involve the use of a football within some aspects of a typical circuit class, e.g soccercise. The postholder will also be required to assist work on additional Argyle Community Trust projects within the wider Health & Wellbeing remit such as FitFans.
As part of the Health and Well-being team at Argyle Community Trust, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the Project Manager in planning and implementing the Active Through Football project. The candidate must have good, in-depth knowledge of health, well-being and behaviour change processes. Experience of delivering health, wellbeing, and exercise interventions, in a wide range of community setting for adults is essential.
We would also expect the candidate to have experience in working one-to-one with individuals, as well as in small groups, to motivate and educate participants in the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. An awareness of how Active Through Football is aligned to wider sport/community development and public health objectives is also expected. The successful candidate would also have experience of mentoring individuals, supporting them in setting lifestyle/exercise improvement plans and offering pastoral support to participants as part of their wider development. A key element for the post is on-going community engagement and interaction with targeted communities. Therefore, the post holder must be able to reach out and develop relationships within local people and encourage those currently not engaged in sport provisions within their local areas to take part.
Argyle Community Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. Argyle Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all participants on our programmes and promotes robust policies to ensure that our staff and volunteers adhere to safe practices. The successful candidate will be subject to undertaking enhanced DBS checks prior to employment.
If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application form https://forms.gle/pVDyw3boUP1aHoGu6
In your covering letter you should draw on relevant aspects of your experience, including paid employment and voluntary work or training to demonstrate how your skills, experience and personal qualities match the requirements of this job specification. If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post please contact Actrecruitment@pafc.co.uk
For further information about the work of Argyle Community Trust and our strategic aims visit https://argylecommunitytrust.co.uk/about-us/
For more information on the Active Through Football Project, please visit:
https://argylecommunitytrust.co.uk/what-we-do/health/active-through-football/
The postholder may also be required to complete additional responsibilities that align with the Active Through Football programme.
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