Who We Are
Leicestershire is made up of vibrant, ambitious and resilient communities. Leicester City in the Community support these groups, and the people within them, through exciting programmes with a passionate and dedicated team at its core. We aim to Engage, Inspire and Empower through Togetherness, Respect and Pride, changing lives and transforming communities.
About The Role
The newly-formed Match Fit project aims to work with partner organisations to deliver shared objectives around increasing physical and wellbeing levels amongst the most inactive residents of Leicester and Leicestershire, focusing on adults.
Working as the Health and Wellbeing Coordinator you will be responsible for managing the Health and Wellbeing Coaches as part of the Match Fit programme, coordinating the delivery of projects and lead of delivery of mental health first aid and wellbeing workshops to participants.
Key duties of the role are:
- Coordinate and evaluate the impact measures associated with the delivery of Healthy Goals, Healthy Minds project, and ensure robust systems are in place to record physical activity and wellbeing levels
- Support the work with key stakeholders and Leicester City in the Community’s ‘Insight, Impact and External Funding Manager’ to identify funding for new areas of ‘health and wellbeing’ work, to match fund existing streams, to sustain and further develop existing ‘health and wellbeing’ projects
- Support, manage and develop staff working across ‘health and wellbeing’ programmes (targets, one-to-ones, personal development portfolios)
- Monitor finances (including income & expenditure) for all ‘health and wellbeing’ programmes and projects
Who We’re Looking For
If you are looking for a new challenge, want to share your skills and experience in a varied and exciting role, we want to hear from you.
Skills required for success:
- Hold relevant professional qualifications in physical activity and wellbeing or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Relevant experience of engaging with adults in a community setting
- Experience of delivering and coordinating wellbeing interventions to engage adults using sport
- Experience of engaging underrepresented groups including female, BAME, and disabled participants
- Experience of managing a staff team
- Must satisfy relevant pre-employment checks including enhanced DBS check
Contract Type – 12-month fixed-term contract
Hours Per Week – 37.5, you may be required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings and weekends.
Location – LCitC is based at King Power Stadium, Leicester. The delivery of sessions with take part at partner locations, therefore you will need the ability to travel across multiple sites across Leicester and Charnwood. You may need to travel to multiple sites within one day.
Leicester City in the Community is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Leicester City in the Community is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.
A shortlist of suitable applicants will be compiled shortly after the closing date and successful candidates will be contacted about the interview process.
If you feel you have the qualities and experience we are looking for please apply by sending and an application form, along with a covering letter, by email to recruitment@lcfc.co.uk.
View the full job description here.
Closing Date – 12 October, 2020