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Sports Development Support Officer Job description and person specification August 2020

Job Description and Personal Specification Sports Development Support Officer

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Accountable to: Sports Development Manager Responsible for: n/a Location: The role will be based at our Pitfield Street Office (N1 6DA) An introduction to London Youth We are London Youth. We are dedicated to becoming an anti-racist organisation. We are on a mission to improve the lives of young people in London, challenging them to become the best they can be. We know young people need and want opportunities outside school to have fun with their friends, to learn new skills, to make a positive change in their communities and to shape the city they live in. Last year, we worked with over 27,000 young people through our sports development, employability, youth action and involvement, arts and outdoor education programmes. Our work gives young people access to opportunities they might not otherwise have had. Throughout our history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills. Our vision is that all young Londoners grow up healthy, able to express themselves, navigate a fulfilling career and make a positive contribution in their communities. Our mission is to support and challenge young people to become the best they can be; developing their confidence, resilience and relationship skills. We do this with, and through, our network of community youth organisations and at our two residential centres. We look to work with all young people, focusing particularly on those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the kind of opportunities we offer. Because good youth work works. We deliver our mission through four strategic objectives:

• Membership Development – Developing, training, connecting and quality assuring our membership network to deliver good youth work.

• Opportunity – Creating a broad and inclusive range of quality opportunities for young people in social action, sports development, employability and outdoor education.

• Voice – Ensuring our expertise and the on-the-ground voices of youth workers and young people are reflected in public policy, practice and opinion.

• Best we can be – Being the best we can be ourselves; fundraising effectively, financially robust and a great place to work

And we strive to act in line with our four simple principles:

• Honesty – about what works (and what doesn’t) and we learn from our mistakes • Collaboration – with each other, young people, our members, and the world beyond • Improvement – committed to continual improvement • Fun – because we think people learn best when enjoying themselves


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London Youth’s Sports Development Overview No young Londoner should face barriers to getting active or from benefitting from the impact of sport and physical activity. It’s why we are committed to enabling all young Londoners to lead happy, healthy lives and create change for themselves and their community. We support youth and community organisations to provide young people with Sport for Participation and Sport for Development opportunities that are most impactful to them. We achieve this by:

• Supporting young people, particularly those from Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities, Lower Socio-Economic Groups, Young Women and Girls and Disabled Young People who don’t feel sport and being physically active is for them. We help get them active in their community, in the way that best works for them and their friends. • Investing in the youth sector workforce. By blending good quality youth work with good quality, innovative sports training, leadership and qualifications, we raise confidence and capabilities.

• Capacity building organisations and connecting them into the wider London sports infrastructure. • Offering a broad range of competitions, experience days, festivals and themed residential experiences

Impacting young people’s physical and mental wellbeing, growing their peer relationships, sense of community, and developing a positive, lifelong relationship with sport and physical activity are core outcomes we seek to achieve.


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Job description

Main duties of the role Approximate % allocation

Operational delivery of the Sports Programme Stakeholder Management

30%

• Manage a portfolio of upto 40 youth and community organisations across a range of Sport for Participation and Sport for Development programmes

• Support the maintenance and development of key external relationships including Funders, Local Authorities, National Governing Bodies and Strategic Partners

Programme Development 30%

• Deliver an effective range of programme opportunities with youth and community organisations and key project partners

• Consult with young people and youth workers to develop programmes that ensures their needs are met and outcomes are delivered

• Identify and support youth and community organisations to improve the quality of their sport and physical activity offer. Work with them to ensure provision is sustainable beyond allocated funding streams.

Events and Residentials 10%

• Be an active member of the team that plans and delivers our annual sport and physical activity calendar of events, including managing volunteers

• Be an active member of the team that plans and delivers our themed sport and physical activity residential weekends

• Consult with young people and youth workers to ensure the offer remains attractive and relevant

Evaluation and Impact 15%

• Contribute to all aspects of monitoring, evaluation and learning functions across our sport and physical activity work – a focus on accuracy, accountability and understanding key learnings and trends.

