Active Schools Officer - Woking, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Woking, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Introduction

The starting salary for this role is £25,784.58 per annum (pro-rated from £29,291 full time equivalent), based on working 36-hours per week, 39 weeks per year. This is a 2-year fixed term/secondment opportunity ending on the 31st July 2025.**
About Us
As the Active Partnership for Surrey, we believe that movement matters. It matters to our health, our schools, our communities, and our environments.

Focused on tackling inactivity and inequality, we work together to help everyone in Surrey realise the benefits of a more active way of life by influencing systems, removing barriers, and creating opportunities to get people moving more.

Our vision is that everyone in Surrey, but with a particular focus on those who need it most, embrace moving more, to improve health and wellbeing and to thrive as an active community.

You will love this job if you:

Thrive on working collaboratively with a wide range of partners, in particular teachers and senior leaders in education and community organisations,
Enjoy delivering events, activities and training to young people and adults,
Are creative in finding innovative approaches and solutions to challenges,
Enjoy supporting a cohort of schools which can be varied and responsive to the local needs and wider community,
Have a passion for the role that high quality PE, school sport and physical activity can have in helping tackle health inequalities,
Are curious, eager to learn and share learning both internally and externally.

About the Role

Active Surrey is looking for an
Active Schools Officer (part of the national School Games Organiser network) to join the dynamic and enthusiastic Active Surrey team who provides advice, support, and services to all schools in Surrey.

You will help enrich young people's lives through the Surrey School Games programme.

Promoting the benefits of PE, school sport and physical activity to improve behaviour, attendance, and attainment in schools whilst contributing to tackling inactivity and health inequality in Surrey.

This is an extremely exciting time to join the Active Surrey team. We are now into our journey of Surrey's 10-year physical activity strategy, Movement for Change.

You will support delivering the aims of the strategy with a particular focus on an active lifestyle to support young people's wellbeing and promoting the understanding of this from an early age.

Reporting to the Active Schools Manager, you will be in a team of four ASO's who form part of the thriving Education and Events team and will work closely with local and national partners including School Sports Associations, community clubs, boroughs and districts, Youth Sport Trust and the Active Partnerships network.

In this job, you will be:

Supporting 4 primary and 1 secondary school sports association in the Waverley & Mole Valley areas to deliver and support events and competitions,
Be part of an event delivery team responsible for young leaders and teacher training and coordinate events and activities as part of the Surrey School Games,
Connect with partners to advocate the role that PE, school sport and physical activity can play to help support healthy lifestyles of young people.

You will have:

An understanding of the schools/education system and the role that PE, school sport and physical activity can play in improving lives of young people,
Experience of delivering training and events,
Effective communication and relationship management skills,
A keenness to draw out learnings and share them with partners,
A sound knowledge of best practice in Health and Safety / Safeguarding.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values
we follow.
Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 07/07/2023.

Interviews will take place the week commencing 18/07/2023.

This is a 24 month secondment / fixed term contract.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit
MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

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