Positive Futures Development Officer
Grade 6: £24,719 - £28,311
3 x Full- time Posts
(Employee benefits include access to local government pension scheme, competitive annual leave entitlement, flexi time and agile working, employee health and fitness membership, and discounted food and beverage in Newport Live facilities for all our employees)
Newport Live is an award winning not for profit sport, leisure, arts, and cultural trust; a registered UK Charity with an excellent track record for delivering innovative engagement programmes and providing services to our communities that ‘inspire people to be happier and healthier’.
We are excited to be advertising new positions in our forward-thinking Community Sport & Wellbeing team, where we have recently refreshed several roles in line with our ambitious development plans, including those in our Positive Futures programme. The work of the team and the projects and interventions they deliver is highly regarded locally, regionally, and nationally by a wide range of sporting and non-sporting partners. Click here to get a better insight into the Community Sport & Wellbeing team, and some of the Positive Futures work!
We are looking for highly organised and enthusiastic individuals, who are passionate about working with children and young people, and who can demonstrate their knowledge and experience in youth engagement, community sport, education, and/or wellbeing, as part of the Positive Futures programme across Newport and Gwent.
The role is varied and exciting, and will regularly engage children, young people, families, and underrepresented groups in a fast-paced, collaborative working environment. You will deliver sport for development projects in communities and targeted settings in Newport, coordinate projects in a consistent child centred approach, being appreciative of the additional needs and barriers many of the children and young people we support are facing, and you will also represent the team within multi agency meetings working collaboratively with a wide range of sporting and non-sporting partners.
The post is fixed term until 31st March 2023 (predominantly funded our long term partnership with the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Gwent and other sources), with possible extensions subject to further grant agreements. The role is 37 hours per week with some flexibility, mainly Monday to Friday, but it will include evening, and some weekend work. You would be based at one of our facilities with the agility to work across Newport’s communities leading and supporting a wide range of exciting projects, interventions, and events.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) check.
If you are an experienced development professional, with the right values, looking for an exciting career opportunity - then you could well be what we are looking for and we’d love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role, please contact lucy.donovan@newportlive.co.uk Positive Futures Development Manager, or via Customer Services on 01633 656757.
Application Process - You can download an application form and job description via the Newport Live website www.newportlive.co.uk alternatively they are available via e-mail request from jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Please return the completed application forms to jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th April 2022 12pm
Interviews being held: Thursday 5th May 2022