Activities Officer

7 hours ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom NFP People LTD Full time

**Activities Officer**

We have an exciting opportunity for an Activities Officer to join an exciting charity that provides a range of services and programmes for people aged 50 and over.

**Position**: Activities Officer

**Location**: Birmingham

**Hours**: 25 - 30 Hours Per Week

**Salary**: Pro-rated from £22,016 per annum FTE

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

**Closing Date**: Monday 19th September

**About the Role**

As Activities Officer, your role will be to develop and deliver a programme of social and physical activities for people aged 50+ across Birmingham. You will also work with the programme manager to design and implement evaluation systems to demonstrate theimpact social and physical activities have on the wellbeing of older people.

Key responsibilities of the Activities Officer 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 offer 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
- 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 Health & Safety policy
- To support volunteers assisting the service

**About You**

The charity is looking for an experienced Activities Officer with excellent organisational and time management skills. You will have the ability to respond to competing demands, be approachable, empathetic, friendly and have excellent communication skills.

To succeed in the role of Activities Officer, 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 in 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
- A good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices

**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.

You may have experience in areas such as Activities Co-ordinator, Care Home Activities, Well-being Coordinator, Lifestyle Coordinator, Activity Coordinator, Activity Volunteer, Activities Worker, Activities and Events Development Officer, Activities Officer

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