Physical Activity & Inclusion Coordinator in Cardiff

This opportunity is only available to current employees and students at the University. Working within a specific area of Cardiff, you will play an important role in supporting and enabling more people, especially children and young people, to get and stay active. This will require whole system thinking and influence, and a commitment to work in partnership with key stakeholders across the Move More Partnership, to create the conditions for residents to be more active more often and support the Move More Strategy ambition to make ‘Cardiff the most physically active city in the UK’. To meet this challenge you will coordinate, inspire, foster collaboration and champion the benefits of moving more.

You’ll coordinate by:

• Utilising asset-based community development methods to engage the least active and identify the strengths within an area.
• Draw on relevant data, insights and build trusted relationships to influence key stakeholders to better meet the needs of those who face the greatest inequalities.
• Capture learning and impacts of change within the system and across the place via learning logs, collection of stories and data.
• Identify and complete funding applications to support the development and long-term sustainability of activities.
• Identifying gaps and create opportunities to enable local communities to move more.

As a place-based coordinator, you’ll be able to engage and inspire a wide range of people to come together to collaborate and connect, inspiring and influencing across the system. With superb written communication skills and experience of community engagement, you’ll be able to create insightful reports for a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Additionally you’ll:

• Embrace Met Sports continuous learning approach.
• Be self-disciplined and able to work independently, manage own workload and use own initiative without close supervision.
• Experience of administrative, budget and project planning.

We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you’ll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development.

We offer excellent benefits such as:

• Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 1 years’ service, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
• Excellent family friendly policies.
• Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
• Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
• Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.

For more information about the role please contact Jamie Grundy on JAGrundy@Cardiffmet.ac.uk or feel free to contact Cerys Purdon, Recruitment Manager on cpurdon@cardiffmet.ac.uk. All applications must be submitted online. The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page. Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is proud to be a Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. All applicants with disabilities, or those who are part of the Armed Forces community who during the shortlisting process meet the essential criteria for the role will be progressed to the next stage. The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

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