The GLA are currently recruiting two vacancies in the Community Sport Team.
Do you understand the ways in which community sport can contribute to better outcomes for Londoners? Are you interested in innovation and discovering and supporting ground-breaking ways of using sport to change lives and communities? Have you got the energy, enthusiasm and experience to be a part of a small but hugely ambitious, very busy team working with grassroots sport stakeholders and communities across London?
The Greater London Authority (GLA) is home to the Mayor and London Assembly. The Mayor is responsible for making London a better place for everyone who visits, lives and works in the capital. The London Assembly holds the Mayor to account on behalf of Londoners.
VACANCIES
We are inviting candidates to apply for the following roles listed below. To view the full list of job accountabilities and person specification criteria click on the job title. It is essential your personal statement addresses the PERSON SPECIFICATION criteria for the role you are applying for.
Project Officer (Sports Unites)
£43,517 per annum, Grade 8, Fixed Term until December 2022
To provide programme support and to lead and coordinate Sport Unites projects.
We are looking for someone with great stakeholder and project manager skills, who is confident and capable of delivering multiple projects simultaneously. You will need experience and understanding of London’s community sport sector and be skilled in building relationships. Having the ability to think creatively and innovatively about how to use community sport for social outcomes is also highly desirable. Demonstrating the impact of our work is vital so a good understanding of performance and contract management and good grant management practice is required.
£32,293 per annum (£53,822 FTE), Part time Job share (22.2hrs), Grade 10, Permanent
To lead the development and delivery of the programme, provide strategic oversight of the programme’s constituent projects, and manage cross-cutting programme workstreams.
We are looking for a strategic thinker with experience designing, delivering, and monitoring complex, multi-stakeholder programmes. You will need to have sound knowledge of the grassroots sport sector in London, a track record working with both community groups and strategic bodies including major funders, and experience managing grant funding initiatives from end-to-end. Bringing people and organisations together and building partnerships that meet the strategic aims of the Sport Unites programme is an essential part of this role, alongside monitoring and evaluating programme performance and using the results and lessons to optimise future delivery and inform funding decisions.
The team
The Community Sport team sits within the Team London and Community Sport Unit and is part of the wider Community and Skills Directorate within the GLA. It is responsible for delivering the community sport elements of the Mayor’s Sport and Physical Activity Strategy Sport for All of Us.
Sport Unites is the Mayor’s flagship community sport investment programme, it is the main vehicle through which the Mayor’s aims and ambitions for community sport in London are realised.
Community Sport has changed significantly under Sadiq Khan with a major focus on sport as an important mechanism for encouraging social integration.
Through Phase 1 of the Sport Unites programme, the Mayor will invest £8.8m into community sport initiatives between spring 2018 and spring 2021. This investment focuses on four themes; Sport for Social Integration; Active Londoners; Workforce and Capacity Building; and the Young Londoners Fund.
This is an exciting time to join the Community Sport team. You will be part of a team in which you will be supported to do your best work, develop your skills and work on exciting projects, programmes and policies that positively affect Londoners. You will have the chance to engage with and learn from other Policy teams within the GLA, external stakeholders such as London Sport, Sport England, Comic Relief and Laureus Sport for Good. You will be exposed to a dynamic and fast-moving working environment with the opportunity to pilot and test new areas of work.
Useful links
· Sport for All of Us, The Mayor’s Strategy for Sport and physical activity in London - https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/sports/mayors-vision-sport-london
· The Sport Unites programme - https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/sports/sport-unites
· Sport For Stronger Communities, research commissioned by the Mayor to inform the development of the Sport Unites programme - https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/sport_for_stronger_communities_digital_version_1.4.19.pdf
· The GLA’s commitment to equality and diversity - https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/jobs-and-working-city-hall/diversity-and-our-values
· Our commitment to flexible working - https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/jobs-and-working-city-hall/flexible-working-city-hall
These roles are based at City Hall
OPEN EVENING – Tuesday 10 September (18:00 – 19:30)
We are inviting interested applicants to attend an open evening at City Hall, which will provide the opportunity to meet the team, find out more about the roles and ask questions. To book your place please CLICK HERE.
In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We also welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as the roles are open to job share.
London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. You will be able to demonstrate a clear commitment to promoting diversity, equality and inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
TO APPLY
To proceed to the online application form, click the APPLY NOW button below. In your application form you will need to select the specific role you wish to be considered for.
It is essential your supporting statement addresses the PERSON SPECIFICATION criteria as outlined in the job description for the role you wish to apply for.
If you have a question about the role, the recruitment process or require an alternative format for applying, please contact the Resourcing Team via email glajobs@london.gov.uk quoting reference CO-31.
Application closing date: Sunday 22 August 2019 at 23:59 GMT
Interviews will take place: City Hall on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 October 2019
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