Saracens Foundation Older Adults Dance Co-ordinator

We're looking for an **Older Adults Dance Co-Ordinator **to join the Saracens Foundation team. Project Officers are responsible for leading the design, delivery, and coordination of sport for change projects across North London and Hertfordshire.

Since itsinception in 2000,the **Saracens Foundation **has worked in the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire and North London delivering more than 30 projects in these local communities where sport is used as a tool for empowering social change in behaviour to lead active, healthy and rewarding lives.

The role will report directly to the Development Manager within the team.

The projects aim to improve health and wellbeing of participants of all ages, from young school age to 100+.

If you are excited by the idea of working with our Foundation team, we’d love to hear from you.

**JOB TITLE**: Older Adults Dance Co-ordinator

**LOCATION**: Stone X Stadium, Hendon

**CONTRACT TYPE**: Permanent, Full Time

**KEY STAKEHOLDERS**:All internal departments and external stakeholders

**REPORTS TO**:Development Manager

**SALARY**: £25,000 - £28,000

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:
You will be leading projects in our Over 50s area, providing older adults opportunities to improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation across North London & Hertfordshire. You will be project managing and delivering our Love to Dance, Love to Fitness and Love to Balance projects. The projects focus on engaging over 50s in physical activity through the form of dance and movement. Our dance delivery also consists of other projects such as dance, cheer and fitness delivery from ages 5 - 106.

You will take a strategic approach to project development and delivery, ensuring that the projects meet objectives and deliver impacts on local people and communities.

You will be ‘hands-on’, developing, leading, and delivering against the operational and Foundation targets set out within the Foundation strategy. You will manage a project to create and deliver industry leading charitable activities whilst ensuring our projects remain sustainable. You will work closely with the other Project Officers to ensure that the Foundations projects are being coordinated in a way that generates cross-project working and reduces the risk of projects operating in silos. This will include working with the Foundations Videographer to create content that promotes the daily impact the Foundation has on its community.

**KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
1. Assists in the development of creative ideas to improve projects, engage beneficiaries, and provide the greatest impact on people and communities.

2. Project Officers support and lead in the design, delivery and coordination of projects, including budgeting and administration.

3. Ensures that work produced meets all objectives set, is done by the agreed time to the highest standard and achieves the best possible outcome for the Foundation.

4. Coordinate and manage Delivery Officers and casual staff to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Skills**

ž An understanding of the sport for change landscape, and the desired impacts of these projects.

ž An understanding of barriers to participation in sport.

ž Project management skills that will enable you to create and deliver projects that meet Foundation objectives.

ž A ‘people’s person’ with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships.

ž Excellent people management skills.

ž Able to quickly develop strong partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders (internally and externally).

ž A ‘self-starter’ who can motivative themselves and others to achieve amazing impacts on communities.

ž Ability to communicate internally and externally - empowering us to ‘shout’ about what we do.

ž Good communicator and facilitator with excellent presentation skills including ICT capability.

ž Has a good understanding of older adult’s sector.

ž Good knowledge of financial management.

ž Has a strong behaviour and pastoral manner with the ability to remain composed in situations of crisis.

**Desirable**

ž Experience of working within an elite sport/dance foundation that sits alongside an elite sport/dance club.

ž Knowledge of regional and national sport/dance programmes, and the landscape of sport/dance development.

ž Has a dance or leadership level 2 qualification or equivalent.

**Personal Characteristics**
- You have a relentless focus and are a great team player.
- You thrive in and promote a culture of **hard work, discipline, honesty, and humility** to deliver results.
- You manage projects, activities, and resources effectively, assuming personal ownership and accountability for results.
- Be organised and efficient in your approach to your work and tasks.
- Be flexible in your approach to managing your workload but also possess the ability to work under pressure and mee