Schools Officer

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE**:Schools Officer (Fixed term until August 2028)**

**DEPARTMENT**:Wolves** **Foundation**

**REPORTS TO**:Senior Schools Officer**

**DIRECT REPORTS**:None**

**LOCATION: Molineux Stadium and surrounding area**

**HOURS PER WEEK**:37.5 hours per week**

**WORKING ARRANGEMENT: Your working pattern will predominately be core office hours which**
**are Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm, however, flexibility to work**
**evenings and weekends will be necessary and directed by your line**
**manager.**

**DATE**:June 2025**

Wolves Foundation is a cornerstone of the city of Wolverhampton. Through a team of highly skilled,

dedicated staff and volunteers it harnesses the strong local connection with Wolves to motivate,

educate and inspire tens of thousands of beneficiaries of its work across the city.

The charity works in partnership with key local stakeholders including the local authority, police,

health service and education providers to identify risk factors in the city around societal issues and

health status; using data and insight to deliver evidence-based practice through its vast array of

projects that address these needs through its key three objectives.

The charity covers three pillars:
Healthier, more active people
Lifelong learning and skills
Safer, stronger communities

Working in the community is vital to its work and removing barriers to engagement regardless of age,
gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. With participants ranging from 1 month to 100
years old across 225 different delivery sites in the city, work is delivered all year round improving the
physical and mental health, personal development and life choices of the people engaged in its work.

All employees must uphold the key values and ethos of the Foundation to ensure delivery excellence.
Employees must maintain professionalism and contractual, delivery and policy requirements.

**Job purpose**

A key role within the Schools Department, as a Schools Officer you will be responsible for the delivery
support across all schools’ programmes with a key focus on our primary school provision.

They will also have responsibility for the project management cycle of set KPI’s within the schools’
programmes including additional responsibility of implementing the Foundation’s Education
activations.

**Key responsibilities**

To have a clear understanding of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation’s core values
and objectives.

To positively represent Wolves Foundation internally and externally.
Input to project and department operational meetings.
To support the school’s department with the project implementation, including planning and

delivery of the Premier League Primary Stars project.

Deliver high quality sessions that are relevant to the participant and project requirements.
To navigate group meetings whilst being actively involved in the projects to provide essential

reporting updates to all stakeholders.
To keep accurate records and registers to enable completion of all monitoring and evaluation

requirements from partner schools.
To lead on primary school project delivery.
To manage day to day relationships with partner schools.
To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of participants, volunteers, and workforce (including

self) is always prioritised.
To work effectively with assigned delivery staff.
To ensure all school projects are delivered with high quality whereby output targets are

achieved and all monitoring and evaluation requirements are fulfilled.
Contribute to regular reports, inclusive of case studies and project updates to key

stakeholders.
To work in cohesion with the Communications Team to develop promotional and marketing

materials.
To positively represent the Foundation within a range of internal and external meetings.
To engage with key stakeholders including Wolverhampton Local Authority, Premier League

Charitable Fund, Primary Schools and Multi Academy Trusts.
Perform other duties as required and directed by your line manager which are considered

relevant to the post and to the objectives of the Foundation.
To support the scheduling, usage, maintenance, and upkeep of the Foundation Arena and that

the facilities are used to its maximum potential.
Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not

committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any
description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and customers.

The ensure positive commitment to sustainability and social action projects and targets in line
with the Foundation’s One Pack One Planet action plan.

**Safeguarding responsibilities**

To follow and enforce best practice in relation to Safeguarding policies and processes

including but not limited to reporting procedures.

To work alongside the Safeguarding Team and Designated Safeguarding Leads to ensure

safeguarding standards are met and