Physical Activity Development Officer

As the Physical Activity Development Officer, you will focus on increasing participation in physical activity and sport across the borough with the particular objectives;to reduce health inequalities, increase inclusion and community resilience. This will include : leading on developing the community asset base to increase inclusive physical activity and sports opportunities, working to ensure sustainable inclusive physical activity opportunities through a variety of means, including developing volunteering, leadership and mentoring within the physical activity and sports context.The headline KPI for the service is to increase physical activity by at least 1% per annum.Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and ExperienceA minimum of 3 years experience in leisure or a related field :Experience of leading and developing inclusive programmingAbility to work unsocial hours including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays :Effective verbal, written and electronic communication skills :Ability to write and present formal reports, data and information on complex issues :Extensive experience of stakeholder engagement and ability to maintain effective working relationships with a range of agencies / partner services (including internal partners) and to lead on developing physical activity and sport in the community :Leadership, negotiation and influencing skills, able to effectively handle tension and conflict :Commercial awareness and business acumen :Ability to act as an advocate for increasing inclusive physical activity levels amongst residents :Experience at promoting / marketing sport and physical activity programmes :Strong planning skills, including the ability to plan out a programme of work, taking account of interdependencies and conflicting demands.Ability to secure substantial levels of external funding and be responsible for funding monitoring arrangements :Ability to manage budgets :Ability to negotiate with a range of partners including suppliers of physical activity services and influence outcomes :Good analytical skills and able to use data and information to inform prioritiesProblem solving and a methodical approach.Ability to adhere to and develop systems of performance monitoring and management :Ability to prioritise effectively when faced with competing demands on time :Ability to ensure that equalities are mainstreamed into all aspects of service delivery :Knowledge of Quest, National Benchmarking and other leisure quality systems :Understanding of health inequalities and the relationship to physical activity :Educated at Degree level :Knowledge of formal project management processes and ability to lead on key projects :Understanding of the monitoring of Leisure programmes and Contracts and / or Service Level Agreements :Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in relation to the delivery of sport and Leisure :Demonstrates high levels of customer care and a can do attitude to getting things done.Detailed Knowledge of Haringey’s Values and how they should translate into practice.