Active Schools Officer

You’ll be part of big changes in Barnsley. We’re not just changing ways of working and improving services. We’re committed to promoting wellbeing and tackling health inequalities in our communities. As an Active Schools Officer, you’ll be instrumental in a range of work areas to help Barnsley to Move More. Live Well. Feel Better. This role forms part of our collaborative Active In Barnsley partnership through our Big Idea Approach funded by Sport England.

Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people and our partner organisations at the heart of our work, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money.

Your role in our journey

As an Active Schools Officer, you’ll play a key role in inspiring and supporting schools, across Barnsley to embed physical activity at the heart of school life. Your work will help create positive experiences that encourage children to be active for life.

You’ll do this by:

 

·         Championing physical literacy – Helping schools develop fundamental movement skills that build confidence and a lifelong love for being active.

·         Creating participation pathways – Supporting schools in connecting pupils to community-based opportunities beyond the school gates.

·         Assisting schools to embed physical activity throughout the school day – Encouraging active learning, movement breaks, and an active school culture.

·         Supporting schools to shape a positive culture and ethos – Advocating for the value of PE, school sport, and physical activity as essential to wellbeing and achievement.

·         Fostering personal development – Helping schools create opportunities that develop pupils’ leadership, teamwork, and resilience through sport and activity

 

Working in close partnership with colleagues in the team, across the council and a host of statutory, community and voluntary groups, you will lend your expertise to programmes promoting physical activity, health, and wellbeing in schools. Crucially, you’ll also help us to develop, deliver and evaluate projects that relate to tackling health inequalities. What’s more, you’ll help us to develop services, new approaches and play a key part in needs assessments and service reviews.

What you’ll need

To join us, you’ll need a mix of relevant qualifications with at least one being at level 4 or above, and extensive experience in the physical education, school sport and physical activity sector. Your track record includes involvement in securing funding, project management and the development of approaches to change services and outcomes. You’ve used evidence-based project, change and performance management techniques to drive successful change. With a flair for public engagement and partnership working, it is your talent for communication that really sets you apart.

Shape a better future with us

We’re thrilled to have achieved Investors in People (IIP) Gold status for how we lead, support, and develop people. Now we’d like you to be part of our success and help us use physical activity as a tool to help residents Move More. Live Well. Feel Better. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online. 

Apply

We would encourage anyone who is interested in the role to get in touch to discuss it in more detail. You can contact nathan.barthrop@yorkshiresport.org for an informal discussion.

To achieve your ambitions while shaping a bright future for our communities in Barnsley, apply now.