Doorstep Sport Fieldworker (North Wales)

StreetGames is an innovative UK charity with an absolute focus on transforming the lives of children and young people from low-income, underserved communities through sport and physical activity.

We do this by delivering ‘Doorstep Sport’ at the right time, in the right place, in the right style, at the right price and by the right people. Doorstep Sport aims to make sport accessible to everyone regardless of their income and social circumstance.

Role description

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and creative project manager to join our Wales team. This role will be responsible for managing and delivering the North Wales Doorstep Sport project.

The project will implement an innovative place-based approach to increasing participation and engagement levels of young people living in low-income, underserved communities in sport and physical activity, focusing on 6 local communities across the region. 

The post holder will work in partnership with regional housing associations to develop and deliver an operational plan for the project, provisionally focusing on communities in Caernarfon, Bangor, Connah’s Quay, Llandudno, Llanrwst and Holyhead.

The role is integral to supporting and developing our placed based work in Wales and growing our ability to support a thriving network of Locally Trusted Organisations across the region. The role includes the activation and promotion of wider StreetGames support packages and interventions across North Wales that address wider issues, for example holiday hunger, community safety, mental health, youth voice and workforce development.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post holder, however, training and support to learn will be provided for the right candidate. 

A more detailed role description, outlining key duties & responsibilities, is included in the candidsate package attached.

Experience and Knowledge:

1. Experience of delivering community sport, physical activity or youth work and / or working in areas of poverty

2. Experience of working with a network of local, regional and national organisations & providing face-to-face and online support

3. Experience of project management, including planning and delivery of meetings, events and/or workforce development opportunities

4. Experience of collecting relevant monitoring, evaluation and learning information and data to evaluate the effectiveness of projects

5. Knowledge or experience of programmes designed to engage young people who live in areas of poverty into volunteering and training opportunities

6. Knowledge or experience of programmes designed to support organisations to develop their workforce

7. Knowledge of Welsh Government policy as it relates to young people, sport, communities and deprivation

Skills and Abilities:

1. Highly developed interpersonal/facilitation skills and strategies for interacting with a range of organisations and sectors in both English and Welsh.

2. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present, negotiate, challenge, listen and understand the views and experiences of organisations

3. Good relationship management skills with the ability to work as part of a team including internal staff and project managers from Locally Trusted Organisations

4. Excellent organisational, self-reflection and evaluation skills, able to prioritise own workload and be self-motivated

5. Computer literate with the ability to use Microsoft Office applications (particularly Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint and Outlook).