Job Description

Vacancy - Physical Activity & Health Officer - Children's health team

Derby County Community Trust has a clear mission. We harness the power of Derby County Football Club to improve lives and communities through sport, physical activity, health and education. We help more than 25,000 people per year and our work is recognised and respected at regional and national levels. Since 2008 we have been encouraging participation and achievement in sport, improving health and wellbeing, providing and enhancing education and promoting equality and diversity.

We care about our community; we care about our people. We have an exciting opportunity for a Physical Activity & Health Officer to join our Health team, working within our Active Schools and Live IT programmes to support children and their families to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Within this role you will support delivery of the Active Schools programme, working with primary schools to increase physical activity levels in fun and easy ways across the whole school community, and the Live IT programme, which is a child weight management programme supporting children and young people aged 5 to 17 who are overweight to lose weight.

The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering physical activity and group-based activities to children and young people. You will be an excellent communicator, skilled in working with integrity, professionalism and discretion, you will possess a good understanding of health inequalities and have the ability to work with families to support healthy lifestyle improvements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Level 2 Coaching qualification (or equivalent qualification in the field of children and young people's physical health)?

(Essential)

or teaching qualification/Level 3 certificate in supporting teaching and learning/Level 4 certificate in higher level Teaching assistant?

(Essential)

Youth Mental Health First Aid

(Desirable)

Experience

Experience of delivering physical activity to children and young people

(Essential)

Experience of working with primary aged children?

(Essential)

Experience of delivering group-based activities to children and young people

(Essential)

Experience of working with children in Reception/Foundation stage?

(Desirable)

Experience of working with families to support health and wellbeing?

(Desirable)

Experience of delivering activities or sessions to support children and young people's mental health?

(Desirable)

Experience of working with children with special educational needs and disabilities

(Desirable)

Knowledge and Skills

A sound understanding of safeguarding and the reporting mechanism

(Essential)

Ability to work with integrity, professionalism and discretion

(Essential)

Ability to work on own or as part of a team?

(Essential)

Full UK driving licence and access to vehicle?with business insurance

(Essential)

An understanding of childhood obesity?

(Desirable)

Understanding on how to work with excluded, marginalised or otherwise vulnerable groups?

(Desirable)

Knowledge of weight management and behaviour change practice and principles

(Desirable)

In return we can offer:

Excellent CPD, training & development opportunities 24/7 Employee Assistance helpline Cash health plan Death in service benefit (3x salary) Free access to Derby County Community Trust Health & Fitness Sessions 2 complimentary DCFC season tickets 20% discount at DCFC Megastore 28 days' leave (including bank holidays), increasing by 1 day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 33 days (including bank holidays) Annual Christmas shutdown (no annual leave required)

DCCT Grade 3:

With a starting salary of 24,656.21

This role is full time (52 weeks per year) or can be offered as a term time contract on a pro-rata basis (40 weeks per year) and initially fixed term for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sharon Dale, Head of Projects and Development by email Sharon.dale@dcct.co.uk

For more information on Live IT and Active Schools - visit our website Live IT | Derby County Community Trust and Active Schools | Derby County Community Trust

To apply please complete the Derby County Community Trust Application Form: DCCT Job Application Form.pdf (amazonaws.com) and Equality and Diversity.pdf (amazonaws.com) and return to recruitment@dcct.co.uk.

Please note we will only accept applications using the DCCT application form and CV's alone will not be accepted

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Derby County Community Trust believe our workforce should be as diverse as the communities we serve. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity & inclusion throughout our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Safeguarding

Derby County Community Trust have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk to keep them safe and is committed to working in a way that protects them. The Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of the Trust's commitment to providing a safe environment for children and young people, applicants should be aware that they will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Criminal Record Check (CRC) as part of the recruitment process.

Derby County Community Trust's Job Applicant Privacy Policy can be found at www.derbycountycommunitytrust.com/about/employment.

Application closing date: Monday 25th of August

Shortlisting: Tuesday 2nd of September

Interviews: Monday 22nd of September and Tuesday 23rd of September (part 1)

Practical interview: Wednesday 24th of September (part 2)

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 20 months

Pay: 24,656.21-26,102.69 per year

Benefits:

Employee discount Life insurance Referral programme
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 25/08/2025