Birmingham City Council are recruiting a Sport Development Officer to support and assist in the development of sport and physical activity programmes across the City of Birmingham. Key details as follows:
Job Purpose
- To actively support the development and implementation of the Sport and Physical Activity
Strategy. - To actively support the development and implementation of the Sport and Physical Activity
Strategy. - To assist in the development of the capital portfolio of the sports & leisure section in line with
BCC plans, policies, and procedures. - To support on leisure facility planning and identification of future opportunities to improve the
sport and leisure service, including supporting the renewal of the Playing Pitch Strategy and
Facilities Strategy. - To support in the delivery of new and existing developments delivered in partnership with
other BCC Services and external stakeholders. - To help to tackle inequalities through the identification and delivery of a range of interventions.
- To work in partnership with community clubs and organisations to identify a range of capital
solutions and support them in the development of sustainable plans. - To support the delivery of capital projects including Moseley Road Baths and NGB specific
developments and investments. - To support the aims and objectives of the Directorate and adopt the City Council’s core values
when carrying out all aspects of your work.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To actively work with partners, both internal and external to increase participation in sport and
physical activity. - To audit facility and sporting provision (local authority, private and voluntary) and to use
objective measurement tools to demonstrate an increase in sports participation. - To support the Senior Sports Manager with the capital portfolio within the Sports Team.
- To support activation programmes of new and additional capital assets within the portfolio,
including S106 development and utilisation of CIL funds and agreements. - To actively support the service in seeking funding for the capital portfolio.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of the Sport & Physical Activity Strategy,
Playing Pitch Strategy and associated facilities strategies.
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See attached supporting Job Description and Person Specification document below.