Sport & Physical Activity Lead Basingstoke, Hampshire ·

Thrive Tribe; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Tribe is seeking a Physical Activity Lead to empower individuals in Hampshire to become more active. This role involves managing physical activity programmes, collaborating with community partners, and leading a small team. Ideal candidates will have health sector experience and a passion for promoting wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working

Regular team events and activities

Tailored health and wellbeing support

Rewards portal for discounts

Enhanced parental leave

23 days holiday increasing to 29 days

Qualifications

• Experience in line management within the health sector.
• Experience in co-production and working with partner organisations.
• Experience supporting individuals in making healthy lifestyle choices.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated geographic area for physical activity interventions.
• Develop and deliver physical activity programmes to increase client engagement.
• Line manage a small team of Physical Activity Practitioners.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Adaptability

Empathy

Education

Level 2/3 Fitness Qualification

Job description

Physical Activity Lead covering Rushmoor, Basingstoke & Deane, Hart, East Hampshire areas.

Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive!

At Thrive Tribe we deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that make people happier and healthier! It’s a super exciting time to join us as we begin to deliver a new targeted community physical activity service throughout Hampshire, and we’re looking for a Physical Activity Lead to join the team!

The objective of the service is to provide evidence-based, accessible physical activity interventions across Hampshire, enabling inactive adults (less than 30 minutes of activity a week), to become physically active. To ensure the service contributes to reducing health inequalities in Hampshire, delivery will be highly targeted to ensure the needs of specific population groups, with the greatest levels of inactivity, are met. The service will focus on supporting people to improve their health behaviours, and make long-term, sustainable changes to their lifestyle.

In your role as a Physical Activity Lead, you will be responsible for managing a designated geographic area. Through an ABCD approach (asset-based community development) you will generate a comprehensive understanding of existing physical activity opportunities that are appropriate for our clients, setting up robust and effective pathways to support access. Through co-production, you will identify gaps in community provision, developing new and innovative physical activity opportunities and working with local partner providers to bring these opportunities to life. You will be responsible for sub-contractor management, a small team of bank practitioners/freelancers, in addition to managing your own caseload of clients to increase their physical activity levels.

Like all roles at Thrive Tribe, you can expect your time at work to be fun, varied and challenging. We don’t like to stick to a firm JD as we know from experience that things change throughout the lifetime of a role and it gives our people the chance to play to their strengths.

A typical day as a Physical Activity Lead might include:

• Closely monitoring the progress of our physical activity programmes, reviewing performance against KPI’s and producing summary reports, when required
• Effective sub-contractor management, inclusive of data capture and reporting, underpinned by detailed service level agreements to ensure quality, effectiveness, safety and accessibility are central to everything our partners do
• Co-production to ensure the service is strongly positioned to identify any gaps in community physical activity provision, for us to focus on
• Developing and delivering a range of physical activity interventions that support clients to increase their physical activity levels
• Taking on the line management responsibility for a small team of Physical Activity Practitioners/freelancers, enabling them to carry out their roles effectively
• Staying abreast of all physical activity opportunities in your area, to ensure the service adds to its menu of options for our clients
• Ensure support is provided to our tier 2 adult weight management service, gloji Hampshire, specific to it’s physical activity-weight management offering
• Building effective working relationships with external partners such as primary and secondary care, Active Partnerships, voluntary sector organisations (and much more!)
• Working with colleagues across all our Thrive Tribe services to contribute to new projects and service developments – we’re always looking to share knowledge and resources!
• Ensuring due consideration is given to Information Governance and Clinical Governance legislation, requirements and guidance
• Helping us maintain the ethos of Thrive Tribe by driving our organisational culture forward across our services and using every opportunity to embed our values!

About you…

More than anything, we are looking for a team player who puts their heart in to their work. We’ve got some core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too!

Be the change

You like helping people. You’ll be working with those who need help the most, empowering them to make positive changes to thrive.

Be effective

You’re patient and can adapt under pressure. Always happy to make time for other people, and have a great attitude.

Be happy

You recognise the power of a smile. You value a fun, supportive workplace and want to come to work raring to go (check out our rating on Glassdoor).

Be successful

You are motivated and driven. Happy working solo or as part of a team, you love meeting targets and will be given opportunities to contribute and develop your career.

Be big-hearted

You want to make a difference. Working with a like-minded team of optimistic people, you want to engage in meaningful work and change lives.

To work with us in this role you will need to have some experience of line management in the health sector and/or co-ordinating a health programme, as well as experience in co-production, and working effectively with partner organisations. We’re also looking for someone who has experience of supporting individualsto make healthy lifestyle choices through physical activity or health coaching – a relevant qualification (such as Level 2/3 Fitness qualification) would be a bonus!

However, we hire based on attitude over traditional skills and experience so if you feel you are right for the job we would love to hear from you!

Perks…

Every person makes Thrive Tribe the incredible place it is to work and play together, we’re unstoppable. Within our buzzing environment our talented people work hard but we ensure lots of fun is thrown in too! We offer you;

• Regular team events and activities, including ThriveFest and our annual Challenge Weekend (for those who want to put their fitness to the test!)
• Flexible working – we’re serious about life/work balance
• Tailored health and wellbeing support such as access to life coaching
• Rewards portal offering discounts on shops, restaurants, and days out
• Enhanced parental leave
• 23 days holiday (full time equivalent), increasing every year up to a maximum of 29 days (plus Bank Holidays!)
• And last but not least, a day on us to live by our values!

Contract: Full time (37.5 hours), Permanent

Salary: Starting at £25,000

Closing Date: The closing date for applications is 13/06/2025.We reserve the right to close the opportunity early should we receive enough quality applicants.

Applicants will be contacted to outline the next stages of the process. Interviews are likely to take place on the W/C 16/06/2025.

To apply: Please attach your CV and a covering letter outlining why you are right for the position.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in Hampshire, with regular travel across the patch (car owner essential).

Please note, the successful applicant will be required to have the right to work in the UK.

Learn more about Thrive Tribe: https://www.thrivetribe.org.uk/

Got a question? If you’d like an informal chat about the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact the Head of Service, Ben [e-mail]

We believe that every personhas the right to thrive at work, which is why we are committed to equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate. Should you require any specific accommodations in the recruitment process please let us know in your application.