Sport & Physical Activity Assistant Coordinator

Job Description

You will be working on our ‘Sense, Active Together’ project, based at our offices in Selly Oak, Birmingham. This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week initially on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Our ‘Sense, Active Together’ project is funded by Sport England, and works in collaboration with our services and the wider community to develop a range of inclusive sports and physical activities for people with complex disabilities to take part in, ensuring people’s needs are met.

You will be supporting with communications such as blogs, newsletters, and social media posts as well as communication directly with participants, sports providers, sense services and community groups. With a focus on kick-starting a taster programme in Loughborough ahead of the full launch in Spring 2023.

Sport and physical activity play a key role in keeping people fit and healthy, supporting social inclusion, and building confidence through learning new skills and making friends. You will visit activities to meet participants and gather feedback as well as providing administrative support to the team such as collating case studies to support the impact of the programme,

At Sense, we believe everyone, no matter how complex their disabilities, deserves the right to enjoy a physically active life.

Key skills and experience

• A proven track record as an administrator supporting a busy team.
• Proven experience of supporting effective project management.
• Experience in keeping accurate and up to date records of all service related activity and to ensure effective day to day administration of a project.
• Experience in providing strong communication in a variety of formats, and using different platforms.

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Company Description

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.