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Community Sport and Wellbeing Officer

Employer
Chelmsford City Council
Location
Chelmsford, Essex
Salary
Grade 6 - £25,599 per annum
Closing date
28 Apr 2019

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Contract Type
Full time

Job Details

The Community Sport and Wellbeing Team at Chelmsford City Council is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and well qualified person to plan, develop and organise a range of community based activities and sports sessions to increase the physical activity levels of children and adults.

The successful candidate will take a proactive role in developing new ideas and reacting to external funding streams to introduce new projects. They will supervise casual staff including coaches, instructors and play workers. 

An office base will be provided and the post holder will be required to visit and deliver a number of the activity sessions themselves, alongside their team.

Other duties will include general marketing and promotion of the various projects, engaging with participants and partner organisations by email, phone and social media, as well as other associated administrative tasks.

Candidates should have experience of working in the leisure/fitness/sports sector as a coach/leader and ideally have some supervisory experience.

The normal working week for office staff is 37 hours.  Normal office hours are worked between 8.45am and 4.45pm on Monday - Friday.  Please note, you may be asked to work anytime during the week when activity sessions are running and this will include evening and weekend work. 

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with the Disclosure and Barring Service process.

Company

Working at Chelmsford City Council

Chelmsford City Council’s core objectives are to provide high quality public spaces and increase the quality of life of the citizens. Chelmsford is also committed to promote a more sustainable and healthier environment.

As employer, Chelmsford has a strong focus on career growth and skills development, offering a variety of training opportunities for staff. 

Why work for Chelmsford?

  • Competitive salary.
  • Great railway connections.
  • Interest free loans for bus or train season tickets.
  • Training and development.
  • Employees will have cash plan scheme to cover healthcare costs, such as dental or optical costs.
  • Generous annual leave allowance.
  • Work/life balance.
Company info
Website
Telephone
01245 606606
Location
Civic Centre
Duke Street
Essex
GB

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