Community Activities Team Leader

**Community Activities Team Leader**

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and experienced Community Activities Team Leader to join an organisation making a real difference in people’s lives.

**Position**: Community Activities Team Leader

**Location**: Birmingham

**Hours**:Part-time, 30 hours per week

**Salary**:£19,172.40 per annum + benefits

**Benefits**: Pension and healthcare scheme benefits.

**About the Role**

Your role as Community Activities Team Leader will be to develop and deliver a programme of social and physical activities for people aged 50+ across Sandwell. You will also work with the Programme Manager to design and implement evaluation systems to demonstrate the impact social and physical activities have on the well-being of older people.

Key responsibilities of the Community Activities Team Leader will include:

- To develop new social and physical activities for older people.
- To engage with older people to understand their aspirations for activities and develop community offers in response.
- To prepare material and actively promote the activities of the programme to citizens, partners, and other stakeholders.
- To maintain accurate and confidential records of all activities and outcomes.
- To develop contacts, links, and relationships with other programmes such as NNS.
- To represent the team at external meetings where appropriate.
- To work with the Line Manager to achieve targets to meet funding contract requirements.
- Risk assesses working environments as appropriate in line with the organisation’s Health & Safety policy.

**About You**

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the work of the charity and would enjoy making a real difference to isolated and lonely older people.

To succeed in the role of Community Activities Team Leader, your key skills will include:

- Experience of working in programmes that focus on community-based interventions including physical/social activity.
- Experience in engaging with older people, particularly those with vulnerabilities.
- Experience working in partnership with other local and statutory organisations.
- Experience in contributing to programme evaluations and an understanding of the main approaches to outcomes measurement.
- Understanding of Health and Safety as it applies to support work including Risk Assessment.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to respond to competing demands and to prioritise tasks.
- Excellent communication skills, being able to speak to older people from a wide variety of backgrounds and put them at ease.
- Approachable, empathetic, friendly, and able to get on with others and be a strong team player.

**About the Organisation**

The employer is an independent local charity, working to support the older people of the City of Birmingham and the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. They have been working in the local community to help older people for 30 years in various forms.

The organisation is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and diversity within our organisation and in relation to the recruitment and selection of staff.

You may have experience in areas such as Activity Development Worker, Activity Development Leader, Senior Club Leader, Club Leader, Holiday Club Leader, Holiday Club Team Leader, After School Club Team Leader, Support Worker, Holiday Club Assistant, Playworker, Supply Teacher, Secondary Supply Teacher, Adult Social Club, Activity Lead.

**PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation.