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Job Purpose:

The Junior Sports Development Officer role is a full-time role with regular meetings in East Surrey. The role involves the operational planning and delivery of inclusive sports programmes for amputees and individuals with limb difference, including events, taster days, workshops, programmes and ongoing activities. This is an admin and event focused role. Day-to-day tasking include recruiting and liaising with programme participants, families and partner organisations, coordinating events and programmes logistics, maintaining accurate records via a CRM systems and monitoring and evaluation of programmes. The officer will promote activities through clear communication, digital channels, and community outreach and will contribute to developing paper and video resources and guidance for coaches and professionals on adapting sport for our community. The role also includes supporting fundraising initiatives, reporting to senior staff and collaborating with colleagues to ensure sage, engaging and accessible opportunities for all participants.

The Sports Development Officer will engage with key partners and agencies about the delivery of LimbPower’s Sport England NDSO Programme. The post holder will increase participation in physical activity and sports supporting more amputees and adults with limb difference to take part in physical activity and sports activities across the country.

Key Responsibilities

•To implement and monitor the Sport England NDSO programme providing regular progress reports as required.

•To coordinate, manage and implement a programme of interventions (including the Introduction to Sport Workshops, The LimbPower Games, Toolkits, NGB Sports Plans, Limb Centre Visits and management of LimbPower Events).

•To ensure effective and appropriate communication is maintained with all relevant organisations and partners (including visits to Limb Centres, Private Clinics, Meetings with National Governing Bodies of Sport, Active Partnerships, attending relevant events and attending advisory meetings).

•To manage phone calls, emails, social media and meetings with success. Being competent with excel spreadsheets and keeping logs of all communications from participants to sporting organisations for monitoring purposes.

•To ensure that effective and appropriate communication is maintained with amputees and individuals with limb difference.

•To ensure that appropriate Policies and Procedures are in place and records maintained.

•To ensure systems are in place which will enable coaches and volunteers to be trained, developed and motivated effectively.

•To attend meetings/advisory groups on behalf of LimbPower.

•To ensure all activities are included on the LimbPower Website, in the Calendar of Events and Activities and on our social media pages.

•To ensure the Chief Executive is regularly updated on all aspects of work

•To perform other such tasks as deemed necessary and reasonable by the Chief Executive

•This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an indication of the areas of activity and may be amended from time to time in light of the changing needs of the organisation.

Typical work activities
The tasks that sports development officers could become involved with include:

•contacting community members about participation opportunities, via telephone, email, post and social media.

•contacting coaches/volunteers about coaching/volunteering opportunities, via telephone, email, post and social media,

•Keeping the LimbPower database up to date in accordance with GDPR guidelines,

•recruiting, training, supporting, developing and managing coaches and volunteers.

•Managing key volunteers including the Nordic Walking Programme and the Physical Activity Adviser Programme,

•coordinating, delivering and promoting relevant activities, classes and events,

•identifying sport, recreation and health initiatives and events available to our community and communicating these effectively,

•evaluating and monitoring activities and projects using performance indicators,

•raising awareness of health and fitness issues and promoting participation in sport, particularly amongst underrepresented groups,

•maintaining records and producing written reports; including updating records, and recording registrations for events and workshops,

•attending local, regional and national meetings, seminars and conferences,

•checking venues and managing facilities,

•recruiting event participants,

•liaising with NGBs to develop best practices in coaching amputees and ambulant disabled people,

•working with national governing bodies (NGBs) for specific sports in relation to clubs and events,

•working with Active Partnerships) in relation to clubs and events,

•developing a range of partnerships (Sports Plans and affiliate agreements) with organisations and initiatives focused on increasing participation,

•managing resources and a budget and identifying potential opportunities for external funding,

•maintaining links with county, regional and national sporting representatives and organisations,

•working within specific guidelines, e.g. equal opportunities, health and safety, child protection, GDPR,

•educating and training coaches, volunteers and facilities staff. Experts in disability awareness may also be called on, where appropriate,

•using information and publicity to ensure people with disabilities are more aware of the physical activity and sporting opportunities available to them,

•working in partnership with appropriate organisations to deliver a programme of activities,

•organising sport-specific activities and maintaining inclusivity in sports.

Essential skills

•Competence with IT tools, Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), CRM systems, digital communication platforms; experience with social media ad event marketing and promotion.

•Ability to work collaboratively in a small team, manage time effectively and handle multiple tasks with attention to details.

•Relevant experience of education in sports development, community engagements, physical activity, or a related field.

•Research skills to gather and analyse information, evaluate programmes, and identify opportunities for new initiatives.

•Strong programme and management skills, including the ability to engage sensitively and effectively with colleagues (who are working remotely), participants, families, partners and health care professionals.

•Commitment to equality, inclusion, safeguarding and person-centered practice when working with disabled and limb impaired individuals.

•Some knowledge of Fundraising with the ability to support charitable income generation.

•Understanding of the charity sector with an interest in disability sport and inclusive community development.

•A sound knowledge for safeguarding and DBS checks

•While this role has a focus on Sports Development a substantial component of the role also requires Event Management and Administration skills, (use of Microsoft systems (Excel, word, Power Point) as well as use of data base systems). This role is a role that requires someone with the ability to function independently within Sports Development, Event Management and Administration.
For more information contact jo@limbpower.com