E&C - Active Schools Coordinator (Temporary)

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

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Learning academy LearnNL

Job summary

North Lanarkshire Council is seeking an Active Schools Coordinator to motivate children and young people to adopt active lifestyles across schools and communities. You will support new initiatives to facilitate regular, safe and enjoyable sport and physical activities, working with partners to promote inclusion and diversity.

The role requires a degree or equivalent, experience in sport and customer service, and strong communication, teamwork, and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in a relative discipline
• Experience in sport and physical activity environment
• Experience of working with customers and delivering customer focused services
• Excellent communicator with team working, influencing and negotiating skills

Responsibilities

• Provide opportunities and motivation to children and young people in North Lanarkshire schools and communities to adopt active, healthy lifestyles
• Develop and implement initiatives to promote regular, safe and enjoyable sport and physical activities
• Collaborate with partners to deliver customer focused services and promote equality and diversity in sport

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Influencing

Negotiation

Problem solving

Education

Degree or equivalent

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.

You will require to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member through Disclosure Scotland and obtain a satisfactory membership check prior to commencing in this role.

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

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.

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

*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.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention's Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity.