Project Co-ordinator

Reds in the Community is a registered charity delivering community and charitable activities on behalf of Barnsley Football Club through four main themes.

**EDUCATION, HEALTH, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SPORTS PARTICIPATION**

**OUR VISION**

To be the best in our community at positively changing lives.

**OUR MISSION**

To use the power of Barnsley Football Club to inspire, improve and positively

change lives in our community.

**OUR VALUES**

**WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR WORK**

**WE ARE TEAM PLAYERS**

**WE ARE OPEN AND HONEST**

Game Changer is a project delivered by Reds in the Community and local partners made up of Barnsley Council, Sheffield FA, Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Barnsley CVS, and Barnsley Central Area Council Team. It is a part of a national programme delivered by the Football Foundation and Sport England and funded by the National Lottery. It is a part of the Active Through Football programme that has been rolled out nationally across 25 different areas of England.

The project is ring-fenced for the Kendray and Worsbrough areas of Barnsley with the focus being on Mental Wellbeing, Food Security, Community, Employability & Skills, and Physical Health. We work with a wide variety of people with our youngest participant being 2 year old and our eldest being 98

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

A good understanding or lived experience of the target audiences that the project is looking to engage and/or the place in which it’s focused.

Experience of working at a local level with community organisations.

Experience of community engagement, links into communities and knowledge of networks linked to local communities.

Previous experience of managing multiple pieces of work or projects to successful conclusions.

Experience of managing relationships with external partners and working on behalf of your organisation to influence the successful delivery of services.

Experience of, and ability to prepare, manage and monitor budgets.

Experience of utilising insight and data in relation to specific projects

A high-level understanding of inequalities that exist across socio economic groups in supporting active lives, how they intersect and experience of working to reduce these.

Some knowledge of sport development and sport/physical activity infrastructure is desirable.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to build relationships with different audiences

The ability to make complex decisions independently and seek support where appropriate.

A strong awareness and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion

A flexible approach to working hours to include evening and weekend work

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**

Act as the project’s main point of contact, working in collaboration with the Football Foundation and Sport England, providing progress updates as required over the duration of the project.

Manage the project Delivery Plan & Budget, ensuring both are kept updated over the duration of the project.

Act as the main point of contact for the programme evaluation and data collection partners and fully engage with the Community of Learning to share/learn best practise with/from other Places.

Manage and implement the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning plan (including Key Performance Indicators & Outcomes), liaising with programme stakeholders as required and reporting against the requirements set out in the plan.

Facilitate and manage the relationships with local programme stakeholders (consortium members and wider programme partners), whilst developing new local relationships with community groups, organisations and service users.

Coordinate and support ongoing Community Engagement and capacity building in the place, ensuring that the Delivery Plan and approach are informed by the insight and learning, and that the local community have ownership of these.

Manage the relationship with project Delivery Agencies, ensuring the requirements set out within the grant terms and conditions are met e.g. safeguarding requirements, data capture.

Travel to key settings within the place and wider to meet the needs of the organisation and project.

At all times ensure project compliance with GDPR, data protection legislation and organisational safeguarding and equality policy.

To be prepared to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the role and RitC’s wider work.

Maintain and develop partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

Represent RitC in a professional manner and consistent with Core Values.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £26,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Barnsley, S71 1ET: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)

Work Location: In person