Assistant Development Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 27717 - 30066 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: 37

Contract Type: Fixed Term (initially 12 months with any potential extension subject to securing external funding)

Closing Date: 20th July 2025

Interview Date(s): 31st July 2025

Active Together is a partnership organisation working to help communities in Leicestershire Leicester & Rutland get moving a little more.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Development Officer who would like to support us to work with communities organisations and partners to deliver our Physical Activity Framework and support our vision of Leicestershire Leicester & Rutland: a place where physical activity is part of daily life leading to people living healthier and happier lives.

Physical activity isnt a nice to have it is essential to support people to live healthier and happier lives. If physical activity was a drug we would refer to it as a miracle cure due to the many great illnesses it can prevent and treat.

National guidelines advise that physical activity promotion healthcare-based interventions and community wide programmes are some of the best buys for getting a population active. As a partnership we want to ensure that we are focusing on improving health (through physical activity) in all our decisions programmes and policies.

About the Role

This post will support the Development Manager/Development Officer with the successful delivery of programmes and initiatives as part of a dedicated health and physical activity workstream.

Examples of projects to be supported (although not a definitive list):

• Universal and targeted programmes to raise physical activity in low participating groups and settings across the life-course
• Programmes to raise the awareness of health and wellbeing benefits of physical activity to professionals settings and communities
• Programmes to support professionals and groups to embed physical activity into their settings/programmes/policies
• Local and National Physical Activity Campaigns to reduce inactivity and increase participation
• Programmes to support access to physical activity facilities within communities
• Encouraging people to take responsibility for embedding physical activity into their daily lives
• Address the equality diversity and inclusion challenges that are prevalent in physical activity provision
• Make a positive difference to the physical activity levels in our Places and Communities

About You

To apply for this post you must have:

• NVQ 3 Level qualification in a relevant area or equivalent level of experience in the areas below and ongoing continuing professional development
• Experience in physical activity health sport and/or community development and
• Experience in supporting physical activity/health/sport and/or community development projects initiatives and programmes
• Working in partnership with a broad range of organisations both within the physical activity sector and non physical activity partners
• Physical Activity health and Sport (National regional local) plans/policies including Physical Activity Sport and health development processes and national direction

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit a individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Geoff Maltby Strategic Lead T:Email:

Jo Newberry Strategic Lead T:Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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