Active Schools Coordinator (Temporary) - REQ06628 - 487271

North Lanarkshire Council; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

LearnNL

Annual Leave 27 days

Training & Development

Job summary

North Lanarkshire Council in Scotland is seeking an Active Schools Coordinator to drive opportunities for children and young people to take part in sport and physical activity within schools and communities. You will support new initiatives, promote healthy lifestyles, and work with partners to deliver regular, safe and enjoyable activities while using strong communication and teamwork skills.

The role offers a cooperative environment with flexible working considerations and access to LearnNL

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in a related discipline.
• Experience in sport and physical activity environment.
• Experience delivering customer-focused services.
• Excellent communicator with strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Promotes equality and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate opportunities to engage children and young people in sport and physical activity.
• Develop initiatives to facilitate regular, safe, and fun activities.
• Support schools and communities in promoting active lifestyles.
• Work as part of a team and with stakeholders.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Negotiation

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related discipline

Job description

NLC10 - £43,043 - £49,231 per year

Do you have a passion for sports and are motivated, enthusiastic and results orientated? Do you enjoy working as part of a team and have extensive experience of working with children and young people through sport and physical activity? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our Active Schools team in conjunction with Sportscotland.

As an Active Schools Coordinator, you will play a key role in offering opportunities and motivation to the children and young people in North Lanarkshire schools and communities, to adopt active, healthy lifestyles, now and into adulthood. You will support and develop new initiatives to facilitate regular, frequent, safe and fun sport and physical activities.

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relative discipline, you will have experience of working in a sport and physical activity environment as well as experience of working with customers and delivering customer focused services. You will be an excellent communicator, work well as part of a team with strong influencing and negotiating skills, with the ability to build trust. A problem solver, you will also value and promote equality and diversity within school and community sport.

This temporary post is jointly funded by SportScotland and will continue subject to the extension of the partnership agreement.

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council.

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

If you're considering a career with us, you'll be keen to know what's in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.