Active Communities Co-ordinator

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Active Communities Co-ordinator (Fixed Term)

Various Locations in Dumfries Galloway

£37,596 - £40,356

Could you make a difference the health and wellbeing of some of our older people in Dumfries & Galloway? As an Active Communities Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for the planning, co-ordination and delivery of our Active Communities physical activity programme. You will line manage the new Physical Activities Coaches who will be delivering gentle activity classes and short strolls to enhance the lives, improve the health and wellbeing, and independence of our local people. You will also link these roles with existing Active Communities delivery and the wider development of the Active Lives Pathway programme.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake various training in line with newly recruited staff via a Shibashi Level 1 qualification (25 & 26 January 2025), strength and balance group exercises, walk leader training and many more training opportunities appropriate to the post.

You should have experience managing staff and volunteers, excellent communication skills, be able to work with a wide variety of people and confidently lead 1:1/group activity/sessions (if required). The successful candidate should have knowledge and experience of communications and social media profiling, including public facing roles to promote the wider DGDoingMore website and Active Communities social media platform.

A current driving licence is an essential requirement of this post. However, if you have a disability which precludes you from holding a driving licence consideration will be given if alternative transport can be arranged.

 

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. From 28 February 2011, preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to formal offer of employment being made by Dumfries and Galloway Council.

 

 

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Applicants who have been resident outside the UK within the last 5 years, if offered a position, in addition to a Disclosure Scotland Check, will be required to provide a completed police record check from the police authority in the country or countries in which they were resident

Post funding is currently until March 2025, however additional funding to sustain these positions, for up to an additional 12 months, will be confirmed in Dec 2024.

This post may be suitable for secondment. Agreement from your line manager must be sought before applying for this post.

 

 

Here at Dumfries and Galloway Council we are committed to equality, diversity and equal opportunity with our values, which include treating everyone with dignity, fairness and respect, driving us to tackle inequality. We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation.

For further information please contact: Tina Lockhart 07921038688 Tina.Lockhart@dumgal.gov.uk