• Work with colleagues to improve the creative approach to impact measurement and implement digital solutions where feasible

• Effectively communicate programme outputs and outcomes to internal and external audiences

Capacity Building 15%

• Understand the training needs of the workforce within youth and community organisations and respond accordingly to meet these.

• Embed youth and community organisations into the wider sporting landscape with London

• Connect youth and community organisations to other London Youth support mechanisms


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Corporate responsibilities cutting across tasks set out above Planning and budgeting

• Inputting to annual plans and budgets

• Assisting with the monitoring of actual and projected income and expenditure

• Maintaining performance data to enable reporting

People

• Provide reporting to members of the team against a regular cycle and as requested

• Preparing thoroughly for one to one meetings and annual appraisal with your line manager

• Taking responsibility for your ongoing professional development

• Assisting with reception duties including answering phones, opening post and greeting visitors

Corporate development

• Understanding and supporting the vision, mission and aims of London Youth

• Contributing to the formulation and delivery of London Youth’s strategy

• Managing resources to the highest professional standards and act as a custodian of best practice

• Maintaining awareness of your own and others’ Health and Safety, and comply with London Youth’s Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies

• Undertaking other duties as may be reasonably requested within the responsibilities of the post


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Person specification

Skills, experience and knowledge Essential / Desirable

Knowledge and Experience of sports-based programme design, development and delivery E Knowledge and Experience of working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly through sport

E

Understanding of youth work in London with the ability to innovate and think creatively about needs and solutions

E

The ability to engage, inspire and motivate young people and youth organisations to engage with our offer

E

Knowledge and Experience of managing projects successfully D Knowledge and Experience of delivering projects in partnership with youth and community organisations, particularly through sport

D

Knowledge and Experience of delivering events and residential opportunities D An understanding of London’s community sport infrastructures and the opportunities these present youth and community organisations

D

Experience of sports-based programme monitoring, evaluation and learning D Understanding of, and experience of working with and managing volunteers and coaches from the sports community

D

Qualifications Relevant work or volunteer experience and/or relevant qualification E Personal attributes Passionate and committed to improving the lives of young Londoners E Be committed to sports development and youth work as a long-term career E Be committed and willing to develop personally and professionally E High level of written and numerical proficiency E Ability to work on your own initiative and collaborate with teams across departments E Absolute discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality E Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends E

Terms and Conditions Salary: £24,990.00 pa Pension: London Youth complies with the employer pension duties concerning pension auto-

enrolment in accordance with Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008. London Youth currently uses The People’s Pension as its pension vehicle and once you are eligible for auto-enrolment or opt into the scheme, London Youth will make employer contributions of 4% into the scheme on your behalf. You will be required to make contributions to your pension account also in accordance with the requirements of auto-enrolment.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – generally Monday-Friday 09.00-17.30 with one hour for lunch, but

some flexibility may be required to work occasional evenings to meet our delivery needs Leave: 26 days pa plus 8 bank holidays and 5 ‘closure’ days (to be taken on dates specified by

London Youth). All leave entitlement is accrued pro rata through the year and will be calculated on a pro-rata basis for part-time employees


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Term: Start 1st October 2020 until 30th September 2021 fixed term contract with potential to extend, dependent upon funding.

Important dates and how to apply Deadline for applications: Friday 14th August 2020, midday. First round interviews will be held on Thursday 20th August 2020. Second round interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th August 2020. How to apply: Please submit a CV with Cover Letter reflecting the key points in the Personal Specification along with the Declaration of Criminal Convictions and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form by the deadline above. CVs without Cover Letters will not be considered. Email your application to [email protected] with the subject line “Sports Development Support Officer” London Youth is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation. We embrace equality, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to the ongoing development of an organisation that values and represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills and welcome applications that reflect this

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