This role has a starting salary of £29,697 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. This is a 12-month fixed term contract/secondment opportunity.
Are you a disruptor? Are you a change-agent? Are you passionate about cycling and ensuring every child learns how to ride a bike? If so, we'd LOVE to hear from you! Active Surrey is looking for an ambitious, driven and inspiring Active Communities Assistant to join the dynamic and passionate Active Surrey team.
As the successful candidate, you will play a crucial role in bringing the joy and freedom that cycling offers to large numbers of Surrey's children and adults, by increasing free access to bikes across Surrey, directly helping to tackle inactivity and inequality.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Access to pool ebikes for shorter work journeys
About the Team
Reporting into the Head of Active Communities, you will work very closely with the rest of the Active Surrey organisation, and with local and national partners including Surrey County Council's Cycle Training Team, its Waste Team, schools and partners such as boroughs and districts from across Surrey, and the wider Active Partnerships network.
We are Active Surrey, we are one of 43 national Active Partnerships, who are funded by Sport England to tackle inactivity which is driven by inequalities. We believe in the power of physical activity and the benefits it can offer. A mood booster, a confidence lifter, a social enhancer and a life extender. Less than half Surrey's kids are doing enough physical activity every week, which falls to only 4 out of 10 children amongst lower-income families. In addition, 3 out of 10 Surrey adults aren't doing enough, rising to over 4 out of 10 amongst those earning less.
That's why we need YOU to join our Movement for Change. Help us challenge and change the status quo to get more people moving and help us create a fairer, better and healthier future for everyone.
About the Role
In this role, you will be:
- Part of the Active Communities Team, dedicated to creating a healthier, greener and more sustainable Surrey.
- Supporting schools where Bikeability level 2 uptake is low due to children lacking access to bikes.
- Creating the Bike Loan Programme: Collaborating with the Cycle Training Team to identify schools in need. Establish a pool of loaned bikes for these schools, enabling more children to complete the Bikeability level 2 course. Following completion, children will have the chance to take a free recycled bike home.
- Developing Bike Recycling Partnerships: Manage relationships with key partners in the sector in Surrey. Provide capacity building support to third sector and not-for-profit businesses connected to the circular cycling economy. Coordinate logistics between various recycling partners, unwanted bike supply chain and end destinations (shops/bike libraries/end users. Support the development of the cycling circular economy sector in Surrey through networking events and other communications
- Collaborating and Building Relationships: Work with key internal stakeholders i.e. Comms, Finance, Education, Services for Young People, Adult Social Care, Targeted Youth Support to identify routes to get bikes to key target audiences, to fund bikes for key target audiences, to promote schemes and to demonstrate impact to internal and external stakeholders, support the team with wider administrative and event support when business needs require
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
- Strong customer service skills and experience of working with and influencing a range of stakeholders
- Knowledge of community development and project management with evidence of partnership working, particularly with voluntary sector organisations
- IT skills including email, MS Office and other databases
- An ability and willingness to work flexibly to support different team members when required, including flexible hours, which may include some evenings and weekends and occasional overnight stays with the ability to travel between sites around the county and, occasionally, the country
- Enthusiasm and interest in cycling and basic bike maintenance skills
- Knowledge of the Voluntary sector and an appreciation of the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19/06/2024 with interviews planned for Monday 24th June 2024. As part of our commitment to inclusion interview questions will be provided in advance.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.