Activities Manager

Thank you for your interest in our wonderful charity.

At Peter Ashley Activities Centres Trust, we change lives by providing exciting and enriching indoor and outdoor activities to children, young people and members of our community in our beautiful heritage setting high above Portsmouth.

We work hard to achieve our goals and we have a vision to be the leading activities charity in the South of England.

If you are passionate about inclusion, activities and supporting children to be their best, and you meet our essential criteria, then we are interested in hearing from you.

The essential criteria are listed in the job pack which can be downloaded in pdf format.

As well as meeting our essential criteria, applicants must have a full and clean driving licence and will be subject to a DBS check as well as reference check.

The Activity Manager works with the Head of Operations and other managers and the Board to fulfil the aims of the Charity.

The Activity Manager is responsible for the management and delivery of all activities and activity related matters across the Leisure Department and residential provision.

The Activity Manager will lead by example and demonstrate excellent customer service in all their interactions with our customers and visitors.

The Activity Manager ensures that the objectives are met by working with the management team, partners, other members of staff and volunteers to deliver and develop sustainable activities, securing the necessary resources, and meeting financial and operational targets and commitments.

The Activity Manager leads on the identification, specification, pricing, compilation and submission of all activity-based projects, contributing to bids for funding.

The Activity Manager, Fort Purbrook is part of the Trust team and is expected to follow all rules of employment as laid out in the Staff Handbook, to work to the Vision and Mission of the Trust and to actively contribute to our success by sharing and discussing ideas, by maintaining high standards of work and by building effective relationships with current and prospective clients.

The Activity Manager, Fort Purbrook reports to the Head of Operations.  Activity Manager, Fort Purbrook will follow all reasonable instructions given by the Head of Operations and/or senior managers of the Trust.

To apply, please download our supporting documents and submit a covering letter explaining why you feel you are the right fit for the role and append your current cv. Applications should be submitted using the application tool by noon on the 5th July 2024.  Shortlisting will take place shortly afterwards and interviews will be arranged to take place the w/c  8th July in person at Fort Purbrook.

Our supporting documents include:

·         Job description and person specification

·         PAACT competencies

Our retained HR consultant, Rebecca Labram, will be in contact with all applicants following shortlisting and any queries should be directed to Rebecca through the applicant management system.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and applicants are encouraged to complete the Equal Opportunities Form on the applicant management tool.  Responses using this tool are anonymous.  

Your personal data is safe with us.  A copy of our privacy policy is available on our website Privacy & Data Policy for the Peter Ashley Activity Centres website.

Please do not apply if you do not meet the essential criteria in the person specification. We will shortlist applicants carefully against the person specification and any criteria that cannot be demonstrated at application stage will be assessed at interview through competency questions and through practical exercises.

If you have access requirements or an access rider, please include these with your application so we may support you.