Sport and Active Officer

Reference:
25-28716

Job title:
Sport and Active Officer

Directorate:
Byw'n Iach

Closing date:
03/09/2025 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Temporary | 31/05/2026 | 37 Hour

Salary:
£25,989 - £31,022 a year

Pay Scale:
S1

Location(s):
Byw'n Iach Arfon, Caernarfon

Byw’n Iach has an attractive Employment package.

Byw’n Iach operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

Interview date 10/09/2025

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

**CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 03/09/2025**

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Pecyn Recriwtio Byw'n Iach (1) (Cywasgedig).pdf

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

ESSENTIAL
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic and can work as an individual without day to day instruction
- Work as a part of a team
- Flexible
- The ability to inspire others
- Excellent communication skills
- Ambitious
- Energetic
- Leading People skills
- General interest in Sports and Physical Activity

DESIRABLE
- Knowledge reagrding the area/community

QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING

ESSENTIAL
- A level or BTEC Level 3 or equivalent qualification in one of the following fields - Management, Sports,education, Community Development or corresponding field

DESIRABLE
- Additional qualifications relating to teaching, sports development, coaching, leadership or project management, community development

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL
- Experience of working or volunteering in the following fields - sports, leisure, physical Activity, education youth work, community engagement, partnership working
- Experience of working with children and young people

DESIRABLE
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Experience of managing/leaing on projects
- Experience of working with multi-agencies
- Experience of assisting to make grant applcations

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL
- Possess formal writing, arithmetic, and computer literate skills
- Strong organisational skills
- Excellent Time Management skills
- High calibre presentation skills
- Good influencing skills
- Ability to create partnerships with various stakeholders
- Good negotiation skills

DESIRABLE
- Understanding of place based projects
- Project leadership skills
- Worked to targets
- Budget management experience

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

Listening and Speaking - Higher Level

Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding - Higher Level

Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing - Higher Level

Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

**Pwrpas y Swydd**
- Sicrhau bod pobl Gwynedd yn ganolog i bopeth yr ydym yn ei wneud.
- Cynyddu cyfranogiad chwaraeon a gweithgareddau corfforol trigolion Gwynedd, gan dargedu’r rhai sydd yn wynebu rhwystrau penodol
- Cyfrannu tuag at weledigaeth ‘a strategaeth Byw’n Iach bod pob trigolyn yn gwsmer, pob teulu’n gwella eu hiechyd a lles a phob cymuned yn elwa
- Cyfle i weithio gyda chefnogaeth gan amrywiaeth o bartneriaid lleol a rhanbarthol, a’r nod o lunio cymunedau mwy iach ac actif.
- Darparu dull ‘seiliedig ar le’ wrth fynd i’r afael a gweithgarwch corfforol isel mewn Cymuned benodol Bydd y Swyddog yn deall pa rôl gall datblygiad cymunedol ar lawr gwlad ei chwarae wrth gyflawni’r nod hirdymor hwn.
- Hwyluso ymgysylltiad a phreswylwyr, partneriaid a budd ddeiliaid, gan ddatblygu perthynas a gweithredu fel pwynt cyswllt allweddol ar gyfer grwpiau cymunedol a phartïon a diddordeb gyda’r nod o wella cyfleoedd lleol ar gyfer gweithgarwch corfforol a bod yn actif.

**Cyfrifoldeb am Adnoddau**
- Cyfrifoldeb am offer TG ac offer chwaraeon
- Cyfrifoldeb am reoli cyllidebau prosiect
- Cydlynu timoedd o wirfoddolwyr

**Prif Ddyletswyddau**

Ymchwilio a Chynllunio
- Ymchwilio ac adolygu data perthnasol a defnyddio mewnwelediad i adnabod rhwystrau sydd yn atal pobl Gwynedd rhag cyfranogi
- Hwyluso ymgysylltiad cynnar mewn cymunedau a gytunwyd, gan ddefnyddio ffyrdd Gogledd Cymru Actif o weithio. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys datblygu a darparu prosiectau mewn lleoliadau dan do ac awyr agored.
- Ymgysylltu a phobl leol i sicrhau eu bod yn cael mynegi barn
- Cynnwys pobl leol, partneriaid a budd ddeiliaid wrth gyd gynhyr