Job Opportunity – Youth Development Officer

22 July 2021

Active Gloucestershire are recruiting for a fixed term position, to join their children and young people team for the role of Youth Development Officer.

This role is a job share with Young Gloucestershire and it provides a fantastic opportunity to work across both Active Gloucestershire and Young Gloucestershire teams. They would like you to help their work by building relationships with young people and understanding their individual needs, so they can begin to empower them to change their futures, through physical activity and sport.

A key part of this role is to support young people (aged 10-25) to develop their life chances through a more active lifestyle. The successful applicant will create, share and develop opportunities for children to be active within targeted communities, as part of a new approach within we can move, which aims to tackle inequalities facing young people within Gloucestershire.

At the heart of this approach lies a desire to elevate the voices and champion the skills of children and young people and to play a leading role in reducing the inequalities they face.

If you are interested in joining the Active Gloucestershire and Young Gloucestershire teams and working on this exciting new initiative, you can find further details and an application pack here

The deadline for applications is midday on Monday, 2nd August 2021. For an informal conversation around the role, please contact Tom Hall at tomhall@activegloucestershire.orgwue-logo-250